Bao Kun--DSDN171-Trimester II: Archive

Bao Kun--DSDN171-Trimester II

September 2011

1 post

October 2010

5 posts

September 2010

3 posts

Design and Cultural Background

Being a designer has been my dream since I was a middle school student. As a future designer, what makes me unique and profoundly influence me, I think, is my culture and religion background. One famous designer once mentioned that, ‘no designer can stand on the international stage without deeply rooting in his or her native culture.’ It makes us who we really are. I started to read Chinese...

Technology + Progress

As the most important modern design school, Bauhaus established and implemented three fundamental principles: · The unification of fine arts and technology; · Enphasized that the aim of design was human, rather than products; · Design must follow natural and objective principle. Depanding on these principles, Bauhaus introduced following reformation: · Emphasized collective study and work style; ·...

August 2010

2 posts

After the Industrial Revolution, traditional methods of craftsmanship gave way to mechanical production, not only daily necessities, but also the work of art that designed for reproducibility. Same as the reproduced work of art, these mass-produced copies are not real art works at all. Without the process of author’s thought and physical development, they are just beautiful objects, simple and...

July 2010

3 posts

Beauty and Utility

The debate of form and function has continued since it was proposed. Mr. Owen Jones argued that, “Construction should be decorated; decoration should never be purposely constructed.” I think he was right in the historical background of his era. As the carrier of function, construction determines the basic appearance of products or structures. Construction is the base, a primary purpose and...

June 2010

10 posts

May 2010

8 posts

April 2010

0 posts

March 2010

18 posts