中國藝術哲學與美學的新設計思維a visual approach to design thinking：integrating chinese art philosophy and aesthetics in graphic design practice and education

INTRODUCTION (Visual research method) 001

 

RESEARCH METHOD (Research method & diagram) 003

 

CINDY WANG SELECTED WORKS (A selection of creative works and writings by Cindy Wang.) 006

CINDYMODE [閒緻之間] 007

GLASSWARE DESIGN 019

ACRYLIC INSTALLATION ART 031

 

STUDENT FEATURE VISUAL COMMUNICATION

(Featured students work from Cindy's Visual Communication Class: The integration of Chinese Aesthetics and Visual Research.) 044

WHAT THE HELL! [我的地獄] 049

DARK COFFEE 057

ANIMAL CRUELTY MOVEMENT [半死半活] 065

TIME OFF 073

LIQUID ZEN 081

MOHU [模糊] 089

ALMOST FAMOUS [成名在望] 097

HÉ [合] 105

THE BAR HOUSE [花天酒地] 113

KEIJO 121

MORI 129

SPACE BETWEEN SPACE WITHIN 137

STUDENT FEATURE FINAL YEAR PROJECT (A selection of students' Final Year Projects from Nanyang Technological University.) 146

YI – WEI MACHINE [藝一味販賣機] 149

ADULTING FOLLIES 159

A CUP OF COFFEE 169

THE THREE SPACE 183

FORMLESS FORMS 195

TRAILS OF TIME 207

A MONSTER IS A HUMAN 217

BETWEEN HERE & THERE 231

TIME — SPACE — PEOPLE 243

 

 

　　Chinese Aesthetics has been an important part of my research and inspiration for my practice. My work investigates how the principles of Chinese classical art can be adapted as part of a design research method, to help enhance designer’s creative capacities.

 

　　Despite the art forms being centuries old, the philosophical concepts and principles of the Chinese ink painting and calligraphy can be a great source of inspiration for creatives.

 

　　Through visual research, we study how Chinese culture can influence creativity and explore new ways to make this knowledge more accessible to the younger generation.

 

　　My teaching career and experiences interacting with my students motivated this book. I find that some students have great ideas, but many of them found it difficult to translate these ideas into their design. Through the years of my teaching career, I have been researching and refining my teaching materials. In this book, I have put together a design thinking method using visual research to guide my students in their design process.

 

　　The integration of Chinese Aesthetics principles as part of visual research has been an inspirational process for me, and I have introduced the research method to my visual communication classes. 
 

　　Upon implementation of this method in my classes, I have found it to be useful in guiding my students through their conceptualisation process.

 

　　Several works by my students over a period of years have been documented in this book, to demonstrate the application of this design thinking method in their school projects completed in the School of Art, Design and Media, at Nanyang Technological University.