A Tentative Exploration on the Design of Articles for Daily Use and the Life Wisdom of “Putting Down”

Abstract:

“The slow lifestyle” objects to excessive consumption and waste, but advocates the design of simplicity, economy and humanity. A too speedy lifestyle will surely exert influence on people’s health and not conform to the life essence, which has something in common with the viewpoint of moderate “putting-down” posed by Buddhism. It’s a wise choice to “put down” those unhealthy lifestyles and designs having nothing to do with boosting life quality.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 945-949)
• Pages: 430-433
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.945-949.430
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Lin Sen Guo*
• Keywords: Articles for Daily Use, Product Design, Put down, Slow Lifestyle

References

[1] Minglang Yang, Feng Guo, He Liu. On the Mean Idea and the Concept of Slow Design[J]. Packaging Engineering, 2013, 06. . The Philosophy of Putting Down" in the Design of "Slow Lifestyle" "Putting down" doesn't only indicate putting-down in the actions, but bears more sense in the putting-down in one's inner heart. It doesn't amount to abandoning, and relinquishing all one's possessions, but the extra, negative and heartbroken. Putting-down is to provide more room for carrying more other valuable and significant things. Behaving as a man is like carrying a leather case: you can easily carry and put it down. If one only carries it, too much encumbering will follow you and you will feel rather tired; but if one only puts it down, the inconvenience will accompany you when it's needed. Therefore, it's reasonable for one to deal with carrying and putting-down in a right way. To put down sounds very nice, but if one puts down all one's desires, will his life make any sense? So it's appropriate to carry the correct ideas, behaviors, remarks, viewpoints and the mercy, morality and kind fate, meticulousness and diligence. Only in this way can one, s life make some sense.

[2] Master Xinyun. Putting-down: the Road to happiness [M], Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, 2010, 04, p.122.

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