Abstract: In today's economic development, global mass production is no longer just a symbol of challenging the limits of human beings, but turns to explore the infinite potential of human spiritual cooperation. If we want to have a bright future on this earth in the future, we need to completely redefine the key problem we want to solve, that is, green design. The rise of green products is a great progress in understanding and solving environmental problems, an inevitable development trend of commodity production, and will have a far-reaching impact on the future survival and development of mankind. Here I want to clarify my personal understanding of the significance of green design. Keywords: environmental protection; Circulation; Green design; meaning
To sum up, green design is a method to give priority to the environmental attributes of products (disassembly, recyclability, maintainability, reusability, etc.). In the whole life cycle of the product, and take this as the design goal, so as to meet the requirements of environmental objectives and ensure the basic performance, service life and quality of the product.
Green design needs not only the rationality of designers, but also the integration of emerging science and technology. At the same time, it has extensive sociality and persistence. The promotion of green design should not be limited to the designer himself, but also go deep into the public and consumers. The virtuous circle of design, implementation and improvement will have far-reaching significance for the sustainable development of civilized society. The development of green products begins with the design of green products. Green design is a design concept and method aiming at saving resources and protecting the environment. It emphasizes protecting natural ecology, making full use of resources, putting people first and being kind to the environment. Green design should not be an initiative and proposal, but should be the direction of realistic civilization and future development.
Firstly, analyze green design from the perspective of human and social development;
The dilemma facing mankind is that our unsustainable lifestyle threatens our future living environment, and human survival is no longer carefree. Experiments in nature have proved that this unsustainable lifestyle is not only unsuitable for the long-term survival of human beings, but also causes unimaginable disasters to other populations on the earth. Some people retort that human beings have always developed in an unsustainable way, but they always choose to enjoy the simple evolutionary way of "greener grassland" in luxury. However, the prediction of 2 1 century tells us a simple fact: we have nowhere to go. We have reached the limit of human evolution, which is why we are closer to the limit of the earth that gives us life. Therefore, unsustainable development needs a rapid and inevitable change, which may threaten the existence of human beings and even all life in the universe. In the process of paying the price for this change, green thinking is the biggest challenge facing mankind, which is also the significance of green design.
In this era, people's concept of environmental protection is considered to have changed; In this era, our concerns about the environment are no longer so important. In the public sphere, the understanding of the environment has risen to a crucial stage of development. The period of environmental "awakening" seems to be coming to an end. In this "awakening" period, there may be countless themes and opinions. Now is the time to act. We should put what we have learned into action and create a lifestyle that is harmless to the environment. Therefore, it is particularly important to provide simple and instructive suggestions for those who advocate a "green" lifestyle.
Personally, I don't think any case can provide effective solutions to all inevitable problems, but it is a step in the right direction. The reason for design is that the design dares to change and has made important improvements to the existing concepts; Dare to raise objections; Dare to rethink the boundaries between design ... production and sales, because the conclusion will benefit all areas with different goals. Therefore, each design does not exist in isolation from its background. They are part of the whole process of adjusting or improving our impact on the environment.
Second, look at green design from the perspective of environmental protection:
The environment we depend on is under the pressure of our disharmony. Although environmental awareness prevailed for a long time, it was not until the late 1980s, with the prosperity of the global economy, that the public finally noticed the signs of widespread destruction of the environment and began to question the current consumption lifestyle. The reduction of forests, the greenhouse effect, the destruction of the ozone layer and so on, all these ecological deterioration phenomena are attributed to our luxurious lifestyle. These phenomena can not be ignored, and solving ecological problems has become the primary problem in the fields of economy, politics and social ideology. In the past decade, a series of large-scale natural disasters have made the world's environmental problems particularly prominent.
In the early 1990s, in order to produce new environmentally-friendly products that meet the needs of consumers, the pace of reform accelerated rapidly. The company began to produce products made of recyclable materials; Based on this environmental awareness, brand-new production lines have been adopted; Personal consumer goods or their materials will be criticized if they do not conform to the new environmental protection methods. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are prohibited to be used as propellants for spray product packaging; PVC materials are discarded because of the release of chemicals; Chlorinated bleached paper is covered by the brilliance of new "recyclable" paper; Rainforest wood used as furniture or building materials is considered as tasteless as wearing leather clothes; Because of the opposition to drift-net fishing, the packaging of tuna products has to be labeled with the sign of protecting dolphins. Consumers began to face all kinds of complicated problems and contradictions in the environment. We are beginning to realize that we are both part of the problem and capable of solving it.
Third, talk about green design from the perspective of system cycle;
In all kinds of huge and uneven operating systems in the world, product manufacturing is only a very small part. It is just one of many branches in the world we live in. It is also interrelated and interdependent with other industries, which determines that it will not damage other systems when performing its specific functions. Taking products as an example, a certain material or method should be the first choice in an isolated level, but if the transportation of raw materials, production technology, waste treatment, waste pollution and other issues are taken into account, it may become unusable. By analyzing a product through life cycle analysis, we can understand and make clear that in its cycle process, these * * * really understand the waste or pollution caused by those stages of input and output, and then correct them. The ecosystems in many places have been seriously damaged and will be completely destroyed without too much burden. Therefore, it is more and more important to correct mistakes as soon as possible. The same problem threatens the whole earth, and it is only a matter of time before it affects the life-sustaining ecosystem. The ocean and biological system have been irretrievably destroyed, and the eternal balance has been broken, and our society and economy have paid a price for it.
Of course, the transformation in the process of "green" evolution is not smooth sailing, and it will lead to revolution, so there is uncertainty, which makes some industries chaotic at a certain period. In fact, in these critical turbulent times, people are more looking forward to achieving good results. This situation is often the soil where innovation and creation are born, which is exactly what we will seek to solve the immediate problems.
Fourthly, from the function analysis of green design:
Design itself is an interesting process of establishing order in chaos, and human evolution has achieved this. When we seek those eternal principles in design development, we should first re-examine the purpose of human sustainable development.
Designers should design for the benefit of mankind, which means long-term and comprehensive, not one-sided and short-lived. Either consider one side and ignore the other, or contemporary people will benefit from future suffering. At present, a large number of disposable goods sold in the market are desirable from the design point of view, because it brings convenience to people's lives and benefits to enterprises. However, from the perspective of "green design", from the long-term interests of mankind and from the future living environment of mankind, disposable consumer goods are harmful. Let's give a simple example: in Japan, many old wooden barrels that have been stored for decades or even hundreds of years used to be discarded or used as firewood. A furniture company accidentally discovered and used them, making this abandoned barrel a good wood for making furniture. The specific method is as follows: firstly, the wooden barrel is disassembled, and the bent wooden boards are subjected to hot pressing treatment, then the straightened wooden boards are spliced into boards, polished and painted, and the panels of furniture such as tables, coffee tables and benches are made. Furniture made of old wooden barrels not only reduces the cost by more than 35%, but also has never been eaten by insects because the wooden barrels have been soaked in alcohol for a long time! There are many such examples, all of which reflect the significance of green design.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) conclusion
Green design is the design to realize the green requirements of products. Its purpose is to overcome the shortcomings of traditional design and make the designed products have all the characteristics of green products. Different from traditional design, green design includes all stages of products from concept formation to manufacturing and use, and even the recovery, reuse and disposal of waste products, that is, it involves the whole life cycle of products and is a process from cradle to reproduction. In other words, the key to fundamentally prevent pollution and save resources and energy lies in design and manufacturing. We shouldn't wait until the products have adverse effects on the environment before taking preventive measures. We should try to prevent products and processes from having a negative impact on the environment before manufacturing. This is the basic idea of green design.
Personally, I think green design has an inevitable connection and profound significance to human development, social progress, economic prosperity, production cycle system, people's living environment and other related factors. At the same time, I have a new summary of the principle of "green" design-to realize the function of the product with the least materials; Minimize the types of materials; Consider the source of materials; Use recycled materials as much as possible; We should consider how to use the product and how to recycle it after use; Appropriate design should be carried out considering the use of the product, such as biodegradable mobile phone case; Considering that the product is easy to operate; Contribute to the responsibility for the use, reuse and abandonment of products;
Always stick to simple solutions.
To establish the concept of green design is to make industrial designers realize that green design products are a new weapon for modern enterprises to participate in market competition, because although individual consumption motivation comes from their psychological needs, the generation and development of such needs cannot but be strongly influenced by social consumption fashion. From the perspective of the sustainability of Scientific Outlook on Development and social development, green design will be the inevitable trend of design development, which will bring new ideas and new ways to people's lives, as well as new challenges and opportunities to the design industry.