Guangdong, an innovative design of college teachers Sunflower by holding the first GOODESIGN certificate"

"Sunflower lamp" combines the traditional craft and modern design held in Italy of Milan city in April 9th to 14 on the "2013 Milan international design exhibition design Zhou Youliang", by the teacher Wen Weicai Industrial Design Department of Wuyi University College of mechanical and electrical engineering of the 4 novel "sunflower lamp" has attracted all exhibitors and visitors so, the European renowned master praise, and won the first award for Chinese designer "GOODESIGN certificate".

He is the only Chinese designer who has been invited to this exhibition over the years.

Xinhui palm arts inspire design

Have a passion for industrial design and traditional culture, it is warm to the most profound impression to reporters. When the reporter saw these traditional crafts and the combination of modern industrial design sunflower lamp, Wen Weicai insisted on pulling the curtains, turn on the lights, so that reporters feel the warmth of the sunflower leaf. The light follows the folds of the sunflower leaves, uniform and natural, gentle and bright. The pattern on the sunflower leaves, in the light of the alternating light and dark.

Unique design "sunflower" light shade mainly adopts the national intangible cultural heritage "new sunflower art" produced, dried sunflower leaf is cut into 36 pieces of irregular shape, on the back of the wire, the glue border is fixed, then the design according to the different bend into convex concave cambered surface. Sunflower leaf surface decoration is the feature of the process of Xinhui Kwai pyrography art ". "Sunflower" lamps with LED light source, the overall framework for the welded frame.

Wen Wei Cai said frankly: "in the international exhibition, I want to do take some things out of our nation. As the only China designer invited, I design to the one and only, if our own nation, must be able to represent the characteristics of the Wuyi region. "

Temperature to think Jiangmen Xinhui special try sunflower leaf design. The national intangible cultural heritage "new sunflower art" heritage Liao Huilin teacher heard this novel ideas, and confused and excited, he lamented: "how people never thought so, sunflower can make the fan, also can do light ah! "Liao Huilin told Wen Wei Cai Kui, have tenacity, and foliar natural sunflower oil can keep sunflower leaf smooth, make sunflower leaf is preserved because of sunflower oil, can by burning the rich layers of the picture in the leaf. Two people holding the sunflower leaf to the light according to the photos and found that the leaves have a very good shade.

Liao Huilin is delighted to provide production temperature lamps of the sunflower leaf can be used for bonding glue, suggestions, and personally for the traditional pattern of 36 piece branded with different shapes. Liao Huilin told reporters: I have the responsibility to inherit and carry forward the new Kwai arts, so I am very willing to support his design. According to reports, at present in the new, can be skilled in the leaves of the olive leaf exquisite picture only more than and 30 people.

Look at the magic lamp sunflower smelling fragrance

Wuyi Culture and traditional technology to design temperature characteristics conveys the aroused great interest in the European audience. "You let us see the design that belongs to the East and belongs to china. "The president of the Italy Association for the green design in temperature to" GOODESIGN "signature certificate said. The Italy Green Design Association and the ConsorzioCantiereCuccagna Institute for building protection said in an assessment of his work: "sunflower leaf series lamps use natural materials to deliver a new lighting experience. The design seeks the combination of traditional and modern needs, reflecting the revival of traditional Chinese arts and crafts of the new methods and possibilities. "

Wen Wei Cai excitedly recalled, when all people see the exhibition made by sunflower leaf and metal pendant lamp, floor lamp and lamp holder, are surprised that such "ecological design" the Orient "". "I didn't realize that when the lights were turned on, all the people came to my booth and looked at my work. For 7 days in a row, he kept explaining to visitors every day, and explain the concept of the new Kwai art. "At first, many people thought I was a Japanese designer, the use of waste paper design. I told them I was a Chinese designer, the material used is the sunflower leaves, they have never seen and used plants. "

Three days before the exhibition, we find that there is a kind of special flavor in the exhibition hall, it was found that the natural, fresh scent from temperature to smell here, so he was very surprised. "It turns out that these leaves, after more than and 10 hours of light per day, reach a certain temperature and release their fragrance. When I tried the lamp at home generally only half an hour, enough temperature is not reached, therefore is not found in sunflower leaf after heating So that is what it is. fragrance. "Wen Wei Cai cheerfully said," my lamp can emit light with fragrance! Reporters close to the lampshade, can really smell the natural fragrance of sunflower leaves, after drying, cool and other traditional processes, the sunflower leaves still maintained a pleasant, simple taste.

Innovation of the continuation of traditional life

"People usually say 'this is a spade", the inertia of thinking, not' 'to another carrier in sunflower innovation. Wen Weicai believes that although the current open of the Kwai arts professional education, training young people to learn the traditional technology, but still stay in the protection of traditional culture, and did not find a new direction of development. Good Chinese design should be the integration of traditional and modern, the traditional culture of our heritage, and innovation in order to extend the life of traditional culture, is the best protection. "

The reporter asked him if he was worried that the sunflower lights will be copied immediately, Wen said he had been calm