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项目遍及多个国家、来自世界各地的员工、使用超过 30 种语言，正是由胡如珊女士与郭锡恩先生共同创立的如恩设计研究室（Neri&Hu）的差异独特性，以全球化的观念结合多元、重叠的设计理念来建构一个新的建筑范例，提供国际化的建筑、室内、整体规划、平面以及产品设计服务。此次我们邀请到被《透视杂志》誉为 40 位 40 岁以下的卓越年轻设计师之一的胡如珊女士，以站在全球化的高端眼界，提出设计影响力的观察与建言。

Q.胡女士曾说现在这样一个全球化的时代，文化界限其实已经模煳甚至消失了，它变成是一个艺术化的过程，请问您如何看待建筑设计与生活的关係？身为一个设计师应该在社会中扮演什麽角色？

我们身处在一个媒体与商业化的时代，每天都见证着设计与商业及生活的关係越来越密不可分。然而，我敢说设计在商业领域的重要性，对据有十足影响力的设计师与建筑师来说，正在慢慢地深化。从美学与空间创作的角度，设计师应该乐于当个愿意为社会发声的文化批判者。

Design is more and more an inseparable part of business and living. We see testimonies of this every day in the media and the business world.  However, I would venture to say that the importance of design in business actually undermines a more pressing role of designers and architects, which is a cultural one, she should be the voice of a cultural critic, from the perspective of aesthetics and space making.

（图）2013「亚洲最具影响力设计大奖」设计共和 Design Republic Design Commune。

Q.从您丰富的国际经验看来，设计产业目前有的正向和创新的发展有哪些？设计师该如何让自己在国际的竞争下还能不断成长、保有机会？

我们充斥了尚未准备开发与设计的东西，例如应用新工艺的方式支撑产品，并将其融入当中。我们需要有新的产物去保护环境、对抗污染，并驱使社会前进。目前还有太多的事物没有经过设计，所以我们其实还存在着许多可能性。

Too many things have not yet been developed or designed. For one, new technology gives way for products to incorporate these technologies. The environment needs new products to protect it and go against the pollution driven society we have been for so long. There are too many things that have not been designed well, so too many possibilities.

（图）上海水舍精品酒店 The Waterhouse at South Bund 。

Q.对于一个企业发展设计产品的重要性，这部份能否分享您透过在世界各地参与设计项目所观察到的地域差异？

是的，我认为历史会深深的影响各地人们对于设计的看法。有时在工作中，你足以察觉每个国家的精神，而且他们也会互相影响彼此。

Yes, I think the culture and history of a people and place deeply influence the way people think about design in different parts of the world. You can sense the spirit of a nation sometimes in the work by a group of people that nation, and they also influence each other as well.

（图）重叠构筑，新加坡 The Overlapping Land House, Singapore。

Q.胡女士除了从事专业建筑，室内设计，规划设计，产品设计及平面设计外，也投入教育和研究领域，您认为推动品牌可否从品牌人才培育这方面来着手？执行所需哪些重点？

我认为需要重新思考和规划设计师的教育（训练）。现在的社会与过去的 20 年差异很大，但我们却用同样的方式教育建筑师与设计师。除了科技的部分，人们对于「使用设计」以及「了解设计」也与以往大不相同，所以上述的内容都需被考虑。无论如何，比专业教育更深入的教化，是在接触专业前最基础的人文课题，举凡文学、哲学、历史及社会学等等，皆需要被强调教授予并用。如此一来，设计可以与社会有更密切的关联。

I believe the way designers are educated needs to be rethought and re-planned.  The world is a very different place from even 20 years ago, but we still teach architecture and design quite similar to back then. Other than the technological aspect, the way people use design and understand design is also fundamentally different, so all that should be considered.  To go even deeper than professional education, however, is the basic humanities courses that should be taught well before a student touches the professional aspect, so subjects like literature, philosophy, history, and sociology...should be emphasized and be taught alongside design projects so that design can be more relevant to the society.

（图）位于上海的田子坊公寓与 DFA 铜奖作品 郑州建业艾美酒店 The Archive - Le Meridien Zhengzhou。

Q.「社会需要不同的声音，也需要不同的审美观」，请问您认为一个国际化的都市，该有什麽样的设计样貌，以及人们要有什麽认知来面对环境的变化？

每个城市都需要有个独一无二的特色，城市必须随时准备好被这个世界看见以及吸收任何事物来提升价值。不要让彼此愈趋相似，而是要让彼此更进步、更具有自我风格。我们都该试着接受并拥抱改变，以及学习如何将改变转化为正面的力量。

Every city should have something that is uniquely their own, no one else have. It should also be ready to be open to the world and absorb things that will enhance who they are. Not to make them more like others, but make them even better than before, but more like themselves. To accept change and embrace change, and learn how to absorb the change into positive energy, is what we should try to do.

（图）看步（Camper）品牌展示厅／办公区 Camper Showroom,Office。

Q.被评选为大中华区卓越年轻设计师，您是否可以提出一些建言给初入行，或正在业界打拼的年轻设计师？

找到你的热情，为你自己认真工作，你将不会为了你的决定与汗水而感到遗憾。

Find your passion, and be ready to work like a dog for your passion. Do it for no one else but yourself, then you will no regret a day for your decision and your sweat.