Research on Design Methods for Bamboo Product Innovative and Intelligent Design

Abstract

With the advancement of software technology, computer programming, and artificial intelligence, many digital tools continue to emerge, offering opportunities not only for design research but also for innovation and intelligent design. Meanwhile, due to the improvement of public environmental awareness and aesthetic taste, bamboo products have attracted much more attention. Firstly, the physical, ecological, emotional, and cultural properties of bamboo were explained. Samples of bamboo products were collected and then divided into different groups by using card sorting. A software tool was used to collect and analyze the groupings, and a dendrogram was created to visualize the result of cluster analysis. Each group was further studied to figure out the main points of the design concepts. On this basis, five paths for designing bamboo products were proposed, and ten innovative design methods were summarized and supported by cases. Finally, several examples were shown to illustrate how these methods are used to generate innovative design solutions and support intelligent design. These methods can be used independently or in combination to provide new ideas for the innovative design of bamboo products. They can also be refined as design rules using shape grammars and combined with intelligent computing to generate new schemes and promote the intelligent design of bamboo products.