Ingrid Fetell Lee: Where joy hides and how to find it
英格莉 · 費託 · 李: 喜悅躲在哪裡?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.
第一次年終審查的時候,
for design students,
是種儀式性的折磨,
you made over the course of the year
做出的所有成果拿出來,
while a bunch of professors,
next to my table,
that my professors can see
into making my designs practical
才讓我的設計變得很實際、
no one says anything.
starts to speak, and he says,
開始說話,他說:
because I wanted to solve real problems.
是因為我想要解決真實的問題。
but it's kind of light --
但它有點輕——
from the stuff on the table next to me?
我旁邊桌上的這些東西?
make us feel intangible joy?"
讓我們感受到無形的喜悅?」
and gestured a lot with their hands.
手也不停地比著許多手勢。
about this question ...
would take me 10 years --
會花我十年的時間——
between the physical world
實體世界與被我們稱為
quixotic emotion we call "joy."
神秘情緒,有什麼關係。
is that not only are they linked,
can be a powerful resource to us
成為強大的資源,
喜悅的感受是怎樣的,
don't always agree,
也不見得有共識,
and "happiness" and "positivity"
或多或少代表的是
when psychologists use the word joy,
用喜悅這個詞時,
momentary experience
and feel like we want to jump up and down.
且會想要跳上跳下。
to jump up and down
that scientists measure joy.
隨著時間我們的感覺有多好。
with the pursuit of happiness,
we kind of overlook joy.
What brings you joy?"
什麼會帶給你喜悅?」
(註:虛構的偵探人物)
I noticed that there were certain things
我注意到有某些事物
and again and again.
especially the ones with the sprinkles.
特別是上面還有點綴的那種。
of age and gender and ethnicity.
年齡、性別,以及種族。
of a rainbow streaks across it.
what they're for,
for just a few people;
這些事物會帶來喜悅;
hopeful feeling.
但充滿希望的感覺。
politically polarized world we live in
嚴重分裂的世界中,
of making our differences feel so vast
感覺起來好巨大,
that finds joy in the same things.
會在同樣的事物中找到喜悅。
that these are just passing pleasures,
這些都是稍縱即逝的愉悅,
of the shared humanity we find
我們能夠找到共同的人性。
of the physical world.
that makes them so joyful?
帶給我們如此的喜悅?
up on my studio wall,
貼滿了它們的圖片,
and try to make sense of it.
都會試著理出頭緒來。
is mysterious and elusive,
很神秘且難以理解,
physical attributes,
實體的特徵來取得它,
所謂的美感來取得它,
as the Greek word "aísthomai,"
「aísthomai」有同樣的字根,
"I sense," "I perceive."
「我感覺」、「我感到」。
that joy begins with the senses,
喜悅始於感受,
「喜悅的美感」,
that as I walked around,
當我四處走動時,
of joy everywhere I went --
我都會看見喜悅的小時刻——
of rose-colored glasses,
were hidden in plain sight.
隱藏在明顯的景像中。
that bring us joy,
of the world look like this?
that look like this?
看起來像這樣子的學校?
that house the people
是收容我們當中
that looks like this?
像這樣的世界裡?
opens us up to judgment.
會讓我們被人評斷。
are often dismissed as childish
通常會被看貶成幼稚,
that looks like this.
in the world around us,
找到更多喜悅,
to create more joy?
創造更多喜悅呢?
scouring the planet,
that people have answered this question.
這個問題的各種方式。
of the artist Arakawa
of environments are literally killing us.
真的是在扼殺我們。
an apartment building
一棟公寓大樓,
真的很多要消化的。
around the apartment,
in every direction.
to create an apartment
one that was joyful.
for everyday life,
這是有點過頭了,
What about the rest of us?
那麼我們剩下的人呢?
back into the real world?
帶回到真實世界中?
who were doing just that.
by the Danish artist Poul Gernes.
由丹麥藝術家波爾傑恩斯設計。
has heard from school administrators
聽到學校行政人員說,
in these painted schools.
彩繪學校中感覺更安全。
conducted in four countries,
也有一致的結果,
working in more colorful offices
辦公室中工作的人,
working in drab spaces.
勝過在單調空間中工作的人。
our love of color,
see a connection to our evolution.
與我們演化的關聯性。
is a sign of life, a sign of energy.
顏色是生命的徵象、能量的徵象。
where scarcity is dangerous,
少數是危險的,豐富代表生存,
the singular of confetti,
of one of the most joyful substances
最讓人感到喜悅的物質之一。
uses this idea in her work a lot.
在她的作品中用到這個想法。
to create a feeling of abundance.
來創造出豐富的感覺。
round things I noticed?
又是怎麼回事?
have studied this, too.
科學家也研究過這一點。
磁共振成像機器中,
of angular objects and round ones.
in part with fear and anxiety,
looked at angular objects,
物體時就會亮起來,
at the round ones.
angles in nature
that might be dangerous to us,
危險的物體有關聯,
sense of caution around these shapes,
對於這類形狀的警覺心,
in the new Sandy Hook Elementary School.
就可以看到實際應用。
a building that was secure,
one that was joyful,
along the side of the building,
over the entryway,
toward the entrance
than the sum of their parts.
就會積少成多。
of chasing after happiness,
in the path of it more often.
to seek out joy in our surroundings.
想在周圍的環境中找到喜悅。
instinct for survival.
有著直接的關聯。
is the drive toward life.
同樣驅動著生命。
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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