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The Application of the Wisdom of Chinese Characters in Product Design*

Authors
Jun Zhou, Xiangyu Qu, Peijin Huang
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Xiangyu Qu
Available Online 14 February 2020.
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10.2991/assehr.k.191217.176How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Chinese character construction, wisdom of Chinese character, product design
Abstract

Chinese characters are the most important cultural form in Chinese traditional history and culture. It is a tool for daily communication and a bridge for understanding the past; it has extraordinary cultural significance and value. Chinese character construction and product design have the same effect on the method. The integration of Chinese character construction method into product design can display the charm and value of Chinese character culture, enhance the cultural connotation of products, shape the culture value of product, and bring users a new multicultural experience. Based on the structural characteristics of Chinese characters, this paper analyzes the basic features of strokes, parts, and whole character of Chinese characters, as well as the relationship with product design. Combining the three aspects of Chinese characters, such as “shape”, “context” and “meaning”, the paper takes different Chinese character elements as the prototype and conduct a series of practical product case exploration, analyzes the feasibility of product design of Chinese characters, provides a new design idea for the productization of Chinese character construction wisdom.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2019)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
14 February 2020
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978-94-6252-867-3
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2352-5398
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10.2991/assehr.k.191217.176How to use a DOI?
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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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