Design Culture Of Folk Bamboo Utensils In Hunan

This paper focuses on researching design rules and culture of Hunan folk bamboo product, basing on the Chinese local design. It is not only to think bamboo product design, the more important is to provide references for Chinese modern design, combining with regional characteristics, folk culture and farming civilization.This paper analyses comprehensively of design culture on Hunan folk bamboo product. The design culture of Hunan folk bamboo product include three aspects content of design objects layer, design organization layer, design concept layer from the perspective of design culture. The first one is design objects layer, including the factors of material of and strain. The second layer one is design organization, exploring the design rules of Hunan folk bamboo product from the main technical, artistic characteristics, regional culture, Hunan culture, immigrant culture, national culture and other cultural contexts. The third one is design concept layer, pioneering design ideas and forming modern technology and design theory with Chinese characteristics.Design objects layer includes two aspects, one is the strains of Hunan folk bamboo products, the other one is geopolitical properties of Hunan folk bamboo products. According to the relevance of bamboo strains, Hunan folk bamboo products are divided into seven major types,which are water-related bamboo products,fire-related bamboo products,eating-related bamboo products, living-related bamboo products,wearing-related bamboo products,behavior-related bamboo products, decorative-related bamboo products. According to geographical distribution of different bamboo species,the article analyzed the geopolitical differences and physical characteristics of Hunan folk bamboo products,such as Baoqing bamboo carving,Yiyang water bamboo mat,Xiangxi panniers,Zhongfang bamboo hats,Xiangtan bamboo umbrellas.Design organization layer includes art features, technical characteristics and cultural characteristics of Hunan folk bamboo product,which are important component of design culture.On the aspects of arts characteristic,this article analyzes the form construction of Hunan folk bamboo product from the point, line, surface, block, and proposes the characteristics of humanity, dominant, controlling.And then,the article analyzes decorative features and decorative forms from carving, branded flowers, stay green, dyeing, weaving, mosaic, etc;Lastly,it introduces the characteristics of yellow bamboo, bamboo green, brown bamboo, bamboo chemical coloring, coloring finishing bamboo, bamboo bleach, etc. The technical characteristics of Hunan folk bamboo products is another important part of design culture,including tools system and process system.The article analyzes the tools systems of Hunan folk bamboo products from mining tool, cut tools, split tools, uniform tool carving tools, weaving tools, etc.It analyzes production process of bamboo furniture from the bamboo section interception, bamboo segment de-oiling, bamboo segment bending and correction, bleached bamboo section,surface machining and other processes.And then it analyzes the craftsmanship of bamboo product from bamboo production making, surface treatment, bamboo weaving, bamboo post-reinforcement and other processes.Lastly it analyzes the craftsmanship of bamboo carving products from the choice of bamboo materials, carvings, carved, engraved, relief, intaglio carved the use of techniques.According to the previous study of art characteristics and design features,this paper discusses the design principles of people-oriented, the distinctive design logic, the design ethic from generation to generation,the design thinking for experience after another, the implicit design spirit and the statecraft, realistic design context. And the article analyzes the culture system and technology system of bamboo design.The culture system include the Hunan culture, immigrant culture, farming culture and people’s lifestyles,and the technology culture system include tool culture, craft culture, material culture, cultural patterns, functional culture. Meanwhile, the article outlines the design cultural characteristics of bamboo products from the practical, local, reproducibility, low resistance, simple, rough style and stylized.Finally, it’s about the layer of design concept. The paper points out the reasons of declining and the main factors of slow development and proposes three innovative development ways of modern bamboo products combining with the pulse of the times,which are the design concept of product innovation oriented,the heritage concept together with cultural heritage and the concept of development for technological innovation.