图书序言
◎要拥有毫无根据的自信
Have groundless self-confidence
放胆直接说出你的结论,即使会吓到旁人也无所谓,只要事先思考好导出你结论的过程,再配合状况持续往前走就行了。
Try saying something sweeping and conclusive once in a while. Who cares if you end up startling a few people? All you need to do then is to think about how you’re going to reach that conclusion, and play the game according to the circumstances.
◎别挑剔,什么都要试试看
Don’t be picky
Get a taste of everything
是偶然还是必然?要如何面对突如其来的机会?「no thank you(=不用了)」无法带来任何结果。designer与其说是职业,不如说比较像是人生方式,所以日常应尽量接触各种价值观,别因好恶做选择,什么都要试试看,即使结果不顺利,只要将所有过程视为一个大的设计阶段就行,就当作是在设计人生……。
Do things happen by coincidence, or out of necessity? How should you tackle an opportunity that suddenly comes your way? Nothing will come out of a “no, thank you”. Design is a way of life, rather than an occupation – they set out to make sure they have the time and freedom to sample a little bit of everything that life has to offer them, without being too picky. Even if the end result doesn’t go the way you planned, just treat the whole process as a single, massive phase, just as if you’d intended to design your own life…