系统性地简述极简主义的发展

通过访谈深入了解产品设计师的创作

作品丰富，展示实际案例的风格化创作思路与表达形式

本书简介

　　上世纪60年代在美国兴起的极简主义艺术运动，至今依然在全世界范围影响着不同的创意领域发展。尤其是在产品设计领域，极简主义的功能和美学追求一直是设计师所思考的核心问题。

　　本书的开篇简明阐述了极简主义的概念与演变，包括欧洲大陆的先行者们和日本本土的极简美学。通过展示当今前沿的产品设计，我们可了解到这一行业里极简主义的新发展，观察到不同文化背景下极简主义产品设计的各自特点及其微妙的差异。

Since its emergence in the United States inthe 1960s, the art movement Minimalism has gathered momentum in variouscreative fieldsworldwide.The product designers are particularly affected interms of aesthetics and function. In this book we start with an introductiontoMinimalism,from its European roots to the force of Japanese minimalist aesthetics. Byshowcasing the contemporary product designs, we are able to observe the currentdevelopmentsof Minimalism in this field, the characteristics andnuances of Minimalismfrom different cultural backgrounds.

案例分享

BIG HANDS CLOCK

Designer：Yenwen Tseng

　　Big HandsClock is a wall clock with theintention of exploring the perception of time. By adjusting the proportion andrelative position of normal clock hands, the hour and the minute interactinseparably and show various expressions of time every moment.

　　这个特别的挂钟探讨了时间显示的新概念。通过改变时分针的比例和位置，把它们的关系变得更加互动、密不可分，在不同的时间形成多种有趣的视觉表达。