Tactile colour pictogram to improve artwork appreciation of people with visual impairments

A recent development in tactile technology enables an improvement in the appreciation of the visual arts for people with visual impairment (PVI). The tactile sense, in conjunction with, or a possibly as an alternative to, the auditory sense, would allow PVIs to approach artwork in a more self‐driven and engaging way that would be difficult to achieve with just an auditory stimulus. Tactile colour pictograms (TCPs), which are raised geometric patterns, are ideographic characters that are designed to enable PVIs to identify colours and interpret information by touch. In this article, three TCPs are introduced to code colours in the Munsell colour system. Each colour pattern consists of a basic cell size of 10 mm × 10 mm to represent the patterns consistently in terms of regular shape. Each TCP consists of basic geometric patterns that are combined to create primary, secondary, and tertiary colour pictograms of shapes indicating colour hue, intensity and lightness. Each TCP represents 29 colours including six hues; they were then further expanded to represent 53 colours. Two of them did not increase the cell size, the other increased the cell size 1.5 times for some colours, such as yellow‐orange, yellow, blue, and blue‐purple. Our proposed TCPs use a slightly larger cell size compared to most tactile patterns currently used to indicate colour, but code for more colours. With user experience and identification tests, conducted with 23 visually impaired adults, the effectiveness of the TCPs suggests that they were helpful for the participants.     

基于现代审美下的赣傩艺术元素分析与设计应用

目的 赣傩艺术元素内容丰富并保存完整,是研究我国古代赣傩地区文化与艺术的珍贵史料.研究赣傩艺术元素的提取及衍生图案的设计方法,在设计应用中表达赣傩傩面具、选取傩舞形和构筑傩庙魂,能给当代赣傩艺术元素的产品设计以指引.方法 通过直接引用、形意结合和局部强化的设计方法,增厚其丰富内涵、设计个性和主题意蕴.通过现代化审美中"绿色化、感性化、地域化"的要求,遵循"以退为进,化繁为简""多元并存,个性体现"的原则,强化赣傩艺术元素的独特风格.结论 用现代的手法,将特色的赣傩艺术元素植入到理性的产品设计中去,使赣傩艺术元素与现代设计思想有机结合.在继承传统文化与现代流行中找到契合点,深入挖掘赣傩艺术元素蕴含的文化精神、文化胸怀和文化自信,使中华传统文化在现代审美下进行创新再现.     

A general framework to study the price‐color relationship in paintings with an application to Mark Rothko rectangular series

We propose a general framework to study the relationship between the price of a painting and its color‐related attributes. To this end we focus on four key aspects: dominant colors, features of the color palette, color harmony, and color emotions. We demonstrate the usefulness of this approach with an example based on Mark Rothko's post‐1950 paintings (the “rectangular” series), and auction data from the 1994 to 2018 period. We identify two distinct price‐color regimes in Rothko's market: (a) [1994‐2005], a period in which prices are explained mainly by the growing popularity of the artist regardless of the color attributes of the paintings sold; and (b) [2006‐2018], a period in which color‐related attributes explain most of the prices. Furthermore, we find that in this second period, the dominant colors and the diversity of the color palette, are by far the most relevant attributes that influence the price; color harmony and color emotions hold almost no explanatory power during this period. Finally, we propose a new metric based on the Herfindahl Index to describe color diversity; this metric seems to be promising at characterizing the effect of the color palette on the price of a painting.     

概念辨析：建筑评论的思辨实践

建筑评论是一项针对具体对象,将目之所及的事物背后不可视的背景、思想、价值判断、驱动力等,转化为可以言说、可以讨论、具有建筑学和文化社会意义的思辨性活动。[1]这项活动的基础工作之一是概念的辨析与运用。因此,在东南大学建筑学院开设的"建筑评论课",通过课程主题的组织,在帮助学生建立多维批评视野的同时,以概念辨析为切入点,通过基于精读、研究的写作训练,实现思辨性思维的培养、学术素养和写作的培训,以及对建筑评论和中国现当代建筑话语的理解。     

非物质视域下现代珠绣装饰设计语言解读

基于非物质视角下分析珠绣装饰设计语言的整体特征,文章认为材料、图纹、工艺是促进其装饰设计语言变化的重要构成元素,同时以案例分析分别从视觉形态、符号指代、形式序列及思维界域等角度对珠绣装饰设计语言的演绎现状进行归纳。分析表明:人文意识的介入使珠绣装饰设计建立起全新的审美观念和创作模式,并基于艺术和技术的彼此糅合衍生出装饰设计语言的诸多表达形式,从而为现代珠绣的装饰创新运用提供灵感来源及设计思路。     

浓香型大曲白酒窖泥微生物研究进展

基于传统微生物技术和现代生物学技术对白酒窖泥微生物的研究，阐述了研究白酒酿造微生物所运用生物学技术的各种方法、原理及对窖泥微生物的研究现状。主要对宏基因组、聚合酶链式反应-变性梯度凝胶电泳（PCR-DGGE）技术、高通量测序技术等现代分子生物技术在窖泥微生物代谢活动和群落代谢机制研究中的应用进行了综述，为解决白酒生产中遇到的实际问题提供了理论指导。     

从中西色彩观差异看中西方设计色彩的异与同

目的对中西方设计色彩差异进行理论分析。方法以中西色彩表达的文化差异为基础,通过对中西方色彩观的文化渊源进行比较分析,提炼出对中西传统色彩观的文化特点概括。结论通过对色彩在中西方建筑、服饰、装饰等设计中的运用案例进行分析,把握传统色彩观在历史空间中的演进与中西融合趋势,以求对21世纪全球语境下的现代设计色彩发展,提供基于中西传统色彩观特点比较分析基础上的把握。     

近代民间服饰中祈寿纹样造型及文化意蕴探析

祈寿纹样是指传达祈求长寿愿望的纹样,构成题材与造型表现多样。文章基于江南大学、北京服装学院和东华大学服饰博物馆的93件带有祈寿纹样传世服饰品,从装饰题材和形式美的角度,对祈寿纹样的造型特征进行了归纳与总结,比较出祈寿纹样在近代男装、女装、童装中的不同表现形式,并进一步结合实例探析祈寿纹样的文化意蕴。研究认为,祈寿纹样造型包括艺术化变形与具象写实两种,纹样组合自由多变,在不同着装人群服饰中造型差异明显;祈寿纹样作为一种装饰载体,是民间百姓“护子佑子”的精神寄托,婚庆佳节和谐合好、生日诞辰长寿不老的美好祝愿。     

基于象的理解在现代设计中的研究

在经济日益开放发展的今天,设计在人们的生活中充当了重要的角色。设计的产品是人造物的产品,人类根据自身的生活方式,行为习惯设计制造出为人类提供便利的产品,这些产品是基于人类对于自然的认识进而模仿或通过模仿继而创造出来的产物。本文基于人造物的分析,通过对于象的理解及现代设计的研究,其中对于 "观象制器"以及创新创造设计方法的理解及运用,为现代设计的提供指导方法,进而推动现代设计的发展。     

满族刺绣色彩在现代服装设计中的应用

文章通过分析研究满族刺绣文化内涵、色彩艺术特征和在现代服装设计中的应用,发现满族刺绣色彩具有重要的历史文化价值、体现了满族劳动人民的智慧、丰富了现代服装设计理念,其在现代服装设计中的应用对推动满族刺绣发展和传承具有重要意义。