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Christopher C. Deam: The Airstream, restyled
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在2002年的这次低调的关于形像包装的演讲中, 著名设计师Christopher C. Deam谈论了他对于一个美国经典的改造: 蒸汽式房车.
Christopher C. Deam - Designer
A fascination with clean lines, modern materials and tiny houses made Christopher C. Deam the perfect designer to rethink the Airstream trailer right down to its aluminum skin. Full bio
A fascination with clean lines, modern materials and tiny houses made Christopher C. Deam the perfect designer to rethink the Airstream trailer right down to its aluminum skin. Full bio
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I was asked by Wilsonart International,
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我曾被一个叫做Wilsonart International的
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a plastic laminate company, which is
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塑料样板房公司
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the largest plastic laminate company in the world --
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一个全世界最大的塑料样板房公司，
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they asked me to design
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他们找我去设计
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a trade show booth
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贸易展览会的展台
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for exhibition at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair
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来参展2000年在纽约举行的
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in New York, in 2000.
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2000年在纽约举行.
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So looking at their three main markets
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看他们三大市场
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for their product which were basically
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他们的产品,基本上是
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transportation design,
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为交通设计
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interiors and furniture,
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家具和内饰,
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we came up with the solution of taking
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我们想出一个解决方案
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an old Airstream trailer and gutting it,
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一部老式蒸汽机房车然后改造它,
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and trying to portray laminate,
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并试图描绘成样板房,
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and a trailer, in kind of a
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房车,是一个
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fresh, new contemporary look.
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新生的,当代的产物.
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When this trailer showed up at my shop
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当房车在我店露面
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in Berkeley, I'd actually never stepped foot in
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在伯克利,事实上我从不愿停止设计
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an Airstream trailer, or any other trailer.
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无论是蒸汽房车还是其他房车.
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So I can be somebody that can look at this
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从那时起我可以一个人
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in a totally fresh perspective and see if I can
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便更客观的审视这个新生产物
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optimize it in its most idealistic fashion.
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看看 是否可以完善它.
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I decided I had to do some research
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于是，我决定去做一些研究
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and really figure out what had gone wrong
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找出真正的问题在什么地方
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somewhere along the history of Airstream.
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探索着蒸汽房车的发展史.
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What I discovered in these interiors is that
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在探索中发觉
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there was a disconnect between the exterior shell
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与外界的实践有些脱节
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and the interior architecture of the pieces.
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然而室内实际的边角设计.
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In that the shell was originally conceived
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外形是最初的构思
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as a lightweight, modern, futuristic,
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未来我们的理念将会是简约时尚,
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high-tech pod for hurtling down the freeway, and
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高科技迅猛发展的时代.
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the interiors were completely out of sync with that.
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这内外截然不同的设计风格.
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In fact it appeared like they
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似乎是他们
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referenced a mountain cabin.
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借鉴了山中小茅屋.
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That seemed really like a crisis to me,
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这看起来真像是在考验我.
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that they had never been able to
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然而他们却不能够
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develop a vocabulary
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进一步描述
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about escape, and about travel, and modernity
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对于一些喜欢逃避现实 又喜欢旅游的人.
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in this trailer that was consistent with the shell.
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居住在房车里,再理想不过了.
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We really needed to do some archeology
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我们真的需要去做一些研究
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in the trailer itself to figure out what's authentic
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在房车里.去找出什么是你真正想要的
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in an Airstream trailer,
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蒸汽式房车,
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and what feels like it has true purpose and utility.
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这才是我真正的目的和用途.
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We stripped out all the vinyl
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我们除去了所有的乙烯.
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and zolatone paint that was covering up
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使用zolatone油漆
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this just fantastic aluminum shell.
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这仅仅是幻想中的铝外壳.
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We took off all the visible hardware and trim
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我们修剪了所有的金属边缘
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that was kind of doing the country cabin thing.
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这看起来像是一座郊区小茅屋.
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I literally drew on the walls of the trailer,
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我全心投入到房车墙面的手绘中,
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mocked it up in cardboard,
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像是在纸板上作画,
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we'd come in and cut, decide things were wrong,
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我们一直在商讨,哪些地方出了问题,
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pull it out, put it back in.
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把它们纠正,改进.
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The main goal was to smooth out the interior,
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其主要目的是:完成室内设计,
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and begin to speak about motion,
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之后我们便征集议案,
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and mobility, and independence.
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可移动性和独立性.
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The biggest difficulty on one of these trailers
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对这些房车来说这是最大的困难
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is that when you're designing there's actually no
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问题是当你设计时
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logical place to stop and start materials
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没有逻辑的地方停止使用材料,
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because of the continuous form of the trailer.
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由于房车的窗体整体性.
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There's no such things as two walls and a ceiling
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还没有连接两个墙壁和天花板的东西
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coming together, where you can change materials and shapes.
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可以粘合在一起,可以改变材料和形状.
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So that became a challenge.
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因此,成为了一个挑战.
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Compounding that,
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粘合,
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the material of choice, laminate,
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材料上我们选择薄板,
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that I was trying to highlight,
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当时我试着突出这种材料
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only bends in two dimensions.
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仅弯曲成两种规格.
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It's a compound curve interior.
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一个是复合的室内曲线设计.
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What I had to devise was
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这就是我不得不制定
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a way of fooling the eye
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一种欺骗眼球的方法
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into believing that all these panels
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来相信这些的面板有着
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are curved with the shell.
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像贝壳一样的曲线.
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What I came up with was
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这是提供来的
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a series of second skins
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是一系列第二层外观,
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that basically float over the aluminum shell.
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外壳基本上是铝做的
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And what I was trying to do there was
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然后我试着去做的是
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direct your eye in the space,
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在空间里引导你的眼睛,
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so that you would perceive the geometry in a different way,
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这样你会看到不同的几何图形.
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and that the casework wouldn't break up the space.
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并且不会打破空间的协调性.
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They also gave us a way to run power
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他们也了我们一个使用电力的方法
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and rewire the trailer without tearing out the skin,
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把电线埋在薄板里边.
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so they function as an electrical chase.
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他们对电的使用.
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That's the trailer, pretty much finished.
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这样我们就几乎完成了该房车.
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That trailer led to another commission,
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由于这房车让我们有幸参加另一个委员会,
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to participate in whats called Tokyo Designers Block.
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一个叫做东京设计师的晚会.
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Its a week of furniture design events in Tokyo, in October.
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这个家具设计在东京的十月持续一周.
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Teruo Kurosaki, who owns a furniture company called Idee,
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Teruo Kurosaki, 他拥有着一个叫做Idee的公司
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he asked me to ship him two trailers to Tokyo.
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他拜托我运送两辆房车到东京来.
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He said one he would like to
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他说他想
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make a real trailer, functioning, and we would sell that one.
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制作一个真正的,使用性高的房车,并卖出去.
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Trailer number two, you have a blank slate, you can to anything you want.
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这两辆房车,就像你有一张白纸,你可以做任何你想做的.
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We came up with a fantasy scenario
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我们提出一个DJ环游美国的
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of a DJ traveling around the States,
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充满幻想的方案.
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that would collect records and go on tours.
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这将边收集记录,边旅行.
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This trailer housed two turntables,
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房车里将内置两台唱盘机,
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mixer, wet bar, fridge, integrated sound system.
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混音器、酒吧、冰箱、综合音响系统.
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It's got a huge couch, fits quite a few people,
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它还有个巨大的沙发，可以坐下几个人.
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and basically we'd had a great time with this.
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我们度过了一段非常美好的时光.
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And so in this trailer I took it upon myself to think about travel,
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当我看到这房车,连我也想有去旅行,去逃离的冲动.
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and escape, in an idiosyncratic sense.
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这是种别具一格的感觉.
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A lot of these ideas migrated into
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将很多的想法移植到
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the production trailers for Airstream.
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蒸汽房车的生产中.
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This brings us up to the time that I started consulting to Airstream.
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这段时间我开始请教气流。
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They came to me and said,
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他们对我说：
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"Well, what can we do to freshen this thing up?
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"好，我们能做些什么把它变的更有新鲜感？”
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And do you think kids, you know, skateboarders, surfers,
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你认为孩子们，他们知道滑板，冲浪者，
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rock climbers, would use these things?"
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攀岩登山者，会使用这些东西"？
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And I said, "Well, not in that interior."
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我说：“嗯，这些运动并不在室内.”
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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Anyway, I went out to Airstream
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无论如何.我处理这个
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about six times during the process of building this prototype,
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模型时我们修改过6次.
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and it's called the Bambi prototype.
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它被叫做小鹿斑比原型.
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I thought, "Finally, oh yeah great,
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我想, 最终完成了,
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big company, I'm gonna work with somebody with money
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在这个伟大公司里,我会跟重要人物一起工作
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for tooling and molding."
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致力于工具和模具.
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And I walked in their prototype facility, and
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然而我参观他们的模型设施,
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it's exactly like my shop, only bigger --
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这太像我的店铺了,只是更大一些,
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same tools, same things.
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一样的工具, 一样的东西.
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So the problem became -- and they set this dilemma to me --
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事实上.他们让我走入了困境,
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that you have to design the interior using only our existing technology,
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使用我们现有的技术进行内部设计,
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and there's no money for tooling or molding.
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而且没有免费的工具和模型.
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The trailers themselves are actually hand-built.
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房车实际上是我们自己动手打造.
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All the casework is hand-scribed in, uniquely,
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所有的部分是独创.独特的,
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so you can't just cut 100 parts for 100 trailers,
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所以你不能复制出100件一样的房车,
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you have to cut them big, and every single one is hand-fit.
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你要为他们量身定做.
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They didn't want to go to a componentized system.
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他们不是千篇一律.
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And there it is, that's the Bambi 16.
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然而,这就是小鹿斑比16号.
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(Applause)
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(掌声)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christopher C. Deam - DesignerA fascination with clean lines, modern materials and tiny houses made Christopher C. Deam the perfect designer to rethink the Airstream trailer right down to its aluminum skin.
Why you should listen
Looking at his work, with its clean, swooping lines and elegant economy of movement, it's easy to guess that Christopher C. Deam is a surfer. His designs for spaces and furniture are light and clear and thoughtful, unleashed by modern materials and anchored in old-fashioned craftsmanship.
Deam's work came to national attention with his remodel of the iconic Airstream trailer, a project for the laminate maker Wilsonart -- a sweet-spot project that fired the design world's love of modular and small homes. (In 2009, it's hard to realize how radical this little trailer looked in 2000, during the heyday of the megamansion.) His other design work includes designs for Target, Herman Miller and many other manufacturers, as well as an architectural practice.
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