Better biofuels are a really big deal. That means we can precisely engineer the molecules in the fuel chain and optimize them along the way. So, if all goes well, they're going to have designer bugs in warm vats that are eating and digesting sugars to excrete better biofuels. I guess that's better living through bugs.

  • -- John Doerr 约翰·杜尔

更好的生物燃料是一件大事。这意味着我们可以精确地设计燃料链中的分子,并在此过程中优化它们。所以,如果一切顺利,他们将在温暖的大桶里有设计好的虫子,它们正在吃和消化糖,以排出更好的生物燃料。我想这样过虫子的日子会更好。

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The apparent pointlessness of fashion may be just what makes it so strong as a zeitgeist sensor. Even I, a designer, do not know why a certain proportion feels dated or why another one feels exciting at a given moment. I leave that to the cultural historians and theorists.

时尚明显的无意义也许正是它作为时代精神传感器如此强大的原因。即使是我,一个设计师,也不知道为什么一定比例的人觉得过时,或者为什么另一个人在某一特定时刻感到兴奋。我把这个问题留给文化历史学家和理论家。

For each episode the five of us are all wearing clothes by the same designer. It's a different designer for each episode, but for each one we're all wearing their clothes.

每集我们五个人都穿着同一位设计师的衣服。每一集都有不同的设计师,但每一集我们都穿着他们的衣服。

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

一个设计师知道他达到了完美,不是因为没有什么可以添加的,而是因为没有什么可以删除的。

To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.

设计就是用你能控制或掌握的任何方式清晰地沟通。