ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jessi Arrington - Designer
Jessi Arrington is a color-loving designer based in Brooklyn.

Why you should listen

Jessi Arrington is a founder and owner of WORKSHOP, a designer firm in Brooklyn. Her favorite color is rainbow and her default answer is YES. She’s taught Design Fundamentals at Touro College and given guest lectures at NYU; she's a board member of AIGA/NY. Before co-founding WORKSHOP, she carried out branding for Brooklyn Brewery, Tomato Records and Lion Brand Yarn under the direction of Milton Glaser. She makes a hobby of wearing nothing new (except undies).

She blogs at LuckySoAndSo.com about design, consumption and color.

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Jessi Arrington: Wearing nothing new

Jessi Arrington: No estrenar res

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La dissenyadora Jessi Arrington no va ficar a la maleta res més que 7 mudes de roba interior per venir a TED; va comprar la resta de roba a botigues de segona mà de Los Angeles. És una meditació sobre el consum responsable --embolicat en un arc de sant martí de colors i creativitat.
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I'm JessiJessi, and this is my suitcasemaleta.
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Em dic Jessi, i aquesta és la meva maleta.
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But before I showespectacle you what I've got insidedins,
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Però abans d'ensenyar-vos què hi porto,
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I'm going to make a very publicpúblic confessionconfessió,
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faré una confessió pública,
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and that is,
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que és
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I'm outfit-obsessedequip-obsessionat.
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que estic obsessionada amb la roba.
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I love findingtrobar, wearingportant,
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M'encanta trobar, portar,
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and more recentlyrecentment,
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i, des de fa poc,
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photographingfotografiar and bloggingblogging
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també fer-me fotos i publicar
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a differentdiferent, colorfulcolorit, crazyboig outfitequip
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un conjunt colorista i esbojarrat diferent
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for everycada singlesolter occasionocasió.
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per a cada ocasió.
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But I don't buycomprar anything newnou.
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Però no em compro coses noves.
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I get all my clothesroba secondhandsegona mà
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Tota la meva roba és de segona mà
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from fleapuça marketsmercats and thriftestalvi storesbotigues.
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de mercats de puces i botigues vintage.
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AwwAww, thank you.
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Ooh, gràcies.
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SecondhandSegona mà shoppingcompres
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Comprar de segona mà
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allowspermet me to reducereduir the impactimpacte
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em permet reduir l'impacte
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my wardrobearmari has on the environmentmedi ambient
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del meu armari sobre el medi ambient
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and on my walletcartera.
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i sobre la meva cartera.
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I get to meettrobar-se all kindstipus of great people;
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Conec molta gent interessant;
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my dollarsdòlars usuallygeneralment go to a good causecausa;
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els meus dòlars van a una bona causa;
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I look prettybonic uniqueúnic;
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tinc un look força personal
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and it makesfa shoppingcompres like my ownpropi personalpersonal treasuretresor huntcaça.
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i fa que comprar sigui com una cerca del tresor personal.
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I mean, what am I going to find todayavui?
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Vull dir, què trobaré avui?
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Is it going to be my sizemida?
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Serà de la meva talla?
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Will I like the colorcolor?
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M'agradarà el color?
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Will it be undersota $20?
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Valdrà menys de 20 dòlars?
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If all the answersrespostes are yes,
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Si totes les respostes són sí,
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I feel as thoughperò I've wonguanyat.
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sento que he guanyat.
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I want to get back to my suitcasemaleta
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Vull tornar a la meva maleta
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and tell you what I packedempaquetat
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i dir-vos el que hi he ficat
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for this excitingemocionant weeksetmana here at TEDTED.
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per a aquesta setmana emocionant aquí a TED.
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I mean, what does somebodyalgú with all these outfitsvestits bringportar with her?
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Què s'emporta algú que té tanta roba?
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So I'm going to showespectacle you exactlyexactament what I broughtportat.
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Ara us mostraré exactament què he dut.
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I broughtportat sevende set pairsparells of underpantscalçotets
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He dut set parells de calcetes
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and that's it.
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i prou.
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ExactlyExactament one week'sde setmana worthval la pena of undiesroba interior
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Exactament una setmana de roba interior
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is all I put in my suitcasemaleta.
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és tot el que he dut a la maleta.
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I was bettingApostes that I'd be ablecapaç to find
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Estava segura que podria trobar
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everything elsealtra cosa I could possiblepossible want to weardesgast
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qualsevol altra cosa que vulgués portar
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onceun cop I got here to PalmPalma SpringsFonts.
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un cop arribés aquí a Palm Springs.
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And sincedes de llavors you don't know me
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I com que no em coneixeu
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as the womandona walkingcaminant around TEDTED in her underwearroba interior --
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com "la dona que va per TED amb calces" --
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(LaughterRiure)
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(Rialles)
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that meanssignifica I foundtrobat a fewpocs things.
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vol dir que he trobat alguna cosa.
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And I'd really love to showespectacle you my week'sde setmana worthval la pena of outfitsvestits right now.
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I m'encantaria ensenyar-vos els meus conjunts de la setmana ara mateix.
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Does that soundso good?
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Què us sembla?
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(ApplauseAplaudiments)
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(Aplaudiments)
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So as I do this,
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Mentre ho faig,
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I'm alsotambé going to tell you a fewpocs of the life lessonslliçons
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també us explicaré alguna de les lliçons vitals
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that, believe it or not, I have pickedescollit up
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que, encara que sembli mentida, he après
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in these adventuresaventures wearingportant nothing newnou.
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en aquestes aventures de no estrenar res.
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So let's startcomençar with SundayDiumenge.
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Comencem per diumenge.
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I call this "ShinyBrillant TigerTigre."
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Ho he anomenat tigre brillant.
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You do not have to spendGastar a lot of moneydiners to look great.
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No cal gastar-se molts diners per estar fantàstica.
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You can almostgairebé always look phenomenalfenomenal for undersota $50.
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Gairebé sempre es pot estar fenomenal per menys de $50.
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This wholetot outfitequip, includingincloent the jacketjaqueta,
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Tot el conjunt, jaqueta inclosa,
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costcost me $55,
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em va costar $55,
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and it was the mostla majoria expensivecar thing
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i era el més car
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that I woreportava the entiretot weeksetmana.
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de tota la setmana.
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MondayDilluns: ColorColor is powerfulpotent.
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Dilluns: el color és poder.
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It is almostgairebé physiologicallyfisiològic impossibleimpossible
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És gairebé impossible fisiològicament
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to be in a baddolent moodestat d'ànim when you're wearingportant brightbrillant redvermell pantspantalons.
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estar de mal humor quan portes pantalons vermells.
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(LaughterRiure)
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If you are happyfeliç,
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Si estàs content,
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you are going to attractatreure other happyfeliç people to you.
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atrauràs altres persones contentes.
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TuesdayDimarts:
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Dimarts:
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FittingMuntatge in is way overratedsobrevalorada.
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Encaixar està molt sobrevalorat.
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I've spentgastat a wholetot lot of my life
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M'he passat gran part de la vida
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tryingintentant to be myselfjo mateix
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intentant ser jo mateixa
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and at the samemateix time fiten forma in.
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i alhora intentant encaixar.
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Just be who you are.
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Sigueu vosaltres mateixos i prou.
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If you are surroundingvoltants yourselftu mateix with the right people,
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Si us rodegeu de la gent adient,
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they will not only get it,
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no només ho entendran,
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they will appreciateapreciar it.
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sinó que ho agrairan.
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WednesdayDimecres:
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Dimecres:
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EmbraceAbraçada your innerinterior childnen.
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Accepta el teu nen interior.
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SometimesVegades people tell me
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De vegades la gent em diu
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that I look like I'm playingjugant dress-upvestit,
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que sembla que jugui a disfressar-me
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or that I remindrecorda them of theirels seus seven-year-oldset anys d'edat.
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o que els recordo la seva filla de 7 anys.
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I like to smilesomriure
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M'agrada somriure
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and say, "Thank you."
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i dir: "Gràcies."
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ThursdayDijous:
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Dijous:
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ConfidenceConfiança is keyclau.
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La seguretat és bàsica.
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If you think you look good in something,
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Si creus que una cosa et queda bé,
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you almostgairebé certainlysens dubte do.
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gairebé segur que és així.
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And if you don't think you look good in something,
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I si creus que una cosa no et queda bé,
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you're alsotambé probablyProbablement right.
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també molt probablement tinguis raó.
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I grewva créixer up with a mommare who taughtensenyat me this day-india a and day-outdia de sortida.
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Quan era petita, la meva mare m'ho ensenyava dia sí, dia no.
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But it wasn'tno ho era untilfins a I turnedconvertit 30
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Però no va ser fins que vaig fer els 30
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that I really got what this meantsignificava.
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que vaig ho entendre realment.
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And I'm going to breaktrencar it down for you for just a secondsegon.
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Ara us ho explico en un segon.
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If you believe you're a beautifulbonic personpersona
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Si creieu en la vostra bellesa personal
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insidedins and out,
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per dins i per fora,
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there is no look that you can't pulltirar off.
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us podeu posar qualsevol cosa.
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So there is no excuseexcusa for any of us here in this audienceaudiència.
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No hi ha excusa per a ningú del públic.
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We should be ablecapaç to rockrock anything we want to rockrock.
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Hauríem de lluir qualsevol cosa que vulguem lluir.
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Thank you.
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Gràcies.
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(ApplauseAplaudiments)
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(Aplaudiments)
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FridayDivendres: A universaluniversal truthveritat -- fivecinc wordsparaules for you:
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Divendres: Una veritat universal. En sis paraules:
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GoldOr sequinslluentons go with everything.
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Els lluentons daurats van amb tot.
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And finallyfinalment, SaturdayDissabte:
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I finalment, dissabte:
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DevelopingDesenvolupament your ownpropi uniqueúnic personalpersonal styleestil
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Aconseguir un estil personal propi
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is a really great way to tell the worldmón something about you
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és una manera boníssima de parlar al món sobre un mateix
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withoutsense havingtenint to say a wordparaula.
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sense ni una sola paraula.
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It's been provenprovat to me time and time again
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N'he tingut la prova una vegada i una altra
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as people have walkedcaminava up to me this weeksetmana
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amb gent que se m'ha acostat aquesta setmana
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simplysimplement because of what I'm wearingportant,
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només pel que portava posat.
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and we'vetenim had great conversationsconverses.
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I hem tingut converses genials.
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So obviouslyòbviament this is not all going to fiten forma
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Òbviament no tot m'hi cabrà
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back in my tinypetit suitcasemaleta.
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a la maleta minúscula que duia.
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So before I go home to BrooklynBrooklyn,
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O sigui que abans de tornar a Brooklyn,
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I'm going to donatedonar everything back.
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ho tornaré a donar tot.
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Because the lessonlliçó I'm tryingintentant to learnaprendre myselfjo mateix this weeksetmana
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Perquè la lliçó que intento aprendre aquesta setmana
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is that it's okay to let go.
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és que desprendre's de coses està bé.
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I don't need to get emotionallyemocionalment attachedadjunt to these things
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No necessito establir un vincle emocional amb aquestes coses,
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because around the cornercantonada,
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perquè a la cantonada
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there is always going to be
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sempre hi haurà
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anotherun altre crazyboig, colorfulcolorit,
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un altre conjunt esbojarrat,
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shinybrillant outfitequip
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colorista, brillant
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just waitingesperant for me,
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esperant-me
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if I put a little love in my heartcor and look.
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si busco amb una mica d'amor.
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Thank you very much.
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Moltes gràcies.
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(ApplauseAplaudiments)
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(Aplaudiments)
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Thank you.
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Gràcies.
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(ApplauseAplaudiments)
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(Aplaudiments)
Translated by Carme Rossell
Reviewed by Carmen Vega-Reina

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jessi Arrington - Designer
Jessi Arrington is a color-loving designer based in Brooklyn.

Why you should listen

Jessi Arrington is a founder and owner of WORKSHOP, a designer firm in Brooklyn. Her favorite color is rainbow and her default answer is YES. She’s taught Design Fundamentals at Touro College and given guest lectures at NYU; she's a board member of AIGA/NY. Before co-founding WORKSHOP, she carried out branding for Brooklyn Brewery, Tomato Records and Lion Brand Yarn under the direction of Milton Glaser. She makes a hobby of wearing nothing new (except undies).

She blogs at LuckySoAndSo.com about design, consumption and color.

More profile about the speaker
Jessi Arrington | Speaker | TED.com