Street Peeps는 우리들의 눈길을 끌고 질문을 던지게끔 호기심을 유발하는 이들을 가리킵니다. 아마도 그의 패션이나 태도 혹은 내면에 숨겨져 있는 뭔가가 느껴지기도 하겠죠. 전철 옆자리나 줄을 서서 대기하는 사람이나 혹은 길거리에서 스쳐 지나가는 이들처럼 우리 주변에는 주목할만한 인물이 많고 우리는 그들에게 말을 건내지 않지만 Street Peeps에서는 이 기회를 붙잡아 여러분들께 보여드립니다. 그들은 우리들의 생각보다 재미있고 특별한 동시에 우리와 비슷한 사람들이라는걸 깨달을 수 있어요.

“Street Peeps” are interesting people who, for some reason, catch our eye and make us want to ask, “Who are you and what do you do?” Perhaps it’s their fashion; perhaps it’s their attitude; often, it’s just a feeling that there’s something under the surface that we want to know about. All around us – sitting next to us on the subway, waiting behind us in line, walking past us in the street – there are fascinating and remarkable people, yet we never stop to talk to them. Well, we do, and we bring them to you.

아시다시피 한국, 일본에서는 크리스마스는 가정적인 홀리데이아니라 로맨틱 홀리데이죠. 신촌 메가복스에서 <나는 전설이다>를 보고 나왔던이 이 귀엽고 사랑스러운 커플 봤어요. 진짜 크리스마스 분위기같았더라고요.

As many of you might know, Christmas in Korea or Japan is a romantic holiday, as opposed to the more family-oriented affair that it tends to be in America. Yesterday, coming out of the Shinchon Megabox after having seen the very scary <I Am Legend>, we spied this very cute, very starry-eyed couple that really seemed to embody the Korean holiday spirit.

어떻게 만났냐면 사회봉사 동아리에서 좋아하게 됐대요. 같은 대학교를 다니고 있는데 이 여학생이 실내디자인을 배우고 있고 남자친구는 기계차동차공학을 배우고 있대요.영화 같이 봤던 내 친구는 유명한 Tom Dixon이랑 한국에 대한 실내디자인 책을 준비하고 있으니까 진짜 잘 만났네요! 웬지 우리 말을 걸고 사진을 찍게 된 사람들이 70-80% 디자인쪽에 일하더라고요.

When I asked them how they met, they replied that it was in a social volunteering club on campus, where she is an interior design major and he is in mechanical engineering for automobiles (if my translation is correct). As my companion for the movie just happens to be working on a book with Tom Dixon that covers interior design in Korea, it was quite a fortuituous meeting! In retrospect, it seems like 70-80% of the people we stop on the street and photograph are involved in some kind of design. I guess one’s interests really does translate into what you wear and you carry oneself.

이번 크리스마스 날 뭘할 거예요? 이 귀여운 커플이 여행한대요. 어디로 갈 거냐고 물었던이 모른대요. ㅋㅋㅋ 일단 장소는 상관 없겠죠? 같이 있으면 되니까. 메리 크리스마스!

What are you going to do this Christmas? The cute couple we talked to said they were going to take a little, although when I asked where, they actually hadn’t yet decided. Still, it shouldn’t matter, since wherever they go will be fun, since they’ll be together, right? Ah, youth. And a Merry Christmas from Seoul!