Ingrid Fetell Lee: Where joy hides and how to find it
英格瑞德 · 菲特尔 · 李: 快乐藏在哪儿?我们该如何找到它?
Ingrid Fetell Lee studies joy and reveals how we can find more of it in the world around us. Full bio
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my first year of design school.
设计学院第一年的课程。
for design students,
学设计的学生的噩梦,
you made over the course of the year
这一年课程中所有的作品
while a bunch of professors,
next to my table,
that my professors can see
into making my designs practical
符合人体工学,且可持续。
no one says anything.
starts to speak, and he says,
because I wanted to solve real problems.
but it's kind of light --
但是没什么分量……
from the stuff on the table next to me?
会带来这种感觉呢?
make us feel intangible joy?"
让我们感受到无形的快乐呢?”
and gestured a lot with their hands.
挥舞双手比划了半天,
about this question ...
这段旅程会持续10年之久——
would take me 10 years --
和这神秘而虚幻的,
between the physical world
quixotic emotion we call "joy."
到底有什么关系。
is that not only are they linked,
can be a powerful resource to us
更健康生活的有利资源。
也得不出一致的结论,
don't always agree,
and "happiness" and "positivity"
“幸福”和“乐观”这几个词
when psychologists use the word joy,
使用快乐这个词的时候,
momentary experience
and feel like we want to jump up and down.
兴奋得想要跳起来。
to jump up and down
that scientists measure joy.
我们总是痴迷于追求幸福,
with the pursuit of happiness,
we kind of overlook joy.
我们往往忽略了快乐。
What brings you joy?"
什么会让你感到快乐呢?”
让你快乐的东西是什么时候?
它是什么颜色的?
I noticed that there were certain things
有一些特定的事物
and again and again.
尤其是上面撒了糖豆的那种。
especially the ones with the sprinkles.
of age and gender and ethnicity.
性别和种族的界限。
抬头看向天空,
彩虹横跨半空。
of a rainbow streaks across it.
what they're for,
for just a few people;
会让一部分人感到快乐,
hopeful feeling.
充满希望的感觉。
politically polarized world we live in
政治对立的世界,
of making our differences feel so vast
差异如此巨大,
that finds joy in the same things.
在相同的事物中找到快乐。
that these are just passing pleasures,
这些乐趣转瞬即逝,
of the shared humanity we find
我们有着共同的人性,
of the physical world.
物理世界时共同的经历。
that makes them so joyful?
到底是怎么回事?
up on my studio wall,
and try to make sense of it.
有点神秘。又难以捕捉,
is mysterious and elusive,
可触摸的、物理的特性来得到它,
physical attributes,
as the Greek word "aísthomai,"
同根词“aisthomai”,
"I sense," "I perceive."
that joy begins with the senses,
快乐来源于感觉,
that as I walked around,
of joy everywhere I went --
无论我身处何处——
of rose-colored glasses,
戴着一副粉红眼镜,
were hidden in plain sight.
就藏在我们眼皮底下。
that bring us joy,
能带给我们快乐,
of the world look like this?
看起来是这样的?
that look like this?
送到这样的地方上学?
that house the people
最脆弱的那些人住在这里:
that looks like this?
会变成这个样子?
opens us up to judgment.
会让我们遭受非议。
are often dismissed as childish
经常就会被误解为孩子气,
that looks like this.
就变成了这个样子。
in the world around us,
to create more joy?
我们制造快乐呢?
scouring the planet,
that people have answered this question.
of the artist Arakawa
of environments are literally killing us.
an apartment building
就在东京郊外。
但那一晚有点漫长。
around the apartment,
in every direction.
有没有变年轻一点,
to create an apartment
one that was joyful.
for everyday life,
会有点吃不消,
What about the rest of us?
我们其他人该怎么办呢?
back into the real world?
who were doing just that.
那些在做同样事情的人。
by the Danish artist Poul Gernes.
是丹麦画家波尔 · 杰恩斯设计的。
has heard from school administrators
从学校管理者那里得到反馈,
in these painted schools.
让他们感到更安全。
conducted in four countries,
也证实了这一点,
working in more colorful offices
working in drab spaces.
在单色调办公室的人表现要好。
our love of color,
see a connection to our evolution.
这跟我们的进化有关。
is a sign of life, a sign of energy.
象征着生命和活力。
where scarcity is dangerous,
the singular of confetti,
纸屑(confetti)中的一片,
of one of the most joyful substances
uses this idea in her work a lot.
在很多作品中运用了这一点。
to create a feeling of abundance.
来营造一种富足的感觉。
round things I noticed?
我有什么发现呢?
have studied this, too.
of angular objects and round ones.
和圆形的物体。
in part with fear and anxiety,
和焦虑有关的部分,
looked at angular objects,
at the round ones.
angles in nature
that might be dangerous to us,
我们会下意识地变得警觉,
sense of caution around these shapes,
in the new Sandy Hook Elementary School.
桑迪 · 胡克小学得以应用。
a building that was secure,
one that was joyful,
along the side of the building,
over the entryway,
toward the entrance
这些快乐会叠加出更明显的效果。
than the sum of their parts.
of chasing after happiness,
快乐的路上停留更久。
in the path of it more often.
to seek out joy in our surroundings.
instinct for survival.
is the drive toward life.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ingrid Fetell Lee - Designer, writerIngrid Fetell Lee studies joy and reveals how we can find more of it in the world around us.
Why you should listen
Ingrid Fetell Lee has devoted ten years to answering the question: "How do tangible things create intangible joy?" Drawing on research from the fields of neuroscience and psychology, her book, Joyful, and her blog "The Aesthetics of Joy" explore the powerful connection between our surroundings and our emotions, and empower people to find more joy in daily life through design.
Lee has more than twelve years of experience in design and branding, most recently as design director at global innovation firm IDEO. She has been featured as an expert on design and joy by outlets such as the New York Times, Wired, PRI's Studio 360, CBC's Spark and Fast Company.
Lee holds a Master's in industrial design from Pratt Institute and a Bachelor's in English and creative writing from Princeton University, and she was a founding faculty member in the Products of Design program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Joyful, her first book, will be published in North America by Little, Brown on September 4th.
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