APPLYING CHINESE CULTURE HERITAGE ELEMENTS TO GLASS PRODUCT DESIGN

Abstract

The development of cultural and creative products has become an important economic strategy in China, which can not only enhance local cultural influence, and promote local economic development, but also improve the quality of people's cultural life. What’s more, with the development of China's economy, people are more inclined to a high quality of life and a culture that caters to their spiritual needs. On the other hand, glass has become a standard industrial material and is increasingly widely used. Daily glass products occupy a significant share of life. However, the connection with traditional Chinese culture has been lost in the design of glass products, and there is a separation between China's economic transformation and the revitalization of cultural industries. This study aims to successfully integrate Chinese cultural heritage elements into glass product design. In the design process, this study analyses the main visual components level of cultural heritage based on many different views, which are mainly divided into three blocks of components: color, shape, and decoration. At the same time, it also puts forward the meaning level of cultural heritage and its transformation process. In this study, there are also amounts of glass products with cultural heritage elements as examples, which provide valuable references for researchers to successfully integrate cultural elements. The key factors that influence the success of glass product design are also described in this paper, which provides a basis for further research.