| Ceramic Toys is one of the Chinese traditional toys, the production of the toys had never been stopped ever since the Neolithic Age. On one hand, ceramic toys condenses wisdom of the majority of the ceramic kiln. On the other hand, it brings us entertainment and has a function of cognition, wisdom and cultural heritage, etc. However, with the development of industrialization, the traditional culture is in recession. The influx of a large number of foreign toys and competition between toys made of other materials has deepened this crisis. Therefore, in today's modern toy industry, how will ceramic toys change to keep pace with the rhythm of the times is a deserving question for us to analyze and explore.Design of ceramic toys is a key point which restricts the development of Chinese ceramic toys. The main research objective of this paper is the trend of the design of ceramic toys. The first chapter gives us a brief introduction of ceramic toys by defining the concept. The second chapter describes the development process of Chinese ceramics and the reasons of recession. The third chapter discusses the feasibility of the development of Chinese ceramics toys. The fourth chapter discusses the development of the design of ceramic toys from four aspects: the character of "entertainment", the evolution of toys'function, the demand of the consumer and the changes in modern life. The fifth Chapter reviews the previous studies and makes a detailed explanation of the future trend of the design of Chinese ceramic toys. |
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