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I'm Elise Hugh.

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You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day.

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Cherry blossoms and rainbows, bubbles and googly eyes.

Why do some things seem to create such universal joy?

That's designer and author Ingrid Vettel Lee from her captivating talk from 2018, which we're excited to share again here today.

Through the story of this detective work, Ingrid reveals what she learned about the surprisingly tangible roots of joy and shows how we can all find and create more of it in the world around us.

That's coming up right after a short break.

Why do our cities look like this?

Hey, y'all, it's Elise here, jumping in to share what's happening on screen.

Ingrid just shared a series of monotonous, stark images, an empty school hallway with rows of beige lockers, an office full of cubicles, a street in an unknown city full of glass and gray concrete.

That was Ingrid Fetel Lee at TED 2018.

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