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［フォーラム後記｜Forum Epilogue］アンドレ・フー氏の生き様を体験する会となりました。彼は10年ほど前に彗星のごとく現れたスターデザイナーです。今では世界で屈指の超一流デザイナーです。この人がどのような姿勢で数々のデザインを成しているのかを知ること、これがこの講演会を企画した私たちの隠れた動機でした。　特に印象に残ったお話は、「調べ物や準備を怠りなく行えば、よいデザインができるわけではない。その場所にいて、その時になってはじめて瞬発力によってデザインする。そのためには心を虚ろにして空けておく」という意味の発言でした。　ラグジュアリーを再定義していることにも目を開かされました。ラグジュアリーとは気持ちのよい気分を味わうことであって、マテリアルや形態や模様のことではない、と。日頃の膨大な仕事経験が彼に教えた、物事を本質的に捉える態度と素直で正直な心情の発露は、こちらの心に重く響きました。彼こそ、デザイナー（ものつくり）の「鑑」であると思います。 ［ファシリテーター：大谷弘明］The Forum lecture allowed us to come in contact firsthand with the posture that guides our speaker’s life. Andre Fu’s career took off like a comet about 10 years ago, and today he is among a handful of super-top-notch designers in the world. To tell the truth, it was our hidden motive in planning this lecture to learn more about the approach or posture that informs the impressive designs for which he is known. Fu reminded us that good design does not always come from having done a lot of background research and preparation. Only when you are right there and the time comes do you design instantaneously. “You should empty your mind and keep it open so that you can do that.” His redefinition of “luxury,” too, has opened our eyes. Luxury is not material things, styles, or designs; it is the pleasure of feeling good̶feeling comfort. Understanding the essence of material things and expressing what you feel arising from staying receptive and candid̶lessons he learned from the tremendous body of his experience̶struck a profound chord in our hearts. He is truly a role model designer. [Facilitator: Hiroaki Otani]Since starting my studio 14 years ago, I have been in pursuit of a concept I call “relaxed luxury.” Five-star hotels 20 years ago were always about formality, grandeur, and a lot of dec-oration. But the approach to luxury is different nowadays: it focuses much less on the superficial, and puts more emphasis on comfort and experience. I believe that hotel design must respond to this evolution in the meaning of luxury. Here are four key elements that influence how I think and cre-ate designs: 1. Cultural reflections, 2. Curated moments, 3. Artisan expressions, and 4. Relaxed luxury.─Cultural ReflectionsWhen designing a hotel in a location I do not know very well, I visit the place as a tourist. I go there and just absorb what I feel. I talk to the clients and listen to what they want to achieve. I look at the site, and I just respond and open myself to what it has to say. It is a very organic process―not about reading books or looking deeply into history, and what I come up with is my personal expression of cultural encounter with the location. I do not try to replicate local features into the design in a literal sense; rather, I try to place elements of those features here and there, allowing guests to discover them, and deepening their experience of traveling in that location.─Curated MomentsFor me, any design work is about creating memories for guests, making it possible for them to come in and be immersed in an environment, observe things, and take home with them certain memories and moments. I think of the whole hotel experience as very much a journey̶about going through the space and discovering the many layers of moments experienced there.─Artisan ExpressionsI am always trying to design environments with the artistic quality that embraces the spirit of the hotel. We want to produce a holistic experience where art does not become something exclusive, but is connected with the entire envi-ronment. Fusing art and space and making a strong narrative experience shapes distinctive memories for the guests.─Relaxed LuxuryI use the term “relaxed luxury” extensively in my work. Luxury is really a feeling̶a feeling of comfort. Going to a place and feeling good about yourself̶that’s luxury. It’s not about imposing a lifestyle; lifestyle really comes from within. So in my design work, I am not pursuing a certain “look” or “style.” Rather, I am reflecting my personal imagination about what I would feel and react to if I were a guest going into that space. What I want to do is to build environments in which people will feel an emotional connection to the place they are visiting. Then, I hope, they will find more than the perfect Instagram moment that everyone wants to take a picture of; they will dis-cover the sense of a comfortable lifestyle that comes from within. [Text: Hiroshi Miyamoto]写真左：リボンをモチーフにした二人掛けソファ。Le photo: Ribbon-shaped sofa for two.212019 SPRING38FORUM