Taku Sakaushi

待ちに待ったジム再開。相変わらず神楽坂のanytimeは早朝客は少ない。今朝は1人。

I have been waiting for the reopening of the gym. As usual, there are few early morning customers at Anytime in Kagurazaka. One this morning.

研究室の共同研究で工場の一画をオフィスにコンバージョンしている。そのオフィス家具デザインを4人で議論。ひとつの絵に皆で描き込む。なかなかいいデザインデベロップである。

The lab is collaborating to convert a section of the factory into an office. Four people discussed its office furniture design. We all work together on a single picture, which is a pretty good design development.

近所に八百屋がオープンした。いつも行くスーパーの3分の2である。卵が98円。アボガド80円。全部で、700円。

A grocery store has opened in the neighborhood. It was two-thirds of the price of the supermarket I usually visit. Eggs are 98 yen. Avocado 80 yen. All in all, 700 yen.

我が家の南側は運良く隣家の広い庭でこの季節アジサイが美しい。

We are fortunate enough to have a neighbor’s large garden on the south side of our house, which has beautiful hydrangeas this season.

早朝夫婦で縄跳び、9時からJIA編集会議。6月15日COVID-19特集は40ページという前代未聞のヴォリューム。昼は近所でテイクアウトを買うラムダック東京のラムバーガー。とんでも無い肉の量で800円。

We jumped rope early in the morning and had a JIA editorial meeting at 9 am. The June 15 issue of COVID-19 is unprecedented 40 pages in volume. For lunch, I bought a lamb burger at Lamb Duck Tokyo for take-out in my neighborhood. It’s an outrageous amount of meat for 800 yen.

研究室には留学先から泣く泣く帰ってきた院生が二人いるが、二人とも日本にいて遠隔授業で留学先のスタジオの指導を受けている。ゼミでそんなポルトガルのデザイン指導の話を紹介してもらった。修道院の改修課題で、zoomで小一時間図面に赤を入れながらの指導だそうだ。日本より充実しているかも。

Two graduate students in my lab came back from their study abroad countries in tears, but both are in Japan and are receiving instruction at their studios via distance learning. In my seminar, One of them introduced such a story of design guidance in Portugal. It’s a monastery renovation assignment, and she said it’s an hour of instruction in ZOOM with red on a drawing. It may be more fulfilling than Japan.

お米を、あまり食べなかったが、家に長くいるので、食のバラエティが広がり米も食べる機会が増えた。我が家のお茶碗はわたし達夫婦と同じ1959年生まれ。60歳には見えず生まれたてのように美しい。

I didn’t eat a lot of rice, but since I’ve been at home longer, I’ve been able to expand my food variety and have more opportunities to eat rice. My family’s rice-bowl was born in 1959, the same year as my spouse and I. It doesn’t look 61 years old and is as beautiful as a newborn.

僕の助手だった佐河君は自分で野菜を育てている。研究室によく野菜を持って来た。昨日そら豆を送ってくれた。そら豆三昧である。

Sagawa, who was my assistant, is growing his vegetables. He sometimes brought plants to the lab. Yesterday he sent me some broad beans. We had a variety of dishes of broad beans.

午後３時から始まった坂牛研OBOG会は予定通り１２時まで９時間続きました。一番多い時で６０人。東京はもとより、大阪、京都、千葉、サンチアゴ、グアテマラシティ、ロサンゼルス、ベルリン、ロンドンから皆さん早朝、深夜に駆けつけてくれました。みんなの新作も観れたし、最後はspatial chatで勝手に話ができました。OBOG会は来年もZOOMでやります。

Sakaushi lab. reunion started at 3:00 p.m. and lasted for 9 hours until midnight as scheduled. At most, there were 60 people. Everyone from as matter of course, Tokyo, Chiba, Osaka, Kyoto, Santiago, Guatemala City, Los Angeles, Berlin, London, and Osaka rushed in early in the morning and late in the evening. This meeting shall be held at ZOOM again next year.