What's in the box? Whatever it is must be pretty important, because I've traveled with it, moved it, from apartment to apartment to apartment.
Kaj je v škatli? Karkoli že je, mora biti presneto pomembno, saj sem s temi stvarmi potoval, se selil iz stanovanja v stanovanje in spet novo stanovanje.
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Sound familiar? Did you know that we Americans have about three times the amount of space we did 50 years ago? Three times. So you'd think, with all this extra space, we'd have plenty of room for all our stuff. Nope. There's a new industry in town, a 22 billion-dollar, 2.2 billion sq. ft. industry: that of personal storage. So we've got triple the space, but we've become such good shoppers that we need even more space. So where does this lead? Lots of credit card debt, huge environmental footprints, and perhaps not coincidentally, our happiness levels flat-lined over the same 50 years.
Se sliši znano? Ste vedeli, da imamo Američani okoli trikrat toliko prostora kot pred 50 leti? Trikrat. Človek bi mislil, da bomo v vsem tem dodatnem prostoru lahko brez težav shranili vse svoje stvari. Kje pa. Zacvetela je nova industrija, vredna 22 milijard dolarjev in večja od 200 milijonov kvadratnih metrov, industrija zasebnih skladišč. Imamo torej trikrat toliko prostora, a postali smo tako dobri kupci, da ga potrebujemo še več. In kam to vodi? V velik dolg na kreditni kartici, ogromen okoljski odtis in morda ne po naključju je raven sreče v teh 50 letih pristala na ničli.
Well I'm here to suggest there's a better way, that less might actually equal more. I bet most of us have experienced at some point the joys of less: college -- in your dorm, traveling -- in a hotel room, camping -- rig up basically nothing, maybe a boat. Whatever it was for you, I bet that, among other things, this gave you a little more freedom, a little more time. So I'm going to suggest that less stuff and less space are going to equal a smaller footprint. It's actually a great way to save you some money. And it's going to give you a little more ease in your life.
Tu sem, da bi predlagal boljši način, kjer je manj morda dejansko več. Stavim, da je večina med nami že izkusila užitek imeti manj: na fakulteti -- v vaši študentski sobi, na potovanju -- v hotelski sobi, med kampiranjem -- kjer dejansko nimate ničesar, morda le čoln. Karkoli je že bilo, stavim, da vam je med drugim prineslo malo več svobode, malo več časa. Zato menim, da manj stvari in manj prostora vodi v manjši odtis. Pravzaprav je odličen način za prihranek denarja. In malo vam bo olajšalo življenje.
So I started a project called Life Edited at lifeedited.org to further this conversation and to find some great solutions in this area. First up: crowd-sourcing my 420 sq. ft. apartment in Manhattan with partners Mutopo and Jovoto.com. I wanted it all -- home office, sit down dinner for 10, room for guests, and all my kite surfing gear. With over 300 entries from around the world, I got it, my own little jewel box. By buying a space that was 420 sq. ft. instead of 600, immediately I'm saving 200 grand. Smaller space is going to make for smaller utilities -- save some more money there, but also a smaller footprint. And because it's really designed around an edited set of possessions -- my favorite stuff -- and really designed for me, I'm really excited to be there.
Zato sem začel s projektom Life Edited (preurejeno življenje) na lifeedited.com, da bi razvil to razpravo in našel nekaj odličnih idej. Prvič: svoje 39 kvadratnih metrov veliko stanovanje na Manhattnu sem s partnerjema Mutopo in Jovoto.com dal na tržišče idej. Hotel sem vse -- domačo pisarno, prostor za večerjo za deset ljudi, sobo za goste, in za vso mojo opremo za spuščanje zmajev. S preko 300 idejami z vsega sveta sem dobil svojo škatlico za dragulje. Ker sem kupil prostor velikosti 39 kvadratnih metrov namesto 58 kvadratnih metrov, sem takoj prihranil 200.000 dolarjev. Manj prostora pomeni manjšo opremo, tudi tu sem nekaj prihranil, pomeni pa tudi manjši odtis. In ker je v resnici oblikovano okoli urejenega izbora lastnine -- mojih najljubših stvari -- in dejansko oblikovano zame, sem zelo rad doma.
So how can you live little? Three main approaches. First of all, you have to edit ruthlessly. We've got to clear the arteries of our lives. And that shirt that I hadn't worn in years? It's time for me to let it go. We've got to cut the extraneous out of our lives, and we've got to learn to stem the inflow. We need to think before we buy. Ask ourselves, "Is that really going to make me happier? Truly?" By all means, we should buy and own some great stuff. But we want stuff that we're going to love for years, not just stuff.
Torej, kako lahko živite na majhno? Trije glavni pristopi. Prvič, neusmiljeno morate urejati. Očistiti je treba arterije naših življenj. In ta majica, ki je ne nosim že leta? Čas je, da se ločiva. Znebiti se moramo nepomembnih stvari v življenju in se naučiti zaustaviti pritok. Razmišljati moramo, preden kupimo. Vprašajmo se, "Me bo to res osrečilo? Res?" Na vsak način moramo kupiti in imeti nekaj odličnih stvari. Ampak hočemo stvari, ki nam bodo všeč dolga leta, ne stvari kar tako.
Secondly, our new mantra: small is sexy. We want space efficiency. We want things that are designed for how they're used the vast majority of the time, not that rare event. Why have a six burner stove when you rarely use three? So we want things that nest, we want things that stack, and we want it digitized. You can take paperwork, books, movies, and you can make it disappear -- it's magic.
Drugič, naša nova mantra: majhno je seksi. Hočemo učinkovit prostor. Hočemo stvari, ki so oblikovane za tisto, za kar jih uporabljamo večino časa, ne za redke priložnosti. Zakaj bi imeli kuhalno površino s šestimi ploščami, če še tri redko uporabljamo? Hočemo stvari, ki se pospravijo, ki se naložijo ena na drugo in hočemo digitalne stvari. Papir, knjige, filme lahko odstranite -- magično.
Finally, we want multifunctional spaces and housewares -- a sink combined with a toilet, a dining table becomes a bed -- same space, a little side table stretches out to seat 10. In the winning Life Edited scheme in a render here, we combine a moving wall with transformer furniture to get a lot out of the space. Look at the coffee table -- it grows in height and width to seat 10. My office folds away, easily hidden. My bed just pops out of the wall with two fingers. Guests? Move the moving wall, have some fold-down guest beds. And of course, my own movie theater.
Končno, hočemo večfunkcionalne prostore in gospodinjsko opremo -- umivalnik v kombinaciji s straniščem, miza postane postelja -- isti prostor, majhna stranska mizica se raztegne v mizo za deset ljudi. V zmagovalni rešitvi Life Edited smo kombinirali premični zid s pohištvom, ki se preoblikuje, da bi dobro izkoristili prostor. Poglejte salonsko mizico, zraste v višino in širino s prostorom za deset ljudi. Moja pisarna se pospravi in je dobro skrita. Posteljo izvlečem iz zidu z dvema prstoma. Gostje? Premaknite premični zid in dobite nekaj zložljivih postelj. In seveda, moj lastni kino.
So I'm not saying that we all need to live in 420 sq. ft. But consider the benefits of an edited life. Go from 3,000 to 2,000, from 1,500 to 1,000. Most of us, maybe all of us, are here pretty happily for a bunch of days with a couple of bags, maybe a small space, a hotel room. So when you go home and you walk through your front door, take a second and ask yourselves, "Could I do with a little life editing? Would that give me a little more freedom? Maybe a little more time?"
Ne trdim, da moramo živeti na 39 kvadratnih metrih. A razmislite o koristih preurejenega življenja. Pojdite z 280 na 185, s 139 na 92. Večina, morda vsi med nami, je čisto zadovoljna tule, z nekaj dnevi življenja iz nekaj torb, morda v majhnem prostoru v hotelski sobi. Ko boste torej šli domov in stopili skozi vhodna vrata, postojte za trenutek in se vprašajte: "Bi zmogel malo preurediti življenje? Bi mi to dalo malo več svobode? Morda malo več časa?"
What's in the box? It doesn't really matter. I know I don't need it. What's in yours? Maybe, just maybe, less might equal more. So let's make room for the good stuff.
Kaj je v škatli? Sploh ni pomembno. Vem, da tega ne potrebujem. Kaj je v vaši? Morda, samo morda je manj v resnici več. Napravimo torej prostor za dobre stvari.
Thank you.
Hvala.
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