ОТ КАНОНА К ДИЗАЙНУ НА ПРИМЕРЕ ЯПОНСКОГО ИНТЕРЬЕРА

Abstract

In accordance with V. F. Sidorenko, ‘Canon-culture’ is ‘negative definition of Design’, because the Design always produces new forms and breaks the Canon. However the fact that the Design is always strives for new forms as a rule becomes the cause of superficial understanding of own traditional culture among designers. In turn it leads to loss of cultural identity what we can see in design in our country.
 The purpose of the article is to trace ‘positive’ connection between the Design and the Canon by the example of Japanese interior. We believe that it will help us to find deeper cultural meanings for design objects.
 At first we research the fundamental principle of Japanese art called ‘Shin – Gyo – So’. It is remarkable that this principle let transform the Canon within the Canon. Then we research the method called honka-dori, which, on the one hand, is rooted in traditional culture, in poetry, but, on the other hand, in the 20th century it was reconsidered and transferred in contemporary ‘traditional’ interior. 
 After all we research design method of interpretation of the Canon. We called it the method of ‘internal of similarity’, because it let follow traditional aesthetics without of ‘cites’ of traditional forms. We suggest that it is this method which gives us ‘positive’ connection between the Design and the Canon. Although this method brings partial loss of cultural meanings, by the example of Japan we can conclude that the principle of ‘Shin – Gyo – So’ as well as the method of honka-dori can be used in contemporary design.