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Pictographic characters and design | Bookshelf | From the perspective of Pictographic design, it is the most intuitive, with the thinking of directly expressing product modeling. The design lettered “A” is a bookshelf pattern with the Chinese character “YUE” (meaning moon). The modeling is close to the character itself. |
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Self-explanatory characters and design | Bottle opener | From the perspective of Self-explanatory characters and design, it is an abstract symbol that guides the action, idea, or state of a thing, and the meaning it represents may be found after observation. The combination of the character “KAI” (meaning open) with the bottle opener meets the meaning and implication of the self-explanatory design |
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Associative compounds and design | Cup | From the perspective of associative compounds design, products need to be of metaphorical or analogical property, which is a puzzle-like thinking mode that can combine designs to produce a product with new functions. This design is a porcelain cup transformed from the Chinese character “QIU” (meaning hill). |
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Pictophonetic characters and design | Pot | From the perspective of pictophonic characters and design, the combination of “pictographic” and “phonic” symbols should be considered in product design, and the senses such as hearing and smell should be identified as product semantics to stimulate emotional resonance. This design is a flute-sounding pot designed by Alessi |
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Synonymous characters r and design | Chair | Based on its concept, synonymous designs may be considered as products with the same function and different shapes created at different times, spaces, and backgrounds. The design is a Chinese chair designed by Hans J. Wegner and improved based on the Chinese Ming-style armchair |
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Phonetic loan characters and design | Furniture | From the perspective of phonetic loan design, it borrows an already built product and applies it to the product to be designed. The design is an example of applying the radicals and radicals of Chinese characters to the design of the shelf | |