Interviewing Dan FormosaSmart Desgin創辦人Dan Formosa

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Dan Formosa是Smart Design 的創辦人，他非常好客，但一開始她好像不知道我要來幹麻！我信中不是都寫了嗎？不過因為我去年有採訪過他，並做了一篇關於他的報導，所以他並沒有拒絕我來拍攝。

覺得很抱歉，因為問了太多的問題，比預定採訪的時間多了一倍以上，不過Dan 講得一發不可收拾，先讓我專訪，然後帶著我們到工廠，介紹許多他們的設計理念跟作品，還帶著我們到他的座位上，看一些秘密作品。相當有趣的一個人！因為受不了滿滿都是文字的美國大聯盟比賽規則，就與朋友一起用圖示的方式，重新介紹了大聯盟棒球規則《圖解棒球完全BOOK》(Baseball Field Guide)

Dan Formosa, founder of Smart Design, is very hospitable. At the beginning, Dan seemed like he did not know why we're here. However, last year we worked together on a special report and he was nice to accept our interview request.

It went well, because Dan spoke to his mind's content and interview took twice as much time as it should've been. But I also felt really sorry, because we were asking too many questions. After the speaking, he brought us to the factory and introduced the design philosophy and products in Smart Design. He even gave us a peek at secret ongoing projects at his desk.

Another project he did with his friends was the Baseball Field Guide which re-introduces the MLB rules by visuals and icons, because he could not stand the baseball guide covered in text.

What an interesting person!

We're the "Project of the day" on Kickstarter today!我們登上Kickstarter的首頁了！

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Thanks for all the support! We'll keep going.

We just finished our two interviews with Hub Bay Area and Mission Bicycle.

我們的紀錄片被Kickstarter選為"每日精選"(Project of the day)，放在首頁上了！難怪今天的funding有顯著的成長。很開心能被選上，只有一天的"成名時間"，於是要Screenshot起來～

我們會繼續努力的！

我們昨天跟今天剛結束兩個訪談，Hub Bay Area 跟 Mission Bicycle.

Creation to Creation #1 Jacob Montague 製片路上好音樂#1 Jacob Montague

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This is a series of posts to share music with you -- music of the artists who offered their Creation to "back"/donate our Creation.

Artist: Jacob Montague
Actually, it was Mitchell, Jacob's band mate who contacted us. They play in the band Branches, and this is Jacob the banjo/mandolin player's solo album. For my personal taste, his music struck me right on the spot... just the right amount of imagination, reminiscence, and description.

And, I love the cover art desgined by Mitchell himself.

這系列的文章將與大家分享一些音樂，都是透過Kickstarter主動「贊助」我們樂曲的樂團及樂手，在製片路上也可以聽到好音樂。

樂手：Jacob Montague
一開始其實是Mitchell Dong聯繫我的，他與Jacob在洛杉磯組一個硬地團叫Branches，他們的音樂也很棒，但Jacob這個班鳩＋曼陀林手的solo album非常對我的味，不會太folk，不會太電，不會太抽離，不會太緬懷。

Before Design & Thinking在Design與Thinking之前

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哈囉！

我是Design&Thinking的導演兼攝影師蔡牧民，我喜歡人家稱呼我「牧民」就好了。總覺得叫三個字的都是有仇，但我也知道有些人特別熟也會叫三個字。Anyway，這一切怎麼開始的呢？怎麼四個台灣人在美國突然拍起電影呢？怎麼會挑Design Thinking這個題材呢？

先承認我不是在業界闖蕩多年的導演，那種坐在導演椅上呼風喚雨像大將軍一樣的導演，一個手勢大批軍隊狂掃而過，爆破，子彈，兩百台攝影機從吊車上拍，看爽了之後喊「卡！」那是多年後的我，或至少是理想。其實我跟其他製作小組育修，Mellisa 和 Iris都只是愛對生活觀察的平常人，用拍照，文字，旅遊，美食等方式詮釋生活。但因為我是唸電影研究所出身的，所以「影像」對我來說自然就是最好的故事媒介囉…

接下來會慢慢的分享一些拍攝的心路歷程，從導演跟製作的角度跟各位分享，讓大家一虧神祕的拍片內幕。一般大家對拍片的想法不外乎明星，特效，看起來很昂貴又繁複的器材等，但其實紀錄片的拍攝完全不是如此，但也不再是像以前歷史課會播放的那種老舊教學片。

究竟四個平凡人如何熱血完成一部紀錄片呢？如何突破文化的藩籬在美國拍片呢？如何突破資金短缺呢？拍片有什麼心得呢？或許你也是正在掙扎的學生或電影人，或許你好奇各個環節是怎麼構成的。就算你對拍片沒興趣，這都將是一場人類自我挑戰，不受限制，充滿血淚與夢想的故事。

這一切都要由一封簡短的e-mail說起，殊不知，這將會是製作小組與TDCUS的認識的轉捩點...

Thought implant?背靠背的信任

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Last Wednesday we had a small meeting today for the first time after launching Kickstarter. While making plans for next round of shooting, we shared again what the film means for each of us. They're all a bit different.

The visions kept adjusting, and calm as we seem, finally making it public made us(or just me?) really really nervous. None of us has ever been this public, and suddenly we must be responsible of all the little ideas behind the project.

Design thinking is a really interesting idea to share, especially when we are bringing a cross-cultural perspective.

To many of us here, design thinking is already in the "grow up and move on" phase. But not so to those in different times and regions. Is our Chinese society again being receptive of a western thought movement? Or could the reaction be something that evolves the orignal ideas?

If you could control it, would you rather have the recent design thinking topic never appeared?
If you could cut in, what would you want to say to the people new to design thinking?

正式公布預告片之後，今天第一次開會，四人又重新分享了一下大家對這部影片的想像分別是什麼樣子，其實都有一點不一樣，也不斷的在小小的調整。說實在，公開是一件很緊張的事情，頓時要為自己的想法堅定的負責。

我們聊到，設計思考這樣的題材，在美國跟在台灣宣傳和分享的點很不一樣，我個人覺得這樣好刺激！同時針對美國/全球性以及台灣地區性這麼不同的文化來引發討論，尤其又是把帶著理論色彩的題材，拍成電影這樣「娛樂」的形式，究竟會變成什麼樣子的東西？我蠻期待讓大家驚奇一番！

前幾個禮拜，導演牧民聊到「想不到那麼突然就開始拍長片，幸好我們都覺得可以依靠你們，所以鐵定拍得成。」製作人老大回道：「咦！？我們才覺得因為有你們，所以一定能搞定咧！」背靠背的奮鬥真令人熱血。