東森新聞報 更新日期:2007/06/21 18:23 記者:記者陳玉芝卅編譯

十年前在亞洲金融風暴中受創嚴重，泰國股神斯里瓦的金融事業徹底破產，負債超過10億台幣，不過他並沒有失去對生命的堅持，改賣三明治，現在不但已還清所有債務，新的店面還陸續開張，成為三明治大王。

泰國遭受金融風暴後，很多人不堪一夕破產選擇燒炭和跳樓，但當年被稱為泰國「股神」的斯里瓦，為了生存選擇重新振作，連續好幾年在大太陽底下沿街叫賣三明治，現今有了另一個封號，人稱「三明治大王」。

斯里瓦在股市風光時期，一天最高獲利可達上千萬元。斯里瓦說，「所以我的生活大變，從富裕跌落普通層級，那對我很困難嗎？是啊，我曾不習慣，我家人也不習慣，我的員工也不習慣，但最後我們必須調適自己去適應這個狀況。」

擁有美國德州大學財務管理的學歷，斯里瓦和妻子育有兩女一男，金融風暴後，他的豪宅開發案瞬間崩盤，負債超過新台幣10億元，如今靠著頭腦與汗水，建立了獨樹一格的三明治王國。

斯里瓦說，「今天如你所見，我能大笑，雖然我過去很有錢，我是經歷破產的人，但今天我經營小小的公司，還在曼谷街頭賣三明治，我將再開店，我覺得超開心。」這個三明治傳奇的精神，值得許多人效法。

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The Typography class is finally over. Some people described the class as a boot camp, and it’s totally true. By far, this class is the most intensive class I have ever attended. During last quarter, I have made numerous sleepless commitments in order to complete my projects. Here, I would like to share some of the interesting projects with you:

1. Personalities of Types Project

In this project, we were required to use different font, size, color, and composition to express six emotions, actions, holidays, and countries, respectively. The whole point of this project is for students to better understand the characteristics of various fonts, so that we would know how to pick a font for a design in the future.

I have fallen in love with this project. After this project, I started observing and analyzing every font I came across in daily life.

2. Page Layout Project

This was a page layout project which required students to incorporate what we have learnt about Typography into a one-spread magazine design. This project gave us hands-on experience on how to create and organize different elements on a page. The challenge of this project is to create three different concepts by using the exact same elements. Irene wanted us to have a taste of the real world experience where clients always prefer a designer to provide more than one concept for them to choose from.

3. Book Cover Design Project

My final project is to design a book cover for the Typography and Composition class. Interestingly, no requirement or specification was given to the students in this project. Irene said that it was harder to work with a client who doesn’t have any preference than a client who can outline what he/she exactly wants. Therefore, I had to do my own research on potential audiences and industry trends before I could start the project. Finally, I was able to create a trendy looking book cover design that caught the eyes of the whole class.

Throughout this class, I have not only learnt typography, but also how to conquer difficulties as a professional designer.

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