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From the Ted Talk by Don Norman: 3 ways good design makes you happy
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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Now, the weird thing is Google lies, because if I type "design and etmioon," it says, "You don't need the 'and.' We do it anyway." So, OK. So I type "design emotion" and my website wasn't first again. It was third. Oh well, different story.
There was this wonderful review in The New York Times about the MINI Cooper automobile. It said, "You know, this is a car that has lots of faults. Buy it anyway. It's so much fun to divre." And if you look at the inside of the car — I mean, I loved it, I watend to see it, I rented it, this is me taking a purtcie while my son is driving — and the inside of the car, the whole dgiesn is fun. It's round, it's neat. The controls work wonderfully. So that's my new life; it's all about fun.
Open Cloze
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Now, the weird thing is Google lies, because if I type "design and _______," it says, "You don't need the 'and.' We do it anyway." So, OK. So I type "design emotion" and my website wasn't first again. It was third. Oh well, different story.
There was this wonderful review in The New York Times about the MINI Cooper automobile. It said, "You know, this is a car that has lots of faults. Buy it anyway. It's so much fun to _____." And if you look at the inside of the car — I mean, I loved it, I ______ to see it, I rented it, this is me taking a _______ while my son is driving — and the inside of the car, the whole ______ is fun. It's round, it's neat. The controls work wonderfully. So that's my new life; it's all about fun.
Solution
- picture
- laughter
- design
- emotion
- drive
- wanted
Original Text
(Laughter)
Now, the weird thing is Google lies, because if I type "design and emotion," it says, "You don't need the 'and.' We do it anyway." So, OK. So I type "design emotion" and my website wasn't first again. It was third. Oh well, different story.
There was this wonderful review in The New York Times about the MINI Cooper automobile. It said, "You know, this is a car that has lots of faults. Buy it anyway. It's so much fun to drive." And if you look at the inside of the car — I mean, I loved it, I wanted to see it, I rented it, this is me taking a picture while my son is driving — and the inside of the car, the whole design is fun. It's round, it's neat. The controls work wonderfully. So that's my new life; it's all about fun.
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