Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2024, 7(5); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2024.070523.
Shengwei Zhu
Xianda College of Economics and Humanities, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China
Hara (2010) [1] posits that design can be divided into two systems: the "sticks system" and the "container system". The former is centered around the purpose of evolving and changing the world, while the latter is focused on preserving substance and wisdom. I believe the former is akin to human beings striving to extend their power through design and technologies, while the latter employs design forms to manifest human wisdom and spiritual strength, not only in the preservation of substance but also in the spirit of wisdom itself. Hara suggests that human imagination is not merely tied to material objects but rather exists in the space between our hands and abstract materials. Therefore, in this thesis, I aim to initiate a simple and preliminary discussion on how to balance these two design systems.
Hara Kenya's theories; Graphs and product design; Digital and interactive design
Shengwei Zhu. Applying Hara Kenya's theories from contemporary graphic and product design to digital and interaction design. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 5: 149-154. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2024.070523.
[1] Kenya Hara, Masayo Abe, & Zhu Ye. (2010). Why Design: Kenya Hara in conversation with Masayo Abe. Shandong People's Publishing House.
[2] Turkle, S.(2012). Connected, but alone? - TED talk.
[3] Hara, K. (2007). Designing design. 1st ed. Baden, Switzerland: Lars Müller Publishers.
[4] Lupton, E. (2006). D.I.Y.. 1st ed. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
[5] Tonkinwise, C.(2014). How we intend to future: review of anthony dunne and fiona raby, speculative everything: design, fiction, and social dreaming. Design Philosophy Papers.
[6] Lanier, J. (2010). You are not a gadget, A manifesto. 1st ed. London: Allen Lane.
[7] Bourriaud, N., Schneider, C. and Herman, J. (2005). Postproduction. 1st ed. New York: Lukas & Sternberg.
[8] Pogue, D. (2006). Simplicity sells. TED Talk, filmed February.
[9] Colborne, G. (2011). Simple and usable. 1st ed. Berkeley, CA: New Riders.
[10] Tanaka, I. (2009). Awakening of Design. Gwangseo Normal University Publishing.
[11] Koren, L. (1994). Wabi-sabi for artists, designers, poets & philosophers. 1st ed. Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press.
[12] Hara, K., Hohle, M. and Naito, Y. (2004). Haptic. 1st ed. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun.
[13] NICOLAS, NOVA, KATHERINE, MIYAKE, NANCY, & KWON, et al. (2013). Curious rituals: gestural interaction in the digital everyday. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Proceedings.