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From the Ted Talk by Paola Antonelli: Treat design as art

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And New York has another kind of knack for contemporary art. I'm always amazed — three-year-olds know who rchraid srrea is and take you to the galleries. But design, for some reason, is still misunderstood for decoration. It's really interesting: what many people think when I say the word "design" is they think of this kind of overdesigned — in this case, it's overdesigned on pusproe, but — decoration, interior decoration. They think of somebody choosing fabrics.

Design can be that, of course, but it can also be this. It can be a school of design in jaseurelm that tries to find a better way to design gas masks for people, because, as you know, irasel deploys one gas mask per person idinlcung bibaes. So, what these designers do is they find a way to lower the neckline, so that instead of being completely strangled, a teenager can also sip a Coke.

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And New York has another kind of knack for contemporary art. I'm always amazed — three-year-olds know who _______ _____ is and take you to the galleries. But design, for some reason, is still misunderstood for decoration. It's really interesting: what many people think when I say the word "design" is they think of this kind of overdesigned — in this case, it's overdesigned on _______, but — decoration, interior decoration. They think of somebody choosing fabrics.

Design can be that, of course, but it can also be this. It can be a school of design in _________ that tries to find a better way to design gas masks for people, because, as you know, ______ deploys one gas mask per person _________ ______. So, what these designers do is they find a way to lower the neckline, so that instead of being completely strangled, a teenager can also sip a Coke.

Solution


  1. including
  2. serra
  3. jerusalem
  4. israel
  5. purpose
  6. richard
  7. babies

Original Text


And New York has another kind of knack for contemporary art. I'm always amazed — three-year-olds know who Richard Serra is and take you to the galleries. But design, for some reason, is still misunderstood for decoration. It's really interesting: what many people think when I say the word "design" is they think of this kind of overdesigned — in this case, it's overdesigned on purpose, but — decoration, interior decoration. They think of somebody choosing fabrics.

Design can be that, of course, but it can also be this. It can be a school of design in Jerusalem that tries to find a better way to design gas masks for people, because, as you know, Israel deploys one gas mask per person including babies. So, what these designers do is they find a way to lower the neckline, so that instead of being completely strangled, a teenager can also sip a Coke.

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