Title :
A method of product style design with the amalgamation of folk culture
Author :
Wang, Beihai ; Weng, Chunmeng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Machine Eng., Wuhan Polytech. Univ., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
It is analyzed that the necessities and significance of the amalgamation of folk culture into product design. A method of product design has been proposed based on amalgamation of folk culture. Focusing on choosing the theme of folk culture and finding the natural link to folk culture and product, the design flow was given as ¿Establishing cultural theme -identifying characteristics of folk cultural elements - Imitation or innovation design¿, then a product embodying folk culture can be obtained. A chair was designed to illustrate the method.
Keywords :
product design; cultural theme; folk culture amalgamation; innovation design; product style design; Art; Clouds; Cultural differences; Design engineering; Design methodology; Medals; Product design; Production; Psychology; Technological innovation; cultural theme; folk culture; method of design; product design;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Aided Industrial Design & Conceptual Design, 2009. CAID & CD 2009. IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wenzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5266-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5268-2
DOI :
10.1109/CAIDCD.2009.5374874
