{"id":33829,"date":"2015-10-22T12:28:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T03:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/?p=33829"},"modified":"2015-10-29T09:28:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T00:28:43","slug":"world-renowned-fashion-designer-paul-smith-delivers-lecture-on-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/33829","title":{"rendered":"World-renowned fashion designer Paul Smith delivers lecture on \u2018inspiration\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 5, Waseda University\u2019s East-West Center for Research into Culture and Aesthetics hosted a lecture with fashion designer Paul Smith titled \u201cPaul Smith\u2019s Inspiration.\u201d Okuma Auditorium was at full capacity and many visitors who had hoped to hear from Smith were unable to attend. To give these people a chance to participate, Smith held a second lecture later that night. Approximately 2,500 students and guests enthusiastically listened in on his lectures.<\/p>\n<p>In his lectures, Smith humorously discussed what it takes to create something that grabs people\u2019s attention in today\u2019s society and how to generate the inspiration necessary to accomplish such a task.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-33829 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/paul_smith_waseda1eyecatch'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda1eyecatch-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda1eyecatch-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda1eyecatch-610x457.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda1eyecatch-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda1eyecatch.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/paul_smith_waseda2eyecatch'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda2eyecatch-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda2eyecatch-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda2eyecatch-610x457.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda2eyecatch-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda2eyecatch.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Smith presented a picture of his office, which is filled with various objects, and told the audience that they must closely look around their surroundings in order to strengthen their imagination. He also explained \u00a0how certain decisions can impact the rest of one&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_Headlines2-min.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33702\" alt=\"paul_smith_Headlines2-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_Headlines2-min.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_Headlines2-min.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_Headlines2-min-610x348.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_Headlines1-min.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33703\" alt=\"paul_smith_Headlines1-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_Headlines1-min.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_Headlines1-min.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_Headlines1-min-610x348.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smith had some very important messages to tell his audience.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMake room to break the rules. Don\u2019t always go down the obvious route. Think about \u2018what if I did this?\u2019 Challenge yourself to have new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can find inspiration in anything \u2013 in art, in music, in architecture. Travel is fantastic. One of the most inspirational things is traveling and seeing how other cultures are living and working.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my opinion, everything is looking the same around the world. We need to make more effort\u2026.By taking the same product, but thinking about it in a different way, then you can have success, or you may not have success\u2026.It could be your CV, it could be your exam paper\u2026it could be anything. This is just an example of effort. It\u2019s up to your generation to please try and do things differently \u2013 try to do things independently and try to make a big effort.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Smith\u2019s lecture was a powerful reminder of the importance of finding inspiration and pursuing the possibilities open to all of us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda3eyecatch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33700\" alt=\"paul_smith_waseda3eyecatch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda3eyecatch.jpg\" width=\"1040\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda3eyecatch.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda3eyecatch-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda3eyecatch-610x457.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/paul_smith_waseda3eyecatch-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 5, Waseda University\u2019s East-West Center for Research into Culture and Aesthetics hosted a lecture w [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":33702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,81,117],"tags":[185,178],"class_list":["post-33829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headline","category-news","category-topic","tag-arts-en","tag-research-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33830,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33829\/revisions\/33830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}