Industrial Design under the hottest green wave

Industrial Design under the green wave

green product development starts from the design of green products. Green design is a design concept and method with the sectarian purpose of saving resources and protecting the environment. It emphasizes the protection of natural ecology, making full use of resources, people-oriented and treating the environment well. Green design should not be an initiative and proposal, but should become the direction of realistic civilization and future development

green design not only needs the rationality of designers, but also needs the integration of emerging science and technology. At the same time, it has broad sociality and durability. The promotion of green design should not be limited to designers themselves, but also go deep into the public and consumers. The virtuous cycle from design, implementation and improvement to structure will have far-reaching significance for the sustainable development of civilized society

to establish the concept of green design is to make industrial designers realize that green design products are a new weapon for modern enterprises to participate in market competition, because although individuals' consumption motivation comes from their psychological needs, the generation and development of that demand cannot but be strongly affected by social consumption fashion

key words:

ecological environment, green products, green design, sustainable development

Introduction:

since the beginning of the 20th century, with the rapid development of the global economy, human beings are consuming natural resources and producing a large number of products, while constantly aggravating the deterioration of the ecological environment. The earth is getting warmer day by day, the atmosphere is seriously polluted, the land is gradually decreasing, a large amount of water and soil loss, and cultivated land is instantly desertification. We human beings are accelerating the destruction of our own homes with our "intelligence". While nature continues to provide rich resources for mankind, it has also brought continuous disasters for years! These common dilemmas faced by mankind have attracted great attention of many countries in the world. A green wave aimed at protecting the environment, limited resources and human health is rising all over the world. Driven by this green wave, the corresponding development and design methods of green products have also become the focus of industrial designers

pay attention to green design and protect the ecological environment

green product development starts from the design of green products. Green design is a design concept and method with the purpose of saving resources and protecting the environment. It emphasizes the protection of natural ecology, making full use of resources, people-oriented, and treating the environment well, so that green design should not only be an initiative and proposal, but also become a realistic civilization and the direction of future development. Facing the current global environmental pollution, ecological destruction, resource waste and greenhouse effect, resources are exhausted, and everyone on earth feels the crisis of survival

therefore, industrial designers, as designers who promote the development of human civilization, shoulder an important mission. The essence of green design is to make products come from nature, return to nature, and be closer to nature in essence. The design of green products should first consider the pollution-free and low consumption of raw materials and energy. The development of modern science and technology not only brings many conveniences to people, but also brings more hidden dangers. For example, making a personal computer requires more than 700 kinds of chemical raw materials, and about half of these raw materials contain toxins harmful to human body. For example, the plastic used to make computer casings contains a layer of fire-resistant harmful agents. A computer monitor contains about 2.5 pounds of toxic element lead. If the obsolete computer waste is buried in the soil, the lead in these glasses will permeate out and cause serious pollution to the soil. The current method is to incinerate them. However, during the incineration process, these raw materials will release a large number of harmful gases and heavy metals, which will pollute the air and eventually form acid rain. In view of this phenomenon, at present, many computer companies have focused on the various links of products from use - Waste - recycling, which are harmless to the environment or do little harm, or save energy to the greatest extent, and minimize the energy consumption in all links of the product life cycle. Recently, IBM announced that in its new assembly line, the plastic used to manufacture central processing units will be 100% recycled. Sweden's Regal automobile company has also recently launched an environmental policy: all cars produced by the company, from design to scrap recycling, should consider its impact on the environment. It should not only pay maximum attention to environmental safety, but also pay attention to the life cycle of products from structure to design, from production, use to final treatment, and when purchasing parts, it should choose environmentally friendly and recyclable materials

when it comes to eliminating pests, people immediately think of spraying pesticides. However, when a large number of chemical agents are sprayed, they not only kill pests, but also pollute the environment, leaving a large number of pesticides in vegetables, melons and fruits, which brings harm to people's lives. A vegetable company in the Netherlands adopted the idea of beneficial insects eating pests: put a detector in the greenhouse of the vegetable greenhouse to measure the number of pests in the greenhouse, and then buy beneficial insects several times that of pests in the factory specializing in the production of beneficial insects and put them into the greenhouse. The pests were outnumbered and were eventually swept away by beneficial insects. This wonderful idea can be described as killing many birds with one stone. It not only reduces pollution (without chemicals), but also ensures the natural and clean vegetables, melons and fruits. In addition, it also finds that oil is a non renewable scarce resource and develops a related industry ----- beneficial insect production

establish the concept of green design and re-examine modern design

the ultimate goal of previous industrial design is aimed at the basic attributes of the product: that is, after the technology, function, process and market goals that the product should achieve, the traditional design goal is achieved. Green design includes all processes of products from creative conception to manufacturing, use, recycling and recycling, that is, the whole life cycle of products. While considering the environmental attributes of products, we should consider in advance to prevent the negative impact of products and processes on the environment, and take this as the goal of green design

to establish the concept of green design is to make industrial designers realize that green design products are a new weapon for modern enterprises to participate in market competition, because although individuals' consumption motivation comes from their psychological needs, the generation and development of that demand cannot but be strongly affected by social consumption fashion

in Germany, the government legislates that TV manufacturers must recycle their own TVs before they can produce them. For this reason, Schneider electronics developed a "Green TV" not long ago, with a component recovery rate of more than 90%. At present, 30% of German goods have become green products. This is due to the "Blue Angel" plan implemented by the country in 1977, which grants the "green product" mark to commodities that meet environmental protection requirements in the production and use process and are not harmful to the ecological environment and human health. Commodities without this mark are subject to quantitative and price restrictions when imported. Although they have obvious trade discrimination, they are recognized by domestic producers and consumers. Later, other western countries and even Japan have also successively established a green mark certification system to ensure that consumers can recognize the environmental protection attributes of products, thus encouraging enterprises to produce pollution-free and low pollution green products

in Japan, many old wooden wine barrels that have been stored for decades or even hundreds of years have been discarded or burned as firewood in the past. A furniture company accidentally found and used them, making this abandoned wooden wine barrel become the best wood for furniture. The specific method is: first disassemble the wooden wine barrel, heat press the bent wooden strips, and then assemble the pressed wooden strips into plates, which are polished and painted to form the panels of tables, tea tables, benches and other furniture. Furniture made from old wooden wine barrels not only reduces the cost by more than 35%, but also because the wooden wine barrels have been infiltrated and soaked by alcohol for a long time, the furniture produced has never been mothed, which is really a serious mistake

entering the new century, the mission of industrial designers today is more arduous than at any time in the past. They must face many new problems: they should pay attention to the methods and processes of product design production consumption; We should effectively use limited resources and products made of recyclable materials to reduce the use of disposable products; Resource utilization, environmental impact and solutions should also be considered from the aspects of material selection, structure and function, manufacturing process, packaging mode, storage and transportation mode, product use and waste disposal. In the design process, we should reduce energy consumption, be easy to disassemble, make materials and components recyclable, and include product performance, verify component strength and quality, cost and environmental index into the same design indicators, so that more pollution-free green products can enter the market

industrial design has changed from monotonous mechanized modeling to semantic and humanized modeling design, and strives to make the modeling concise, try to reduce space, reduce material waste and consumption, and make products durable and sustainable. Green design requires not only the designer's rationality, but also the integration of emerging science and technology. At the same time, it has extensive sociality. The promotion of green design should not be limited to the designer himself, We should go deeper into the public and consumers. Green design is the conscience and responsibility of modern designers. In the design, it expresses the unity of modernity and tradition, the harmony between design and production, the tacit understanding between production and consumption, and the harmony between life and ecology. Industrial designers should always remind themselves: will your design reduce the pressure that human beings bring to the environment? Can natural resources be protected? Can we abandon unrealistic design? Is it the product design that people really need? Can we use a small amount of energy to play a greater role in order to protect non renewable energy

conform to the green trend and move towards a green world

recently, the heat wave of returning to nature has swept from the west to the East, and has affected all areas of people's life: in terms of diet, modern people are keen on natural green food without pesticides and fertilizers, and even wild vegetables have become a delicacy for urbanites; The tableware used also pursues rough and simple wood and pottery. These generous and humane products have become the new favorite of urbanites; In terms of clothing, the trend of returning to nature has lasted for a long time, and ease, freedom and comfort have replaced the luxury and complexity of the past; In terms of interior decoration, urbanites pursue a simple and peaceful decorative style, and decorate it with green plants, so that the family is full of vitality. Luxury and opulence are no longer the family atmosphere pursued by modern people. People expect to return to the ideal home that can blend with nature. In architecture, the voice of returning to nature is stronger. Most modern architectural art reflects people's respect for nature. However, some so-called "modern buildings", ignoring nature and abusing materials, not only bring visual pollution to the city, but also destroy the ecological balance. On a large building in Madrid, Spain, the outer walls are decorated with glass curtain walls. Large glass curtain walls melt the blue sky into it. A group of birds flying freely in the air mistakenly make the glass curtain wall the sky, one after another hit the wall and broke their necks to die, and there are dead birds piled under the building

in some western countries, many new green consumer groups have emerged, and the number is increasing by 20% every year. When they buy goods, they refuse to buy products made of protected animals and plants