Cultural Tradition of Shandong Academy of Arts and Crafts

School motto: Heavenly craftsmanship opens things up, craftsmanship is unique

The term "Heavenly craftsmanship opens things up" is taken from the craft literature "Heavenly craftsmanship opens things up" written by Song Yingxing, a scientist in the Ming Dynasty of China. The idea of "heavenly craftsmanship" emphasizes the harmony between man and heaven (nature), the coordination of artificial (manpower) and heavenly craftsmanship (natural forces), and the development of useful things from nature through technology. The connotation of the idea of "heavenly craftsmanship" is that nature contains an inexhaustible supply of beautiful and useful things, but will not fall from the sky, easy to obtain, but "skillfully born to be", must borrow the role of natural forces such as water and fire, and then human and technical through metal, wood and stone tools from nature. The tools of wood and stone were developed from nature and utilized by human beings. The idea of "heavenly craftsmanship" emphasizes that human beings should comply with the laws of nature and science, based on the people's livelihood of craftsmanship, expressing a universal meaning of craftsmanship, is a concentrated embodiment of Chinese craftsmanship, with rich cultural connotations of the design.

"Craftsmanship" originates from Wang Shiyuan's "Preface to Meng Haoran's Collection" in Tang Dynasty: "The text is not according to ancient times, and the craftsmanship is unique". "Craftsmanship", i.e., the mind of craftsmanship, refers to creativity in technique and art; "unique" means "unique"; "transportation" means "utilization". "Unique" means "unique"; "Operation" means "utilization". The term "ingenuity" refers to the original use of ingenious ideas, describing a skillful and unique artistic conception.

"Heavenly craftsmanship, craftsmanship" idea embodied in the design of the art of the first is the requirement that the design should respect the natural ecology, comply with the laws of nature, "eco-design". The concept of ecological design coincides with the idea of "heavenly craftsmanship" which emphasizes the coordination of "heavenly craftsmanship" (natural force) and artificiality, and the coordination of natural behaviors and human activities. The idea of "craftsmanship" is reflected in the field of design art is "artistic innovation", and at the same time, it is complemented with "scientific spirit, humanistic literacy, technical skills". Innovation is the soul of design art. In a sense, the design is to create or improve the process and results of the existing artifacts, if you can not change, a mechanical repetition, then the design will lose its value, so the meaning of the existence of the design itself is the need to innovate, there is no innovation does not matter design. Closely related to the design and art of cultural and creative industries is the reason why the sunrise industry, innovation is the core of it, with creativity and wisdom, in order to realize the economic value and social value.