Reflections on modern design and human life under the characteristics of globalization

Author: Liu Source: China Interior Design Network Time: 2005 1 1.30.

In today's world, with the development and spread of globalization, with the support of digital technology, information dissemination has had a profound impact on human life with greater communication capacity, high-speed communication mode and wider audience. Under the influence of globalization, rich information in modern design concepts is full of human material life and spiritual life. The process of globalization is irreversible, and it is also the inevitable process of the progress of human civilization, which has great positive significance and negative influence that can not be ignored. Modern design must face the worsening ecological crisis, the loss of regional culture in the treasure house of human civilization, and the inheritance and development of diverse human national cultures. Modern design is closely related to human life, and the process of globalization is accelerating in 2 1 century. Modern design shoulders a heavy responsibility in the process of promoting modern human civilization, and it is even more necessary to raise the banner of human civilization and understand and develop modern design from the height of globalization.

The concept of modern design

Design is a kind of creative behavior with consciousness, motivation, initiative and subjectivity to solve functions, create markets, influence society and change behaviors. Modern design is oriented to the public, which is different from the traditional design concept in that it is influenced by globalization. The information dissemination speed of design tolerance is getting faster and faster. Design is a combination of art and technology, and modern design embodies the application of high technology. Obviously, western developed capitalist countries have exerted a strong influence on the world through design with the help of their advanced science and technology. While enjoying modern western technology, backward countries and regions are bound to pay a deep price and are influenced by western capitalist culture.

Modern design permeates all aspects of human life, such as clothing, food, housing, transportation, learning, work, communication, travel and entertainment. In modern society, the direct communication between people is far less than that between people and things. Modern design is a means to solve the communication between people through things. Human design has a long history, from the most primitive labor tools to modern high-end art consumer goods, from solving basic use functions to today's pure spiritual satisfaction. While design activities meet the use function, in the process of human civilization, the characteristics of design meeting the spiritual function are more powerful.

The Influence of Modern Design on Human Life

With the acceleration of human civilization and the improvement of human productivity, modern design is active in all aspects of human life. With the relative abundance of materials, people's requirements for the quality of life are getting higher and higher. Design meets the material and spiritual needs of human beings, shoulders the heavy responsibility of improving the quality of human life and has a far-reaching impact on human life.