Application Of Wabi-sabi Aesthetics In Product Design

Wabi-sabi is one of the most representative aesthetic features of Japan.In general,it refers to the dead and gloomy beauty of things when they are in decline.it is an aesthetic that removes vanity,pursues simplicity and simplicity,and pays attention to the essence and connotation of things.However,as the beauty of wabi-sabi has the characteristics of obscurism,and the inheritance of Japanese family system makes it more mysterious,people often only observe the meaning of wabi-sabi without any reason,and there has not been an authoritative and accurate conclusion about its concept.In many descriptions and descriptions of it,people can often see many key words,such as:"extremely simple",plain","delicate","mysterious”,"quiet","natural"and so on.There is no doubt that this is a pursuit of convergence,low-key,give a profound aesthetic style.This kind of design style is not uncommon.Despite the trend of diversification,it still has a wide market,especially popular among the middle class in big cities.Apple,ikea,muji,meizu and other famous international brands all regard wabi-sabi philosophy as a source of inspiration.The modern society advocates the concept of rational consumption and pays attention to the aesthetic pursuit of connotation and essence,which all fit with the spirit of wabi-sabi.In today's increasingly diversified product design,after the baptism of the modern and post-modern,have sprung up in many schools of art of the 20th century was acceptable,and then gradually blend complementary,bring more change of style,now it is difficult to from the design of a product clearly distinguish its aesthetic source,but when people feel plain in a product,simple but elegant,poetic,pure and natural trait,still can from different ways,it with the beauty of wabi-sabi.Wabi-sabi is an aesthetic concept that embraces both time and space dimensions."Meaning" only the "person"in the house,is the concept of sex of a space,the space is very important to formation of beauty of wabi-sabi,single,isolated people and objects are not sufficient to constitute wabi-sabi,only under specific space environment,people and things,due to the delicate relationship between objects and things produced by the atmosphere,is the essence of wabi-sabi."Ji"belongs to "time aesthetics",which emphasizes people's perception of time and the characteristics of things in the passage of time.For example,the frog sounds in the ancient pond and then goes silent.These classic examples of wabi-sabi are all made up of continuous temporal states of affairs.It can be seen that wabi-sabi is not only an aesthetic of space,but also a special moment of poetry and elegance.Concretely speaking,the beauty of wabi-sabi is mainly manifested in advocating simple life attitude,shade of things,the imperfect of the state of appreciation,attention to the timeliness and the laws of nature,pay attention to the connotation,the artistic conception of things and the pursuit of empty this five aspects,and when it is applied in product design,it corresponds to the contracted beauty,deformity dim beauty,natural beauty,the beauty of poetry and beauty of the void.Although wabi-sabi is a kind of simple and simple aesthetics,it is essentially different from the western minimalism.Wabi-sabi is a philosophical concept derived from the Japanese zen culture,which pursues the realm of emptiness and advocates the spiritual realm of simplicity,detachment and simplicity.Minimalism is the most important aesthetic thought in modern design.Behind it is functionalism,anti-decoration,anti-waste and anti-individuation.Its essence is to eliminate decoration,simplify modeling and pursue the balance between form and function.These two kinds of aesthetics have their roots in the cultural soil and have produced a wide range of influence,today with the deepening of east-west exchanges and mutual learning,integration.Wabi-sabi aesthetics in modern product design is also more or less with the color of minimalism,which is the aesthetic of wabi-sabi with modern characteristics.Muji is a recognized Japanese brand deeply influenced by the idea of wabi-sabi,and it has very typical characteristics of Japanese design on its body.Muji is a global brand,it has complete mature design concept and mode of operation,its ideas and aesthetic style has been the public recognition,this paper analyzes the muji from brand concept and design principles to the concrete in the design of a single product for the application of wabi-sabi aesthetics,outlined the development of muji in terms of design,and compared with domestic similar grocery brands comparison and analysis,hope can bring some enlightenment to relevant product design.