環保健康．品味工藝．設計師家具．人體工學椅．ystore雅浩

I don't believe in this "gifted few" concept, just in people doing things they are really interested in doing. They have a way of getting good at whatever it is.

我不相信「少數的天才」，我只相信人只要做他有興趣的事，他們自然會找出精通的方法。

So actually, my grandfather was born in the 18th century, my father in the 19th, and I was born in the 20th. Which made for a reasonably wide spread, and that's why my upbringing in St. Louis, even, was largely 19th century upbringing.

實際上，我的祖父出生於18世紀，我父親在19世紀，而我則是20世紀。剛好平均分配到每個世紀，這也是為什麼雖然我在聖路易斯成長，背景卻大多屬於19世紀。

The same stars that shine down on Russia shine down on the United States. From the sky our cities would look much the same.

照耀著俄羅斯的星星也同樣照耀著美國。從天空看下來我們的城市看來都差不多。

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Of most importance is the learning from primary experiences.

從你自己的主要經驗學習是最重要不過了。

We wanted to make the best for the most for the least.

我們想用最低的成本製作出適合大多數人的最佳產品。

We work because it's a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next.

我們的工作源於連鎖反應，每個主題都會帶出下個主題。

To be realistic one must always admit the influence of those who have gone before.

所謂實事求是就是我們必須隨時承認前人對我們的影響。

Pardon me---I don't think it broke with traditionor was absolutely new, not if you take a good look at the development of chairs. Things seldom develop in a vacuum.

請見諒---我不認為我背叛了傳統或者說我的設計絶對是新的，如果你仔細回顧一下椅子的發展歷史，你就會認識到這點。很少有事物是憑空發展出來的。

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Eero[Saarinen] was a marvelous architect. He was a great firend－a very close friend of mine－－and I couldn't possible think of talking about work without also talking about Eero a little bit.

Eero是位了不起的建築師。他是位了不起的朋友－也是跟我很親近的朋友－－而且我談論自己作品時幾乎沒辦法不稍微的提到他。

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The idea was to do a piece of furniture that would be simple and yet comfortable.  It would be a chair on which mass production would not have anything but a positive influence; it would have in its appearance the essence of the method that produced it.  It would have an inherent rightness about it, and it would be produced by people working in a dignified way.  That sounds a little pompous, but at the time it was a perfectly legitimate thing to strive for.

我的概念就是創造一個極簡約而仍然舒適的傢俱，這張椅子即使大量生產也絲毫不會有負面的影響，在外表上甚至還能反映其製造的精髓，內在透露出正直的氣質，因為我們用尊重的態度來製造它。這樣聽起來有點矯情，但當時確是最值得奮鬥的目標。

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