Design Ritual into Modern Product: A Case Study of Chinese Bronze Ware

Jun Wu, Wenzhe Luo, Jiaru Chen, Rungtai Lin and Yanru Lyu ()
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Jun Wu: School of Art and Design, Division of Arts, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518061, China
Wenzhe Luo: School of Art and Design, Division of Arts, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518061, China
Jiaru Chen: School of Art and Design, Division of Arts, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518061, China
Rungtai Lin: Graduate School of Creative Industry Design, National Taiwan University of Arts, New Taipei 220307, Taiwan
Yanru Lyu: Department of Digital Media Art, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 102488, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 17, 1-18

Abstract: Bronze wares make up some of the most important bronze artifacts in ancient China’s Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasties. They carry rich historical, cultural and artistic information. In order to enable modern people to reflect on the ancient through products, an important research topic that must be considered is how to carry out innovative designs with bronze ware and how to add value to the development of cultural creative industries so as to promote sustainable cultural development. This study puts forward a research framework for the innovative design of bronze ware. Based on analysis of relevant cases, such as a purple copper antique wine vessel, the “Qing Niao” (“Blue Bird”) asking love wine cup and the HIBIKI ware wine glass, the study summarizes the innovative design strategy of modern transformation design of bronze ware. From the perspectives of functional attributes, cultural symbols, cultural identity and emotional resonance, the study finally proposes three design ideas: antiqued design, simplified design and reconstructed design. The study presents a research model which still needs to be verified in future studies. We hope that the model can integrate the principles of sustainability into the modern transformation design of cultural relics.

Keywords: bronze ware; cultural attributes and values; form and ritual; cultural innovation design; modern transformation design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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