It's easy to forget.

很容易忘記。

It's also boring everyday stuff like your comb or toothbrush or buildings and other man made spaces like public parks.

這也是無聊的日常用品，比如你的梳子或牙刷或建築物和其他人造空間，如公共公園。

Even what you use to get around, whether it's a car, the bus or something else, is the product of some form of design.

即使是你用來出行的東西，無論是汽車、公車還是其他東西，都是某種形式設計的產物。

Design isn't always pretty ugly or even interesting at all.

設計不一定都是漂亮醜陋的，甚至一點都不有趣。

Sometimes it's practical or so commonplace that you don't really notice it.

有時候它很實用，或者很普通，你並沒有注意到。

Making an effort to be more aware of design can help you see it in unexpected places.

努力提高對設計的認識，可以幫助你在意想不到的地方看到它。

It can also help you see past appearances toe What really makes a design successful, useful or valuable.

它還可以幫助你看清過去的表象，看看什麼才是真正讓一個設計成功、有用或有價值的東西。

But first you need to know what to look for.

但首先你要知道要找什麼。

Every part of the man made world was designed with a specific purpose in mind.

人造世界的每一部分都是有特定目的的。

Learning toe Look at these things with curiosity can help you appreciate the jobs they dio.

學會用好奇心去看這些東西，可以幫助你欣賞它們dio的工作。

It can also help you see the beauty and value in things we normally take for granted.

它還可以幫助你看到我們平時認為理所當然的事物的美和價值。

Here's a simple example.

這裡有一個簡單的例子。

Picture a basic coffee cup.

想象一個基本的咖啡杯。

It's designed to stay sealed, hold liquid and protect your hand from heat.

它的設計是為了保持密封，容納液體和保護你的手，防止熱。

Now take a step back and picture the entire coffee shop inside.

現在退一步，想象一下整個咖啡店裡面的情景。

It has its own unique style and decor.

它有自己獨特的風格和裝飾。

While outside there's a sign or logo that advertises the business.

而外面則有一個宣傳企業的招牌或標誌。

Beyond that, there's the building itself, the sidewalk, the parking lot, even landscaping.

除此之外，還有建築本身、人行道、停車場，甚至是景觀設計。

None of this exists by accident.

這些都不是偶然存在的。

It was all designed by various people to provide a certain service or experience.

這都是不同的人為了提供某種服務或體驗而設計的。

Once you start noticing these things, you might notice something else you have opinions about.

一旦你開始注意到這些事情，你可能會注意到其他一些你有意見的事情。

Um, for example, most of us know what it's like to get stuck in a poorly designed parking lot, or how annoying it is when your coffee cup leaks or spills.

嗯，比如說，我們大多數人都知道卡在設計不良的停車場裡是什麼感覺，或者當你的咖啡杯漏水或溢出空氣時有多煩人。

These are basically failures of design things that frustrate or disappoint us or don't work the way that they're supposed to.

基本上是設計事物的失敗，讓我們感到沮喪或失望，或者不按他們應該的方式工作thio。

The key is to ask yourself, where did the design go wrong?

關鍵是要問自己，設計哪裡出了問題？

Look closer and you can usually find the answer.

仔細觀察，通常可以找到答案。

Take a chair, for instance.

比如說一把椅子。

It seems simple, but there's a lot that goes into making this design successful .The seat supports your body weight, while the back rest makes it possible to sit and lean back comfortably.

看似簡單，但這種設計成功的原因有很多，座椅可以支撐你的身體重量，而靠背可以讓你舒適地坐著和靠著。

It has four solid legs and doesn't tip over, at least not easily start playing with these basic details, and you get mixed results.

它有四條堅實的腿，不會翻倒，至少不會輕易開始玩這些基本的細節，你會得到不同的結果。

What looks cool, unique or interesting doesn't always work well in real life.

看起來很酷、很獨特或很有趣的東西，在現實生活中並不總是很好用。

Thinking hard about a design and what it was meant to dio can help you measure how successful it really is.

認真思考一個設計，它的目的是什麼，dio可以幫助你衡量它到底有多成功。

It can also give you a place to start talking about design and feeling more confident, sharing your opinion.

它也可以給你一個開始談論設計的地方，讓你更有信心，分享你的意見。

Here's why that's so important.

這就是為什麼這一點如此重要。

Design things aren't just for the people who make them.

設計的東西並不只是給做設計的人看的。

They're ultimately for the people who use them.

它們最終是為使用它們的人服務的。

People like you and me.

像你和我這樣的人。

Any time you use something that features some form of design, it should leave you feeling satisfied.

任何時候，當你使用一些具有某種設計形式的東西時，它應該讓你感到滿意。

Whatever that means to you.

不管這對你意味著什麼。

Thinking about design as something that actually affects you can change the way you look at the world.

把設計當作真正影響你的東西，可以改變你看世界的方式。

It's part of almost everything we see and do, from the spaces around us to the little things that we can't live without.

它幾乎是我們所看到和所做的一切的一部分，從我們周圍的空間到我們不能沒有的小東西。

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