ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stefan Sagmeister - Graphic designer
Renowned for album covers, posters and his recent book of life lessons, designer Stefan Sagmeister invariably has a slightly different way of looking at things.

Why you should listen

Stefan Sagmeister is no mere commercial gun for hire. Sure, he's created eye-catching graphics for clients including the Rolling Stones and Lou Reed, but he pours his heart and soul into every piece of work. His design work is at once timeless and of the moment, and his painstaking attention to the smallest details creates work that offers something new every time you look at it.

While a sense of humor invariably surfaces in his designs, Sagmeister is nonetheless very serious about his work; his intimate approach and sincere thoughtfulness elevate his design. A genuine maverick, Sagmeister achieved notoriety in the 1990s as the designer who self-harmed in the name of craft: He created a poster advertising a speaking engagement by carving the salient details onto his torso.

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Stefan Sagmeister: Happiness by design

史蒂芬.塞格麦斯特(Stefan Sagmeister )与你分享快乐的设计

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平面设计师施德明将带领观众进入使他快乐的生活时刻的有趣旅程,并讲述了这些快乐时刻与好设计之间有多少关系。
- Graphic designer
Renowned for album covers, posters and his recent book of life lessons, designer Stefan Sagmeister invariably has a slightly different way of looking at things. Full bio

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About 15 years年份 ago, I went to visit访问 a friend朋友 in Hong香港 Kong.
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大约15年前,我去香港拜访一位朋友。
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And at the time I was very superstitious迷信的.
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那个时候我很迷信。
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So, upon landing降落 -- this was still at the old Hong香港 Kong airport飞机场
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所以,在飞机降落之前--那还是在香港的旧机场,
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that's Kai Tak, when it was smack拍击 in the middle中间 of the city --
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那是Kai Tak,它当时正好在市中心--
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I thought, "If I see something good, I'm going to have a great time here in
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我当时想:如果我现在看见一些好的东西,那么我将会在香港的这2周过的十分快乐。
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my two weeks. And if I see something negative, I'm going to be miserable, indeed确实."
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如果我看见一些不好的东西,那么我将会过的十分悲痛沮丧。
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So the plane平面 landed登陆 in between之间 the buildings房屋
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之后飞机降落在一些楼的中间,
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and got to a full充分 stop in front面前 of this little billboard广告牌.
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并停在了这个小广告牌的前面。
01:05
(Laughter笑声)
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笑声(WINNER:胜利者)
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And I actually其实 went to see some of the design设计 companies公司
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实际上,我当时是去参观一些香港的
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in Hong香港 Kong in my stay there.
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设计公司。
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And it turned转身 out that --
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但结果却是--
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I just went to see, you know, what they are doing in Hong香港 Kong.
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我本来只是想去看看他们在香港正在做什么设计项目。
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But I actually其实 walked away with a great job工作 offer提供.
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但是我却轻易的获得了一个很好的工作机会。
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And I flew back to Austria奥地利, packed打包 my bags包装袋,
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之后我飞回奥地利并收拾我的行装。
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and, another另一个 week later后来, I was again on my way to Hong香港 Kong
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一个星期后,我又踏上了飞往香港的旅程,
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still superstitions迷信 and thinking思维, "Well, if that 'Winner''优胜者' billboard广告牌 is still up,
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我仍然迷信的想:好的,如果那块“Winner"(胜利)的广告牌还竖在那里的话,
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I'm going to have a good time working加工 here.
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我将会在这里工作的很开心。
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(Laughter笑声)
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But if it's gone走了, it's going to be really miserable and stressful压力."
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但是如果它不在那里的话,我在香港的时间将会很不幸,很痛苦。
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So it turned转身 out that not only was the billboard广告牌 still up
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但结果是,不仅那块广告牌还竖在那里,
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but they had put this one right next下一个 to it.
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有人还将这块牌子放在了它的旁边。
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(Laughter笑声)
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笑声(Double Happiness:双重快乐)
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On the other hand, it also taught me where superstition迷信 gets得到 me
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另一方面,它也让我明白了迷信不可信,
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because I really had a terrible可怕 time in Hong香港 Kong.
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因为之后我在香港真的过很糟糕。
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(Laughter笑声)
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However然而, I did have a number of real真实 moments瞬间 of happiness幸福 in my life --
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但是,在生活中我确实有过一些真正的快乐时刻--
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of, you know, I think what the conference会议 brochure小册 refers to
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就像你们知道的,这个会议宣传册上所提到的,
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as "moments瞬间 that take your breath呼吸 away."
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那种带走你呼吸的美好时刻。
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And since以来 I'm a big list名单 maker制作者, I actually其实 listed上市 them all.
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由于我是一个喜欢列表单的人,所以我将他们都列举出来了。
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(Laughter笑声)
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Now, you don't have to go through通过 the trouble麻烦 of reading them
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现在,大家并不需要担心去阅读这些条款,
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and I won't惯于 read them for you.
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我也不会在这里将他们一一念出来。
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I know that it's incredibly令人难以置信 boring无聊 to hear about other people's人们 happinesses幸福操持.
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我知道听别人的欢乐幸福故事是一件令人难以置信乏味的事情。
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(Laughter笑声)
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What I did do, though虽然 is, I actually其实 looked看着 at them from a design设计 standpoint立场
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但是,我要做的就是从设计的角度去看待他们
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and just eliminated淘汰 all the ones那些 that had nothing to do with design设计.
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并且将一切与设计无关的条款都移除。
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And, very surprisingly出奇, over half of them had, actually其实, something to do with design设计.
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之后我非常惊奇地发现,实际上有多过一半的条款都与设计有些关系。
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So there are, of course课程, two different不同 possibilities可能性.
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所以,这有两种可能性。
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There's one from a consumer's消费者 point of view视图 --
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一种是从消费者的角度看--
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where I was happy快乐 while experiencing经历 design设计.
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--即当我体验设计时的快乐。
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And I'll just give you one example. I had gotten得到 my first Walkman随身听.
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我可以举一个例子。我得到我的第一个随声听,
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This is 1983.
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那是在1983年。
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My brother哥哥 had this great Yamaha雅马哈 motorcycle摩托车
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这是我兄弟当时的雅马哈摩托车,
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that he was willing愿意 to borrow to me freely自如.
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并且他很乐意随时将它借给我。
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And The Police's警方 "Synchronicity同步"
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这是那时候“The Police”发行的名为“同步”的
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cassette暗盒 had just been released发布
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专辑磁带。
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and there was no helmet头盔 law in my hometown家乡 of Bregenz布雷根茨.
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在我的家乡Bregenz没有规定骑摩托车要带头盔的法律。
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So you could drive驾驶 up into the mountains
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所以你可以骑到山上,
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freely自如 blasting爆破 The Police警察 on the new Sony索尼 Walkman随身听.
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自由大声地用新索尼随身听播放Police的音乐。
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(Laughter笑声)
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And I remember记得 it as a true真正 moment时刻 of happiness幸福.
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我记得那是我真正的快乐时刻。
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You know, of course课程, they are related有关 to this combination组合 of
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当然,这种快乐与他们中的至少这两种东西的同时存在的的结合有关,
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at least最小 two of them being存在, you know, design设计 objects对象.
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即两种有设计的产品。
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And, you know, there's a scale规模 of happiness幸福 when you talk about in design设计
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并且你知道,当我们谈论设计的时候是有一个关于快乐的衡量标准比例的,
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but the motorcycle摩托车 incident事件 would definitely无疑 be, you know,
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但是对于摩托车这种小事将会
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situated位于 somewhere某处 here -- right in there between之间 Delight and Bliss.
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位于愉快与极乐之间。
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Now, there is the other part部分, from a designer's设计师 standpoint立场 --
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现在,还有另外一部分,从设计师的角度看--
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if you're happy快乐 while actually其实 doing it.
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当你做设计的时候,你是否快乐。
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And one way to see how happy快乐 designers设计师 are when they're designing设计 could be to
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也许有一种方法可以看到设计师们在从事设计的时候到底有多高兴--
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look at the authors'作者的 photos相片 on the back of their monographs专着?
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看他们专著封底的作者照片。
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(Laughter笑声)
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So, according根据 to this, the Australians澳大利亚人 and the Japanese日本
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所以,据此,奥地利以及日本
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as well as the Mexicans墨西哥人
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还有墨西哥的设计师们
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are very happy快乐.
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都非常快乐。
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(Laughter笑声)
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While, somewhat有些, the Spaniards西班牙人 ...
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然而,西班牙的设计师们有点,
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and, I think, particularly尤其, the Swiss瑞士人
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我看,尤其是瑞士的设计师们,
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(Laughter笑声),
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don't seem似乎 to be doing all that well.
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并不是那么快乐。
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(Laughter笑声)
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Last November十一月, a museum博物馆 opened打开 in Tokyo东京 called The Mori Museum博物馆,
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去年十一月,有一个博物馆在东京开放,名为Mori博物馆,
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in a skyscraper摩天大楼, up on the 56th floor地板.
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它在一栋摩天楼的第56层。
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And their inaugural就职 exhibit展示 was called "Happiness幸福."
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他们的首次展览名为“快乐”。
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And I went, very eagerly眼巴巴, to see it, because --
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那么我就带着非常渴望的心情去参观,因为,
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well, also, with an eye on this conference会议.
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当然此行的目的也着眼于此次会议。
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And they interestingly有趣 sectioned切片 the exhibit展示 off into four different不同 areas.
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有趣的是,他们将展览分为了四个不同的区域。
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Under "Arcadia阿卡迪亚," they showed显示 things like this, from the Edo江户时代 period --
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在“阿卡迪亚"展区(意为古希腊或世外桃源),他们展出了类似这样的作品,来自于日本江户时期--
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a hundred ways方法 to write "happiness幸福" in different不同 forms形式.
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--用一百种不同的造型书写快乐的方法。
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Or they had this apple苹果 by Yoko洋子 Ono小野 -- that, of course课程, later后来 on
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他们还展示了Yoko Ono 的苹果--当然,之后
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was, you know, made制作 into the label标签 for The Beatles披头士乐队.
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你知道,他成为了披头士的标签。
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Under "Nirvana" they showed显示 this Constable警官 painting绘画.
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在"天堂"展区,他们展示了Constable的绘画。
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And there was a little -- an interesting有趣 theory理论 about abstraction抽象化.
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关于抽象有一个小而有趣的理论。
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This is a blue蓝色 field领域 -- it's actually其实 an Yves伊夫 Klein克莱恩 painting绘画.
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这是一块蓝色的区域--它实际上是Yves Kline的绘画。
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And the theory理论 was that if you abstract抽象 an image图片, you really, you know
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这个理论就是,如果你将一个图像抽象化,那么你可以,
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open打开 as much room房间 for the un-representable未表示的 --
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为这种非代表性打开许多空间--
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and, therefore因此, you know, are able能够 to involve涉及 the viewer观众 more.
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--因此,可以使观众更多的参与进来。
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Then, under "Desire欲望," they showed显示 these ShunshoShunsho paintings绘画 --
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在“欲望”的展区,他们展示了这些Shunsho的绘画--
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also from the Edo江户时代 period -- ink墨水 on silk.
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--同样来自于日本江户时代--油墨印在丝绸上。
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And, lastly最后, under "Harmony和谐," they had this 13th-centuryTH-世纪 mandala曼陀罗 from Tibet西藏.
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最后,在“和谐”的展厅内,他们展示了这个十三世纪的来自于西藏的曼陀罗。
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Now, what I took away from the exhibit展示 was that
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那么,我从这个展览中得到的是,
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maybe with the exception例外 of the mandala曼陀罗
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除了曼陀罗这个特例以外,
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most of the pieces in there were actually其实 about the visualization可视化 of happiness幸福
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展览中的大部分作品实际上都只是给人视觉上的快乐
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and not about happiness幸福.
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而不是内心的快乐。
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And I felt a little bit cheated被骗, because the visualization可视化 --
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并且我觉得有点被欺骗的感觉,因为视觉化--
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that's a really easy简单 thing to do.
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--那真的是很容易做到的事情。
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And, you know, my studio工作室 -- we've我们已经 doneDONE it all the time.
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并且你知道,我的设计工作室--我们一直致力于这方面的工作。
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This is, you know, a book.
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这是一本书。
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A happy快乐 dog -- and you take it out, it's an aggressive侵略性 dog.
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一条快乐的狗--当你把外壳去掉,这是一条凶狠的狗。
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It's a happy快乐 David大卫 Byrne拜恩 and an angry愤怒 David大卫 Byrne拜恩.
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这是快乐的David Byrne 和愤怒的David Byrne 。
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Or a jazz爵士乐 poster海报 with a happy快乐 face面对 and a more aggressive侵略性 face面对.
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或是一张有着笑脸的爵士乐海报,以及面部好斗的表情。
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You know, that's not a big deal合同 to accomplish完成.
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你知道,达到这些并没有什么大不了的。
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It has gotten得到 to the point where, you know, within advertising广告
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在广告行业界,有一种说法,
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or within the movie电影 industry行业, "happy快乐" has gotten得到 such这样 a bad reputation声誉 that
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或者在电影界,就是“快乐”拥有一个非常不好的声誉,以至于
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if you actually其实 want to do something with the subject学科
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如果你真的想做与这个主题有关的一些事情
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and still appear出现 authentic真实, you almost几乎 would have to, you know,
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并且是原创的话,那你将不得不
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do it from a cynical愤世嫉俗的 point of view视图.
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从愤世嫉俗的观点角度切入。
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This is, you know, the movie电影 poster海报.
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这是一个电影海报。
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Or we, a couple一对 of weeks ago, designed设计 a box set for The Talking Heads元首
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这是我们在几周前,为“说话的头”设计的包装,
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where the happiness幸福 visualized可视化 on the cover definitely无疑 has, very much, a dark黑暗 side to it.
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当然快乐的概念在封面上得到了视觉化的体现,
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Much, much more difficult is this, where the designs设计 actually其实 can evoke唤起 happiness幸福 --
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更加困难的是,如何让设计激起人们的快乐,
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and I'm going to just show显示 you three that actually其实 did this for me.
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我将展示三个真正激起我快乐的设计。
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This is a campaign运动 doneDONE by a young年轻 artist艺术家 in New York纽约, who calls电话 himself他自己 "True真正."
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这是一个由一位年轻的纽约设计师领导的设计项目,他将自己称为“真实”。
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Everybody每个人 who has ridden缠身 the New York纽约 subway地铁 system系统 will be
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每个曾经做过纽约地铁的人应该
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familiar with these signs迹象?
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都对这些标识很熟悉吧?
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True真正 printed印刷的 his own拥有 version of these signs迹象.
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“真实”设计并印刷出自己的标识版本。
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Met会见 every一切 Wednesday星期三 at a subway地铁 stop with 20 of his friends朋友.
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每周三他都会和他的20个朋友在一个地铁站会面。
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They divided分为 up the different不同 subway地铁 lines线 and added添加 their own拥有 version.
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他们分成不同的小组,将他们的标识版本添加在不同的地铁线路上。
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(Laughter笑声)
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So this is one.
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这是一个。
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(Laughter笑声)
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Now, the way this works作品 in the system系统 is that nobody没有人 ever looks容貌 at these signs迹象.
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实际上并没有人会去看原来的这些标识系统。
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So you're
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所以
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(Laughter笑声)
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you're really bored无聊 in the subway地铁, and you kind of stare at something.
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当你十分无聊的在坐地铁的时候,你会盯着某些东西看,
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And it takes you a while until直到 it actually其实 --
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然后你花了一定时间直到你意识到--
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you realize实现 that this says something different不同 than what it normally一般 says.
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这些标识和以前正常的标识表达的内容并不一样。
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(Laughter笑声)
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I mean, that's, at least最小, how it made制作 me happy快乐.
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我意思是,这至少让我快乐。
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Now, True真正 is a real真实 humanitarian人道主义.
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“真实”是一个真的人道主义者。
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He didn't want any of his friends朋友 to be arrested被捕,
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他那时也不想朋友们被逮住,
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so he supplied供应 everybody每个人 with this fake volunteer志愿者 card.
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所以他给每位朋友制作了这个假造的志愿者卡片,
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And also gave this fake letter from the MTAMTA to everybody每个人 --
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并且给了他们每个人这封假造的,来自于MAT的信--
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sort分类 of like pretending假装 that it's an art艺术 project项目
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--使其看起来有点像是一个由
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financed资助 by The Metropolitan宗主 Transit过境 Authority权威.
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地铁部门资助的一个艺术项目。
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(Laughter笑声)
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Another另一个 New York纽约 project项目.
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另一个来自纽约的项目。
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This is at P.S. 1 -- a sculpture雕塑 that's basically基本上 a square广场 room房间
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这位于P.S.1--一个基于一个正方形房间的雕塑,
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by James詹姆士 Turrell特瑞尔, that has a retractable伸缩 ceiling天花板.
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设计者为James Turrell,这个设计有着可伸缩自如的天花板,
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Opens打开 up at dusk黄昏 and dawn黎明 every一切 day.
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在每天黄昏和黎明时分打开,
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You don't see the horizon地平线.
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你看不到水平面,
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You're just in there, watching观看 the incredible难以置信, subtle微妙 changes变化 of color颜色 in the sky天空.
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你就站在那里面,看着这不可思议的,微妙的天空色彩变化。
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And the room房间 is truly something to be seen看到.
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并且这个房间也实在有很多值得看的东西。
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People's人们 demeanor风度 changes变化 when they go in there.
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当人们进去那里时,人们的行为也会发生改变。
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And, for sure, I haven't没有 looked看着 at the sky天空 in the same相同 way
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当然,我在那里呆了一个小时后并没有
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after spending开支 an hour小时 in there.
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以同样的方式观察天空。
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There are, of course课程, more than those three projects项目 that I'm showing展示 here.
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当然,除了我现在展示的这三张投影图片之外,还有许多其他的天空光影的效果。
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I would definitely无疑 say that observing观察 Vik维克 Muniz'穆尼斯” "Cloud"
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我可以确定的说,几年前在麦哈顿观察Vik Muniz设计的“云”项目
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a couple一对 of years年份 ago in Manhattan曼哈顿 for sure made制作 me happy快乐, as well.
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确实同样让我感到高兴。
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But my last project项目 is, again, from a young年轻 designer设计师 in New York纽约.
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我要展示的最后一个项目,是由一位年轻的纽约设计师所做,
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He's from Korea韩国 originally本来.
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他其实是韩国人。
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And he took it upon himself他自己 to print打印 55,000 speech言语 bubbles泡泡 --
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他主动印了55,000个卡通造型的语言留言板--
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empty speech言语 bubbles泡泡 stickers贴纸, large ones那些 and small ones那些.
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--空的卡通留言贴,有大型号的和小型号的。
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And he goes around New York纽约 and just puts看跌期权 them, empty as they are, on posters海报.
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他在纽约到处游走,并将他们粘在海报上。
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(Laughter笑声)
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And other people go and fill them in.
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其他人走过并填写这些空的留言贴。
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(Laughter笑声)
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This one says, "Please let me die in peace和平."
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这张写着:请让我安静的死去吧。
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(Laughter笑声)
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I think that was --
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我想这个是--
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the most surprising奇怪 to myself was that the writing写作 was actually其实 so good.
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让我最吃惊的是,这些文字都很漂亮
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This is on a musician音乐家 poster海报, that says:
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这是在一个音乐海报上面的留言,写着:
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"I am concerned关心 that my CD光盘 will not sell more than 200,000 units单位
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我担心我的CD将不会卖到超过200,000张,
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and that, as a result结果, my recoupable可扣除 advance提前
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那么结果将是,我将不会再有自己的
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from my label标签 will be taken采取 from me,
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唱片。
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after which哪一个, my contract合同 will be cancelled取消,
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在这之后,我的合约将会被取消,
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and I'll be back doing Journey旅程 covers盖子 on Bleecker布利克 Street."
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之后我将会回到Bleecker街(在夜店酒吧)翻唱别人的歌。
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(Laughter笑声)
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I think the reason原因 this works作品 so well is because everybody每个人 involved参与 wins.
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我想这个项目可以达到使人快乐的原因是每个人都获得了一些东西。
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Jee gets得到 to have his project项目;
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Jee做了这个项目;
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the public上市 gets得到 a sweeter更甜 environment环境;
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公众获得了一个更亲切的环境;
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and different不同 public上市 gets得到 a place地点 to express表现 itself本身;
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以及不同的人获得了一个可以表达他们自己的地方;
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and the advertisers广告商 finally最后 get somebody to look at their ads广告.
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并且登广告的人最终获得了一些人去关注他们的广告。
12:25
(Laughter笑声)
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Well, there was a question, of course课程, that was on my mind心神 for a while:
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当然,在我的思想中有个问题存在了一段时间:
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You know, can I do more of the things that I like doing in design设计
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你知道,我可以在设计中做更多我想做的事,
12:43
and less of the ones那些 that I don't like to be doing?
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做更少我不想做的事吗?
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Which哪一个 brought me back to my list名单 making制造 --
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这个问题又将我带回了我的这张列表--
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you know, just to see what I actually其实 like about my job工作.
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--去看看到底我喜欢我工作的那些方面。
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You know, one is: just working加工 without pressure压力.
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其中之一就是:可以没有压力的去工作。
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Then: working加工 concentrated集中, without being存在 frazzled疲惫不堪.
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以及:没有疲惫的专心集中的工作。
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Or, as Nancy南希 said before, like really immerse沉浸 oneself自己 into it.
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或者,如同Nancy之前说的,就像自己沉浸在其中。
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Try not to get stuck卡住 doing the same相同 thing --
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试着不要总是固定的做相同的事--
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or try not get stuck卡住 behind背后 the computer电脑 all day.
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--或者试着不要总是成天躲在电脑后面。
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This is, you know, related有关 to it: getting得到 out of the studio工作室.
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这就是,我们说的,走出工作室做设计。
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Then, of course课程, trying to, you know, work on things
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还有就是,当然,试着设计一些东西,
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where the content内容 is actually其实 important重要 for me.
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他们的内容是非常重要的。
13:25
And being存在 able能够 to enjoy请享用 the end结束 results结果.
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并且可以去享受工作的成果。
13:31
And then I found发现 another另一个 list名单 in one of my diaries日记 that actually其实 contained
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除此之外,我在我的记事本上还找到了另一个列表,
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all the things that I thought I learned学到了 in my life so far.
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--到目前为止在我生命中所学习到的所有东西。
13:43
And, just about at that time, an Austrian magazine杂志 called and asked
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并且就在那时,一个奥地利的杂志社联系我并问我
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if we would want to do six spreads利差 -- design设计 six spreads利差
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是否愿意设计六张杂志广告--设计六张
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that work like dividing pages网页 between之间 the different不同 chapters in the magazine杂志?
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可以将杂志内不同章节分开的杂志广告?
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And the whole整个 thing just fell下跌 together一起.
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这个正好与我的想法走到一起了。
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So I just picked采摘的 one of the things that I thought I learned学到了 --
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所以我在其中挑选了一条我认为我已经学到了的东西--
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in this case案件, "Everything I do always comes back to me" --
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那就是,我常常想起我做的每件事情--
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and we made制作 these spreads利差 right out of this.
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--并且我们的这个设计就源于此。
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So it was: "Everything
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所以这就是:所有
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I do
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我做的
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always
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常常
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comes
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back
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to me."
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我这里。
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A couple一对 of weeks ago, a
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几周前,
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(Laughter笑声)
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French法国 company公司 asked us to design设计 five billboards广告牌 for them.
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一个法国公司邀请我们为他们设计五块广告牌。
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Again, we could supply供应 the content内容 for it.
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又一次的,我们的设计运用了这里的内容。
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So I just picked采摘的 another另一个 one.
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所以我挑选了其中的另外一条。
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And this was two weeks ago.
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这是两周前。
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We flew to Arizona亚利桑那 -- the designer设计师 who works作品 with me, and myself --
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我们飞去亚利桑那(美国一个州)--我自己以及和我一起工作的设计师们
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and photographed拍照 this one.
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--并且我们为这个项目摄影。
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So it's: "Trying
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这就是:
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to look
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装出来的
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good
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好看
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limits范围
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反而局限了
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my life."
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我的人生
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And then we did one more of these.
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之后我们又做了一个。
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This is, again, for a magazine杂志, dividing pages网页.
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这个也是为某杂志设计的分离页面的广告。
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This is: "Having" --
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这是:有--(Having)
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this is the same相同 thing;
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这是同样的物体--
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it's just, you know, photographed拍照 from the side.
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--只是从侧面的角度拍摄。
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This is from the front面前.
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这是前视图。
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Then it's: "guts胆量."
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然后这是:勇气(guts)
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Again, it's the same相同 thing -- "guts胆量" is just the same相同 room房间, reworked返工.
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这是同一个物体--“勇气”,将它修改了后放在同样的房间里。
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Then it's: "always
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这是:经常(always)
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works作品 out."
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解决(works out)
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Then it's "for," with the light on.
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然后是for,这是打了灯看到的效果
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(Laughter笑声)
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And it's "me."
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这是“我”(me)。
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Thank you so much.
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非常感谢大家。
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(Applause掌声)
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Translated by Wenting Cheng
Reviewed by Tony Yet

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stefan Sagmeister - Graphic designer
Renowned for album covers, posters and his recent book of life lessons, designer Stefan Sagmeister invariably has a slightly different way of looking at things.

Why you should listen

Stefan Sagmeister is no mere commercial gun for hire. Sure, he's created eye-catching graphics for clients including the Rolling Stones and Lou Reed, but he pours his heart and soul into every piece of work. His design work is at once timeless and of the moment, and his painstaking attention to the smallest details creates work that offers something new every time you look at it.

While a sense of humor invariably surfaces in his designs, Sagmeister is nonetheless very serious about his work; his intimate approach and sincere thoughtfulness elevate his design. A genuine maverick, Sagmeister achieved notoriety in the 1990s as the designer who self-harmed in the name of craft: He created a poster advertising a speaking engagement by carving the salient details onto his torso.

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