A Study of simplicity design after Millennium for Taiwan as an example of product design of homeware

• Main Authors: Su-Yu Cheng, 鄭素瑜
• Other Authors: 王雅倫
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89945346765577103666

碩士 === 崑山科技大學 === 視覺傳達設計研究所 === 100 === Moving into an aesthetics economic era, people in Taiwan have been gradually increasing the emphasis on home life aesthetics, especially household goods is the one to reflect the folk culture most, leading consumption trend and living style, also showing the local culture as well. In this study, household goods to Taiwan’s contemporary design with simplicity style is the study object, using documentary review, text analysis and case analysis as research tools to explore the use of Taiwan simplicity style home accessories design. Starting from literature search, trying to tell how simplicity style design embodies interpretation & evolution in each generation; explore the reason why simplicity style attracts attention and form constitutes the elements of reason. Hence, from consumption culture and consumer identity viewpoint to delineate the symbol of the "simple" consumption. Thereby, through the "prototype theory", sum up the "go beyond", "inherited", "metaphor" three prototype design practices case studies. The study is summarized from sampling goods, hence categorized "environmental awareness", "culture-oriented", "spiritual healing level" and "texture performance”, four manifestation forms and raised three direction of Taiwan simplicity style: (1) Humor healing power (2) Nostalgia retro wave (3) Sustainable materials application. Found in the necessities of daily life context, stressing that Taiwan''s form of expression in the cultural elements has been started to be used by designers in recent years, and emotion to convey humor has been also a common technique of expression. In the philosophy of promoting environmental protection awareness, commodity materials and function have also begun to be joined the concept design of sustainable development, becoming one of the most frequently used features. However, when "simple" has been touted as the must be element of good design, seemingly somehow it also ignores the importance of the complexity. One thing need be noted that as simplicity style design trends to popular commodity, busy in entertainment & style shaping, at the same time, perhaps it also step by step loses the essence of the concept of "simple”.