圖書序言
◎要擁有毫無根據的自信
Have groundless self-confidence
放膽直接說出你的結論,即使會嚇到旁人也無所謂,只要事先思考好導出你結論的過程,再配合狀況持續往前走就行了。
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.
◎別挑剔,什麼都要試試看
Don’t be picky
Get a taste of everything
是偶然還是必然?要如何面對突如其來的機會?「no thank you(=不用了)」無法帶來任何結果。designer與其說是職業,不如說比較像是人生方式,所以日常應儘量接觸各種價值觀,別因好惡做選擇,什麼都要試試看,即使結果不順利,只要將所有過程視為一個大的設計階段就行,就當作是在設計人生……。
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…