From the basic spirit of Chinese culture the lighting design

Lighting and lighting design itself is full of technology and art content, so it is a cultural phenomenon. When a designer of 'culture' has no basic understanding or not, it's hard to imagine that he can have a good work.

'culture' is implicit and explicit two parts content. As a lighting designer, if you can't correct understanding and digesting the implicit part of culture, will not be able to correctly understand the explicit form of culture, of course, will not be able to correctly express, performance, and represent the particular cultural, can't realize the cultural consciousness.

I think that our lighting designers should first of all the basic spirit of Chinese traditional culture to build up the correct understanding of the system, can on the basis of cultural consciousness to create more, better and more valuable lighting design work.

the basic spirit of the so-called culture refers to the cultural phenomenon in the most subtle intrinsic motivation and ideological basis, is to maintain and promote the development of the national or regional cultural basic idea and basic ideas. From the macroscopic Angle, the basic spirit of Chinese traditional culture has the following contents: a, nature and humanity

this is one of the most basic differences between Chinese and western culture. The relation between man and nature in Chinese culture, pay more attention to the harmony of man and nature. The proposition of 'nature and humanity' is the exact expression of the spirit. This thesis refers to the content of the human and the nature to follow the law of the unity, must be the unity of nature and spirit, pay attention to people's behavior and the nature of coordination problem.

'day' of 'nature and humanity', include the days of our heads, but it is not just about it. Look from the height of the more abstract, 'day' means not to individuals, organizations, as well as the objective conditions for human's will. Only when a lighting designer really understand, digest and practice of the cultural spirit, can ensure that your design behavior 'making no wrath' ( Don't annoy environment) , this is not talk. In our lighting and lighting design practice, and the environment at odds are not uncommon, such as the light of the serious pollution problem.

2, people-oriented

humanism or humanism has always been considered an important characteristic of Chinese culture, and important content of the basic spirit of Chinese culture. Refers to the specific connotation, between the earth, people-centered, between man and god, people-centered. This is Chinese culture beyond religious emotion and functions of the concentrated expression, in Chinese culture, god never occupy the dominant position.

the cultural spirit of lighting design has a guiding significance to the reality. We have some unwelcome landscape and building lighting, is the result of copying western design technique. As designers, we should be aware that any design work is a designer inner value system explicit expression. In the field of lighting design, designers often religious feelings in color temperature, intensity of illumination and light color selection technology, their works to meet the object is often from the perspectives of religious emotion, therefore, effective and well received in the west of design technique does not necessarily apply in China. Because, in Chinese culture, god never occupy the dominant position. I want to say, when lighting design involves the cultural issues, copying often results in failure.

3, your monk in

'your harmony, it is middle path', as one of the basic spirit of Chinese culture, an enormous influence on Chinese culture. An important difference between Chinese and western culture is the Chinese cultural harmony, western culture respectively and confrontation, the resulting obviously different cultural traditions.

'and' not 'with', 'and' stand for the unity of diversity of things, and the coexistence of different things, tolerance and harmony, the so-called 'all roads lead to Rome', 'tolerance is a great' is also. In this spirit under the influence of traditional Chinese culture attaches great importance to the natural harmony, the harmony of man and nature, especially the harmony of human beings;

'and' often 'is', 'is' is for people to keep the way of 'the doctrine of the mean', to 'hold', is generally speak to people of behavior in an attempt to avoid 'a' and 'less than', and tries to avoid extreme behavior.

this spirit, at first glance seem to 'nature and humanity' is similar, actually otherwise. 'Nature and humanity' is dealing with the relationship between human and environment, the relationship between the subject and object; 'Your monk' in dealing with the relationship between subject and subject, and to deal with the relationship of the highest standards or state - — Tolerance and hold. Implement in the field of lighting design, it is embodied in: between designers, design technique and style, and in the design of the final performance should learn from each other, fusion, only in this way, can we make his works have been more and more people to accept and love.

the above content are abstract, but it is not can't understand. When we to summarize their success and failure constantly, will understand. I think that if we have more lighting designers to the basic spirit of Chinese culture, more and more, more and more profound understanding of, the whole society will have more and more and more and more valuable design works!

edit: Steve