Research On The Design Of Furniture Symbols Of Wide-spreading In The Context Of Augmented Reality

Cantonese Furniture is universally acknowledged as hardwood furniture produced in Canton during the Middle and Late Qing Dynasty(1644-1912)with condensation of the cultural thought ‘organic integral of Chinese and western essences’,which is in possession of high cultural and artistic value.Nevertheless,the functional characteristics of Cantonese Furniture have gradually undermined with the arrival of information epoch,while the cultural spiritual hidden behind Cantonese Furniture should still be passed down from generation to generation.At the current stage,the protection and study of the culture of Cantonese Furniture still remains at theoretical level as for the vast majority,among which accounts for static analysis of its contents.Whereas,little research on application and practice have been witnessed under the new context.The thesis orientates at the study on Cantonese Furniture from the perspective of cultural symbol,integrating the enhancement of new context in reality to carry out innovative design on its cultural symbol,enabling the cultural symbol of Cantonese Furniture to meet the aesthetic demand of contemporary consumers in a novel symbolic form as well as accomplishing the inheritance and development of Cantonese Furniture’s culture.The thesis is categorized into six chapters.The first chapter introduces the research background,contents and methods of the topic.The second chapter analysis the theoretical thoughts of Pearce Semiotics,and discovers the bonding point of the study on the cultural symbol of Cantonese Furniture as theoretical guidance through literature retrieval with analysis of contextual theory and enhancement of reality.The third chapter analyzes the characteristics of morphological elements with regards to the cultural symbol of Cantonese Furniture based on semiotic theories,carries out classification analysis on the cultural symbol of Cantonese Furniture with application of semantic theories in Pearce Semiotics,and makes preparation of contents for the innovative design of Cantonese Furniture’s cultural symbol when it comes to the new context in the following.The fourth chapter constitutes the essence of the topic,which evaluates the patterns and methods of inheritance as for the cultural symbol of Cantonese Furniture in new context.Based on the analysis of innovative thinking of Cantonese Furniture’s cultural symbol through reinforcing the symbolic characteristics of real context,innovation and design of Cantonese Furniture’s cultural symbol has been realized by engrafting.Meanwhile,the method of designing Cantonese Furniture’s cultural symbol is summarized in the enhanced context,providing theoretical guidance for the practice of Chapter Five.The fourth chapter constitutes the essence of the topic,which evaluates the patterns and methods of inheritance as for the cultural symbol of Cantonese Furniture in new context.Based on the analysis of innovative thinking of Cantonese Furniture’s cultural symbol through reinforcing the symbolic characteristics of real context,innovation and design of Cantonese Furniture’s cultural symbol has been realized by engrafting.Meanwhile,the method of designing Cantonese Furniture’s cultural symbol is summarized in the enhanced context,providing theoretical guidance for the practice of Chapter Five.The sixth chapter concludes the research outcomes,prospects and shortcomings of the topic.