Principle of Design to Follow Nature's Course. Take Jewelry Design as an Example

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10.2991/icadce-17.2017.120How to use a DOI?

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follow nature's course; jewelry design; material; concept

Abstract

"The divine law follows nature" is important philosophical thought of Lao Zi, the founder of Taoism. It records in chapter XXV of Tao Teh King that, "Man imitates earth, earth imitates heaven, heaven follows the divine law, and the divine law follows nature". Here, the "nature" refers to the nature with "formless form". With the rapid economic development, environmental degradation and social contradictions are increasingly prominent. Modern Chinese design turns from external expression into internal reflection, and advocates "the divine law follows nature" to follow the nature of things. Jewelry design is instanced in this paper. According to history of jewelry and social environment, the direction of contemporary jewelry design with pursuit of naturalness is proposed.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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