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From the Ted Talk by Kelli Anderson: Design to challenge reality

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I'm Kelli Anderson. I work as an artist and designer. And I like to try to find the hdiden talents of everyday things. So before I get started, I want to show you a fast smattering of some elpmaexs of what I do. But this talk today is really less about what I make and is more about why I make these things.

So, I get to tinker with everyday erixneecpes. As we go through our everyday lives, visual and experiential things exert this invisible authority over our brnias at all times. And they yield this power in subtle and sneaky ways. So vsluias, for example, saepk vomelus through these teeny, tiny details, codfiied in things like type, shape, color and texture. So these small, picky things form the vocabulary that come together and make the sentences, enabling us to make tangible things like ... a solar-powered Popsicle truck.

Open Cloze


I'm Kelli Anderson. I work as an artist and designer. And I like to try to find the ______ talents of everyday things. So before I get started, I want to show you a fast smattering of some ________ of what I do. But this talk today is really less about what I make and is more about why I make these things.

So, I get to tinker with everyday ___________. As we go through our everyday lives, visual and experiential things exert this invisible authority over our ______ at all times. And they yield this power in subtle and sneaky ways. So _______, for example, _____ _______ through these teeny, tiny details, ________ in things like type, shape, color and texture. So these small, picky things form the vocabulary that come together and make the sentences, enabling us to make tangible things like ... a solar-powered Popsicle truck.

Solution


  1. speak
  2. codified
  3. hidden
  4. brains
  5. examples
  6. volumes
  7. visuals
  8. experiences

Original Text


I'm Kelli Anderson. I work as an artist and designer. And I like to try to find the hidden talents of everyday things. So before I get started, I want to show you a fast smattering of some examples of what I do. But this talk today is really less about what I make and is more about why I make these things.

So, I get to tinker with everyday experiences. As we go through our everyday lives, visual and experiential things exert this invisible authority over our brains at all times. And they yield this power in subtle and sneaky ways. So visuals, for example, speak volumes through these teeny, tiny details, codified in things like type, shape, color and texture. So these small, picky things form the vocabulary that come together and make the sentences, enabling us to make tangible things like ... a solar-powered Popsicle truck.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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