New Currents Of Design On The Background Of The Immaterial Society

Since 1 980s,human being has entered a new era of information explosion(ie.the immaterial societyl,thanks to the rapid development of computer technologies and the fast popularity of Intemet.The ubiquity and flexibility of new technologies have gradually become the main characteristics of the leading structure of human life.This tremendous change has not only made a revolutionary change in the technological characteristics but also had a fundamental influence on every aspect of human society,economy and culture.Furthermore,it has spread out to the fields of recognition and philosophy.In this age, profound reflections have been elicited in many academic fields and a11 kinds of exciting ideas and amazing perceptions have been brought forward to give a full play the rationality and rich sentiments of human mature.Consequently,the immaterial design trend of thoughts came out in the field of design art.It refers to the change of design from material to immaterial rie.from concrete to amorphous,from real product to virtual product,from the product design to service design.The immaterial design is a revolution in design field,because it is totally different from our familiar concrete design in terms of design functions,the means of existence,the product form and the design nature.Not only does it create another existence way Of fornl but also it changes our recognition of the world and even of ourselves.Wle can finish the design creation and 1ater mode of opermion in the virtualized world,furthermore,we can also separate it from the materialized design to fabricate virtualized products.The birth of immaterial design trend gives us a broader horizon of research in the field of design.The contents of this article:The preface narrates the research background and makes an introduction of the current state of immaterial design to bring forward the aim and meaning of this research subject.Chapter One mainly introduces the two related mainstream design trend of thoughts before the creation of the immaterial design:Chapter Two introduces some concepts about immaterial society and immaterial design:Chapter Three elaborates on the immaterial design trend from both macroscopic and microscopic point of view:Chapter Four introduces the specific applications of immaterial design in the modem mainstream design: Chapter Five introduces the relationship between immaterial design and culture:Chapter Six mentions some inspirations brought out by immaterial design to Chinese modem design and describes the development prospect of immaterial design.