Research On The Simple Features Of Ming Style Furniture And Nordic Furniture

The essence of Minimalism is looking for the the truth of things, Expressing the most content with The simplest form. It isn't a Moden method of expression. Ming-style furniture in China is a gem of furniture design of the world, the design is a model of simplicity. Its so-phistication and appropriate proportion, decoration structure, natural material performance expressed unique artistic charm, not only to achieve the function of furniture, but also express its spirit and Temperament. Nordic furniture design has been represented as simple style since the beginning of the last century , acted in the international design stage, influenced interna-tional furniture design field Continued and powerfully. Minimalist furniture design have abandoned the traditional design of luxury and cumbersome, Performance to the structure and function of furniture nature. This paper is focused on the relationship between the morphol-ogy of simple furniture and the content ,after Comparing the Minimalist feature of Ming style furniture and Nordic furniture, explain the the relationship between the Minimalist furniture form and the products elements, Summarized Minimalist furniture Design rules.The subject of Ming-style furniture and the modern Nordic furniture is not a fresh study, Several Monographs in the field has come out. This paper is standing on the basis of the col-lection of Previous research results, select the parts which I need to Synthesize and summarize, Summarized Minimalist furniture design rules. I try to start my study from the simple charac-teristics of furnitures. It is obvious that, as the representatives of Simple style, Ming-style fur-niture and Nordic furniture is different in modeling language and decoration style, there are more decorative in Ming-style furniture. And it represents traditional Chinese ethics , Nordic furniture represents Modern freedom and democracy, they are two different characteristics of the times. But removed the differences of production process and the characteristics of the times, whose form performance of the functions, materials and structural characteristics of the furniture.This paper have defined the Simple Features of design from the characteristics of simple style and its history ;Based on the comparison with Ming Style furniture and Nordic furniture, analysis the form of simple features and products (furniture) elements-- function, structure, technology and material, summarize the rules of Minimalist furniture design, and With spe-cific design practice to verify these rules.