在本次访谈中,Ransmeier深入探究了全新AGL Table Group后背的想法,并详细介绍了他对一般设计流程的思考,再加上Wood提供的配图,充分展示了人们对设计的积极与消极的反应方式(或是没有反应),以及人们本能地适应生活与工作场所的手段,时至今日,这种自我调整与适应更是超过以往任何时候。
现场观察
作为一门科学,人体工程学技术或多或少地源自为人类提供适合身体需求产品的良好愿望。 但有时,我们需要更多。能创作出真正有意义产品的唯一方式就是实践。我们围绕着拥有的物品调整自己的身体和生活,这是要考虑的重点。当然,如果您参与设计过程,就会提出很多问题。为什么物体具有某个特定的外形?为什么人们要用这种方式使用它?如何能让它们变得更漂亮,或是更舒服?学会如何观察并留意细节是成为设计师的最重要的品质之一。
![The front desk of AIG headquarters in Manhattan. The front desk of AIG headquarters in Manhattan.](/content/dam/hmicom/page_assets/stories/why_magazine/above_ground_level/it_why_above_ground_level_01.jpg.rendition.480.480.jpg)
AIG曼哈顿总部的前台。
![Elizabeth Beer and Brian Janusiak, owners of Project No. 8, at home with their family in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Elizabeth Beer and Brian Janusiak, owners of Project No. 8, at home with their family in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.](/content/dam/hmicom/page_assets/stories/why_magazine/above_ground_level/it_why_above_ground_level_02.jpg.rendition.480.480.jpg)
Project No. 8业主Elizabeth Beer和Brian Janusiak和家人在布鲁克林Carroll Gardens的家中。
![Improvised surfaces in Chinatown (left) and on the Staten Island Ferry (right). Improvised surfaces in Chinatown (left) and on the Staten Island Ferry (right).](/content/dam/hmicom/page_assets/stories/why_magazine/above_ground_level/it_why_above_ground_level_03.jpg.rendition.480.480.jpg)
唐人街(左)与Staten Island渡轮(右)上的临时桌面。
![A meeting at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates in downtown Brooklyn. A meeting at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates in downtown Brooklyn.](/content/dam/hmicom/page_assets/stories/why_magazine/above_ground_level/it_why_above_ground_level_04.jpg.rendition.480.480.jpg)
位于布鲁克林市中心的Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates公司会议。
![Early morning on the Staten Island Ferry. Early morning on the Staten Island Ferry.](/content/dam/hmicom/page_assets/stories/why_magazine/above_ground_level/it_why_above_ground_level_05.jpg.rendition.480.480.jpg)
Staten Island渡轮上的清晨。
纽约市没有很多公众可以聚集并使用桌椅的地方。虽然有很多长椅和有着嵌入式长椅的野餐桌,但这些桌椅都是固定的,而且缺乏灵活性。如果配上可以四处移动的独立轻质座椅,桌子会带给使用者完全不同的体验,但在公共空间您却很难看到。纽约公共图书馆就是这样一个优雅、非凡的建筑作品,它内部配有制作精良的家具,并且是少数几个您可以看到人们只是坐在桌边读书的地方之一。也是在这里,我见过最漂亮的桌面电源插座盖板,是用嵌铜制造的。当然,这种插座需要在桌子中间开孔!很多市面上的带电源的大桌子都有电源开孔,不过在桌子中央开孔,桌子就不是原来的桌子。将桌子理解成不间断的表面,这个想法要好得多。而且更令人愉悦。[桌面电源]还容易出现大量杂乱无章的电线,而且为电脑供电与您使用桌子的体验毫无关系,它不一定非要出现在您的周围视野内,因为您碰触电源线就是为了把它插上。
![Unconventional surfaces in the Financial District. Unconventional surfaces in the Financial District.](/content/dam/hmicom/page_assets/stories/why_magazine/above_ground_level/it_why_above_ground_level_06.jpg.rendition.480.480.jpg)
金融区的非常规表面。
![The Rose Main Reading Room at New York Public Library. The Rose Main Reading Room at New York Public Library.](/content/dam/hmicom/page_assets/stories/why_magazine/above_ground_level/it_why_above_ground_level_07.jpg.rendition.480.480.jpg)
纽约公共图书馆的Rose主阅读室。
![Surface observations at New York Public Library (left) and in Chintatown (right). Surface observations at New York Public Library (left) and in Chintatown (right).](/content/dam/hmicom/page_assets/stories/why_magazine/above_ground_level/it_why_above_ground_level_08.jpg.rendition.480.480.jpg)
纽约公共图书馆(左)与唐人街(右)的表面观察。
![Working outside the New York Stock Exchange. Working outside the New York Stock Exchange.](/content/dam/hmicom/page_assets/stories/why_magazine/above_ground_level/it_why_above_ground_level_09.jpg.rendition.480.480.jpg)
在纽约证券交易所外面工作。
![A desk scene and city view from the offices of Fast Company magazine in the new World Trade Center building. A desk scene and city view from the offices of Fast Company magazine in the new World Trade Center building.](/content/dam/hmicom/page_assets/stories/why_magazine/above_ground_level/it_why_above_ground_level_10.jpg.rendition.480.480.jpg)
新世贸大厦里的Fast Company杂志办公室的办公桌场景与城市景观。
![Director Sebastian Silva at home in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Director Sebastian Silva at home in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.](/content/dam/hmicom/page_assets/stories/why_magazine/above_ground_level/it_why_above_ground_level_11.jpg.rendition.480.480.jpg)
导演Sebastian Silva在布鲁克林Fort Greene的家中。
![Student Thelonious Goupil reads at a public space on Wall Street. Student Thelonious Goupil reads at a public space on Wall Street.](/content/dam/hmicom/page_assets/stories/why_magazine/above_ground_level/it_why_above_ground_level_12.jpg.rendition.480.480.jpg)
学生Thelonious Goupil在华尔街的公共空间读书。