Abstract
In recent years, the problems of environmental pollution and resource shortage have increased year by year, and the topic of sustainable development has aroused widespread concern. The simple sustainable ideas in Chinese traditional culture have made important contributions to the harmonious coexistence between people and nature in ancient China. By analyzing China’s simple sustainable ideas, the author discovered the holistic view in the idea of ‘Nature and Humanity’, the frugal view of the ‘Using wisely’ idea, the concept of benevolence in the thought of ‘love of all people and all things’, the ecological view in the thought of ‘things are not endless’ and the view of life in the thought of ‘Taoism follows nature’, these five perspectives provide systematic sustainable ideas for modern furniture. This article will analyze these five ideas, combined with the development of contemporary society and the development of modern sustainable ideas, looking back on the current status of modern furniture design, so as to explore the specific application of modern furniture design under the simple sustainable ideas and provide new ideas for the sustainable design of modern furniture.
Highlights
At the end of the last century, the rapid development of industry and technology drove the continuous improvement of people's living and consumption levels, the speed of furniture replacement was accelerated and among the replaced furniture, 60% are wood furniture, so the demand for wood is increasing year by year
China's wood resource consumption demand reaches an average of 240 million m3 every year, the domestic resource supply can only reach 120 million m3, the gap between supply and demand has doubled, as a result, China ranks first in the world in terms of timber imports
China has begun to have a knowledge of nature since the middle and late paleolithic age, which laid a foundation for the simple sustainable ideas
Summary
At the end of the last century, the rapid development of industry and technology drove the continuous improvement of people's living and consumption levels, the speed of furniture replacement was accelerated and among the replaced furniture, 60% are wood furniture, so the demand for wood is increasing year by year. In China, about 85 million m3 of solid waste is produced every year, mainly composed of old wooden furniture. In the pre-qin period, Taoists put forward the thought of 'doing nothing' to the king and rest and recuperate according to the laws of nature, making the country peaceful and the people safe. These simple sustainable ideas reflect the ancient people's survival ideas and lifestyle, contain the ancient people's philosophy of dealing with the relationship between humans and nature, play a guiding and enlightening role in modern sustainability, and provide inspiration and design methods for modern furniture design
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