20160507, Article, Taichung

[Jasmine0316]

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Time：第 347會，2016年5月 7日（週六）下午2:30~5:30
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15

Agenda
14:30~15:30 Session One
15:30~15:50 Speech Session
15:50~16:00 Change Group and then Break Time
16:00~17:15 Session Two
17:15~17:30 Happy Time

Host: Kevin
Assistant Host:

Topic:
How Ikea Works
Source:
http://money.howstuffworks.com/ikea.htm

Please Note:
Venue:台中市南屯區 大業路182號 Mos Burger二樓
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Questions:
1. Have you ever been to IKEA to buy furniture or enjoy the food? If yes, what kind of experience do you have in IKEA? They have lots of separate rooms with nice decoration. Do you buy the products due to these measures?

2. Have you ever bought any products from IKEA? Have you ever assembled furniture by yourself? Some say that assembling furniture causes so much relation tension. Do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

3. Have you ever been to traditional furniture stores? How and where to buy inexpensive stylish furniture? Have you ever been to modern furniture stores like UWood, SCANTEAK, Order, HOLA, NITORI or B&Q? And please tell us your shopping experiences in these stores.

4. Are you satisfied with your current home decoration and interior design? How often do you re-decorate your living room or bedroom? Are you an aesthetic person? If yes, how can the sense of beauty make your life better?


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時間地點須知：
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15
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http://www.happyforum.org/Association_Principle.htm
各分會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Club_Principle.htm
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參與例會，請自行列印當週的討論文章，並帶至現場
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=33
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http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1766
週六晚餐(Saturday Dinner)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=76
戶外活動(Club Outing)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=72
所有行程(All Schedule)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?t=883

[Jasmine0316]

Dear Taichung Happiers,

If you want to work at IKEA, you've got to learn to love your shelf. (--Steve Mieczkowski, twitter)

Receiving 2003 Prince Philip Designers Prize admitting his lifetime achievements in design, Sir Terence Conran pinpointed the innate desire for our ultimate well-being. "Furniture and food are ways that people define their attitude toward life. They'll buy better stuff if it's offered to them." What are the strains and significance of jazzing up your home? Our host Kevin’s most precious accent is surely his adorable baby son! Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to join us on this feast of home-loving conversations.

What interior design can evoke your memories of home that have positively impacted your life? American interior designer Albert Hadley (18 November 1920 – 29 March 2012) displayed a distinctive perception of the quality. "The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what's in or what's out. This is not an easy job." Author and philosopher Alain de Botton also argues that we should fall in love with ourselves while falling in love with architecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdfyEvv-UC4 In addition, should the pursuit of The Perfect Home help us face or escape the realities? Well, above all, we cannot be too serious about our cozy relationship with the environment; therefore, please take the Energy Efficient Home into your consideration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du76tp1kh6o&app=desktop

We are what we furnish. We are constantly creating; also, what we create (including our living environment) is constantly creating us. Conceiving our creativity is not only a journey of self-discovery, but also our value for this world. Endorsing the power of visual mantra for transforming our lives, interior designer Mandy Straight instructed us in three steps to create our own visual mantra: seeing how we feel to determine the messages that we already send ourselves, defining the mantra we want to create, and deleting anything that doesn’t further our mantra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbbzZYJ_oJ4 Now, please sit back and savor the decorating style quiz. http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/25171951/list/houzz-quiz-whats-your-decorating-style However, I am particularly struck by the floral designs of this “magician” Preston Bailey--who planted a garden in the ceiling--let us check out what he transformed a football tent into. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLlJJ-zsbss

I know, I know, what can make Happiers’ hearts beat faster and faster is …….the buildings with an ocean of books! English novelist Anthony Powell (21 December 1905 – 28 March 2000) cast character into his home: “Books do furnish a room.” Before our feast of conversations, feast our eyes first! Home Libraries are always the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmQi1aJ0P2g And, watch out! This library hotel 's interior design will seduce you to fly again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSe1wQ5LTZg How about the tango between light and shadow in “A People's Palace“? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Ed4LL7AR4

I hope this puts your mind at Ease (by Christopher Flaherty)

I hope this puts your mind at Ease

Because there is a Breeze
Those Leaves will shed their Trees
Creating furniture for the Bee's

Now, Milk turn's to Cheese
Honey precedes Bee's

And in spite of that Breeze

Leaves grow new Tree's
I hope that puts your mind at Ease

Home decorating is nothing but a delicious channel of your dreams, ideas, and charisma. Referring to these, trust me, mother knows best! Every Mama is a super hero—she was made for loving you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bCkulzbKkY Happy Mother’s Day to every Mama! Please kiss your Mom before joining us. Thanks!!!





With Gratitude,
Jasmine

[Kevin01]

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