4月から教え子1が某大学の助手に、教え子2が母校の助教に、教え子3が補手になる。数年前からアカデミックな世界への道も紹介し始めたら、たまさか今春3人働くこととなったなった。頑張って！
From April, student 1 will be an assistant at a certain university, student 2 will be an assistant professor at his alma mater, and student 3 will be an assistant. A few years ago, I started to introduce the way to the academic sector, then three pupils accidentally would start to work in this sector from this spring. Good luck!

久々の大学帰りに上野の都美術館に寄る。謙慎書道展で配偶者の書を見る。春興賞を受賞しハガキになっていた。4枚買ったら売り切れた。

On my way home from TUS, I stopped by the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno. I saw my spouse’s work at the Kenshin  Calligraphy Exhibition. She won the Shunkou Award and her work became postcard. I bought four and sold out.

今年は全員に自邸メーキングブックレット、1時間設計優秀者に2018年のスケッチブック複製版、設計優秀、卒計優秀者にミニポートフォリオ、修了するM2全員に贈る言葉とスケッチを描いたSakaushi Lab ノートをあげた。そして40分くらい人生訓を語った。シラフでこんな話しをするのは後にも先にも今日だけ。お返しにIssei Miyakeのバッグをいただいた。ありがとう！

This year, I gave everyone a  booklet if the making of my house, a copy of the 2018 sketchbook for 1-hour design excellence, a mini-portfolio for design excellence, graduation excellence, and a Sakaushi Lab notebook with words and sketches for all M2 students who complete their thesis. And I talked about life lessons for about 40 minutes. I’ll never  talk about this without drinking after today. In return, I received a cool bag from Issei Miyake. Thank you!

Akeda さんに撮ってもらった甲府センター棟とクリニック棟

研究室カップルが近所に引っ越すと聞いてその場所を見に行ったらマジ近い。その近くにもう1人前から住んでいるOBもいて, 知り合いコロニー形成中。なんとなく和む。

When I heard that a couple in the laboratory would move to the neighborhood and went to see the place this morning, it was really close. There is another alumnus who has lived near there, and a colony of our friends is being formed. Somehow it calms me down.

ニューヨークジャパンソサエティの芸術監督をしているSは中学の同級生で２人とも音楽、運動をやっていたので、話しが広がる親友である。彼女は浜野安宏商品研究所で働き、ある時、そろそろやめようと思うと言う。修羅場を3回潜り抜けたからと言うのが自分に課した独立の条件だそうだ。修羅場とは？と聞くと、トラブル解決に誰にも聞けず、頼れず、理論的に判断つかず、そして間違えれば大きな損害や迷惑をかける事態だと言う。つまり直感で切り抜ける肝試しである。それを聞いて僕もそんなことが起こるだろうかと待っていたら程なく起こった。大変だった。仕事をして涙が出たのは後にも先にもその時だけである。あの経験のおかげでその後仕事か大変だと思う事はない。

S, who is the artistic director of the New York Japan Society, is a junior high school classmate who played music and exercise like me, so she is a close friend who can talk about them. She worked at Yasuhiro Hamano Commodity Research Institute, and at one point she said she’s about to quit. She says she sneaked through the shuraba (extremely tough time) three times, which is a condition of independence she imposed on her. What is Shuraba? She says she can’t ask anyone to solve the problem, can’t rely on anybody, can’t make a theoretical judgment, and if she makes a mistake, it can cause great damage and inconvenience. In other words, it is a test of courage that can be overcome intuitively. When I heard that and waited for that to happen, it happened soon. that was so hard. It was only that time that I cried when I worked. Thanks to that experience, I never think it’s hard to work after that.

出張帰りにタワレコでBuddy Guy のCDを買って帰り食後アルファスペースで聞く。教え子から心暖まるメールが届き酒がうまい。

I bought a Buddy Guy CD at Tower Records on my way home from a business trip and listened to it in Alpha Space after a meal. I received a heartwarming email from my student and the whisky tastes well.

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リサイクル業界のリーディングカンパニーであり、クライアントでもある株式会社リーテムが自社の業務を絵本にした。僕らが設計したリサイクル工場やフリーアドレスのオフィスなどが漫画になった。

Retem Co., Ltd., a leading company in the recycling industry and a client, made its business a picture book. Children visiting the recycling factories and workers wiring in free-address offices we designed have become cartoons.