大藪めぐみ |「くだらないものグランプリ」創設者
1976年、愛知県丹羽郡扶桑町生まれ。祖父が営む牛舎や農園、父が営む町工場を遊び場として お転婆な少女として過ごす。結婚出産後、子育てをしながら父の経営する町工場で働く。現在は夫が社長となり夫婦で経営している。2020年コロナ禍をバネに、６社の町工場と２名のサポート役と共にオンライン展示会を立ち上げた。その時の仲間と自社の技術を駆使した「くだらないものグランプリ」に発展。それが多くのメディアで話題となり、国内・国際放送番組や、ラジオ、雑誌などに取り上げられる。大学の英語教材としても起用される。
Megumi Oyabu | Founder of the “Kudaranai Mono” Grand Prix
Born in Fuso-cho, Niwa-gun, Aichi Prefecture, in 1976. She grew up as a tomboy in her grandfather’s barn and farm and her father’s factory in town as her playground. After marriage and childbirth, she worked at her father’s town factory while raising her children and now runs the business as a couple with her husband as a president. Using the 2020 COVID disaster as a springboard, she established an online exhibition with six town factories and two supporters. This project later developed into the “Kudaranai Mono” Grand Prix,” a competition in which companies compete to make the silliest pointless products using their skills and technology. It became a topic of conversation in many media and was featured on national and international broadcast programs, radio, magazines, and other media. It has also been used as English teaching materials at universities.
製造業の社長と社員が一緒になって作り、他社と競い合う「くだらないもの」グランプリ。大藪めぐみは、そのイベントを企画運営する中で、仕事に忙殺され失くしてしまった心が跳ねるような遊び心を取り戻していきます。彼女は未来を見据えて「一緒に飛び跳ねてる大人にならない？」と語りかけます。
The “Kudaranaimono” Grand Prix is a competition in which presidents and employees of manufacturing companies work together to make useless items and compete with other companies. While planning and managing the event, Megumi Oyabu regained the playful spirit that had been lost in her busy work life. She looks to the future and says, “Why don’t we be kids again and jump around together with the heart of a child?”