Jiangxi University of Science and Technology is a comprehensive university focusing on engineering. The design discipline was founded in 1999, mainly offering product design, environmental design, digital media art and other majors. Product design and visual communication design is a characteristic specialty at the university level, while product design is a provincial brand specialty. In 2005, the product design major began to recruit a master of Engineering in the direction of computer-aided industrial design. In 2016, it obtained the second-level discipline degree of "Ecological design and Technology". It is in the forefront of the province in the training of application-oriented senior design talents in art, and has certain influence in China. The design discipline also has 2 reform projects of the Ministry of Education, 2 provincial quality courses, 1 provincial brand major, 2 provincial key research bases, 1 municipal key research base, 1 provincial college student innovation and entrepreneurship activity base, and a national co-construction laboratory.
The strength of the school's design discipline is in a leading position in the region, and it is a leader in the red region of Jiangxi, Guangdong and Fujian. Relying on the university's advantages in engineering and the development concept of integrating liberal arts, and the interdisciplinary characteristics of design and communication, computer, mechanical engineering, ecological civilization, regional economy, etc., the university has developed five research directions, including product design, industrial design and other advantageous fields that match the development of science and technology colleges. It also covers areas of research in visual communication and environmental arts related to regional economies and creative industries, as well as emerging fields such as digital art. Focus on developing Hakka culture, ecological design and other characteristic areas.
Product design faculty is more reasonable, there are 8 full-time teachers, including 1 professor, 3 associate professors; 2 PhD candidates. In the past 5 years, he has published 15 academic papers, undertaken 5 provincial scientific research projects, and won a total of 13 national and provincial and ministerial awards. There are 5 executive directors and directors of national academic societies.
1. Research on product design regionalization theory and application
This research direction focuses on the research and practice of product design knowledge and technology in the field of industrial design. According to the regional application research of product design practice and theory, virtual design of products can improve the comprehensive efficiency of product design and save the cost of enterprises before product intelligent design is formed. This direction is based on the regional economy, serving the surrounding areas, providing decision-making and suggestions for the product design and independent brand construction of industrial enterprises in the region, and providing practical intellectual and technical support for the sustainable development of local economy.
2. Product design and ecological strategy
This direction takes furniture ecological design and intelligent product design as the research field. Based on the concept of sustainable development and intelligent manufacturing technology, based on Nankang furniture, smart home products, electronic products and other industries, the ecological design and manufacturing of Nankang furniture and intelligent design theory and application of household electronic products are studied. Relying on Nankang China Furniture Research Institute, Ganzhou Industrial Design Center, Guangdong Industrial Design City to carry out research on product design and ecological strategy, to provide intellectual and technical support for the high-quality development of industrial design industry in southern Jiangxi.
3. Ecological design and theoretical research
This direction mainly studies the principles and methods of ecological culturology, ecological philosophy, ecological aesthetics and ecological design in the fields of industry and architecture, and explores the application of ecological design and technology in the ecosystem, so as to avoid or reduce the damage to the ecological environment system, save resources and protect the environment. This paper mainly studies the principles and methods of ecological design in the information age and under the background of Internet of Things +, researches the ecological design of products, buildings, information, cities and agriculture in the information age, and researchesthe application of engineering technology in the process of ecological design.11
