Research On Modeling Semantic And Innovation Design Of New Chinese Furniture

The article that was entitled "Explore the Design of New Chinese Style Furniture" was published in the proceedings of The International Symposium on Furniture Design and Manufacture in the 21st century put forward the concept of new Chinese style furniture firstly by Professor Liu Wenjin on October, 2003. Great repercussions were immediately caused and the exploration and research on new Chinese style furniture have promptly became the hotspots in furniture field.On the basis of research results by predecessors, semantics of Chinese elements in the traditional Chinese style furniture were analyzed in applying the principle of product semantics. Systemic studies of modeling semantic for new Chinese style furniture were implemented in this paper. And the connotation and thought for innovation design of new Chinese style furniture were also presented. They were also the innovative points for this paper.The main research conclusions were summarized as following:1. The origin of furniture style and classification of Chinese style furniture were introduced. The differentiation between new Chinese style furniture and traditional Chinese style furniture was comparatively analyzed from the aspects of function, material, sculpt and processing craft. And then, the relation tache and bridge were also indicated, that was the elements which bear the weight of strong style characteristics. Consequently, the newly connotation of new Chinese style furniture are known exactly.2. The definitions of Chinese element, semantic and semantics of products were separately introduced. The application of conceptive, functionality, constitutive property and cosmetic Chinese elements in traditional Chinese style furniture and its functionality semantics, constitutive property semantics and symbolic semantics were discussed. The objective was to apply these Chinese elements during the innovation design of new Chinese style furniture.3. The modeling semantics of new Chinese style furniture were summarized. Based on product semantics, the regulation of semantics and communication process of modeling semantic were particularly described. And then, the content, essential qualifications and affect ingredients were especially emphasized.4. The concept and connotation of innovation design for new Chinese style furniture were generalized. The advantages and challenges for innovation design were also discussed. The thought for innovation design of new Chinese style furniture, including idea innovation, function innovation, material innovation, structure craft innovation, decoration innovation and market innovation, was particularly emphasized. The purpose was to offer a few commonplace remarks by way of introduction, so that others may come up with valuable opinions.5. Based on the foundation of systemic research on the theory of modeling semantic and innovation design for traditional Chinese style furniture and new Chinese style furniture, the"Sweet Honey"Series Furniture were designed and explored using the ideas of new material, new structure craft, new function and new decoration. That was the practice for the innovation design of new Chinese style furniture.