Design Introduction

Author: Lu Jia Gui
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This book serves as a teaching resource, elaborating on design-related issues and the understanding that learners should have about design. The content is developed both vertically and horizontally. Vertically, it provides a structured explanation of design-related issues by chapter; horizontally, it offers knowledge-based introductions and theoretical explorations on design categories, attempting to predict future design trends. In terms of knowledge, it systematically introduces essential concepts such as the definition and meaning of design, design classification, and a brief history of design. In theoretical exploration, it discusses the importance of formal beauty in design aesthetics, the relationship between design and culture, the connection between design and the construction of spiritual civilization, the link between design and the market, and the role of design in developing the national economy. Additionally, under the current context of rapid advancements in high technology, the relationship between design and technology has become increasingly close. Therefore, design professionals must not only possess artistic thinking and master design techniques but also acquire technological knowledge, especially high-tech knowledge. To this end, the book enriches topics such as high technology and design, future life and design, introducing new technologies, new thinking, and new concepts to inspire learners. This book is primarily intended as a teaching material for industrial design, environmental art, interior decoration, visual communication design, and other related design disciplines in vocational and technical colleges. It can also serve as a foundational textbook for design majors in undergraduate institutions and adult higher education colleges.