Research Method Of Affairology In Design Civilization

Design creates not only "man-made object", but also "human affair". Allof the purposive and methodical human affairs, which in every field of humancivilization, incarnate design civilization.Objects have their physics. Affairs have their reasons, too. "Affairreason" is universal and certain relationship among the human affair elements.The aim of researching design civilization by affair reason method is toexplore generic human affair reason and design civilization philosophy. Itbases on reverting design civilization visage and reforming human affair'sinter-relationships and functions.The system of design civilization affair research method includes threelevels: concept level, theory level and operating level.The representation of the concept level is "design civilization affairreason concept". It is creed, collectivity and forerunner. It is concept of thecognition object, attitude of the cognition activity, theory of layout incognition method, and consecution of guiding cognition process.The representation of the theory level is "design civilization affair reasonresearch method" in narrow sense. It abstracts the human affair to a genericstructure which is composed of "inside factor", "outside factor", "target" and"principal part". By the "transaction method", we presented human affairs andcivilization phenomena with their structure factor. And then, by the "systemmethod", we researched the relationships and functions among the factors.Finally, by the "comparing method", we abstracted the single relationship andfunction to generic level. They are method series which interlude each otherand combine together in the whole research process. Design civilization affairreason research faces complexity problem, and it needs spread in complexitymodel.The representation of the operating level is the application of designcivilization affair research method. The principal part of cognition chooses orcreates the technique measure by research aim, object and circumstance. Thispaper searched the form and the law of relationships and functions betweenaim and inside or outside factor by "comparing arrowheaded characters withChinese turtleback characters in affair reason";and searched the form and thelaw of relationships and functions between inside factor and outside factor by"comparing old chariots of Mesopotamia with old chariots of China in affairreason";and also searched the form and the law of relationships and functionsamong the principal part, the aim, inside factor and outside factor by"comparing cylindraceous seal with Chinese seal in affair reason".