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

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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.

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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 cultur...

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

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 M...