THE BIG FEET AESTHETIC AND THE ART OF SURVIVAL

摘要

If I were to talk of the identity of Chinese culture in general - and design culture in particular- I would make a distinction between 'low' and 'high', or elite culture. Low culture makes the daily life of the normal Chinese possible - especially that of the peasants. Here, design is a technique for adaptation. It is 'the art of survival': the art of levelling the earth and irrigating and growing crops; the pleasure of the harvest; and the celebration that follows - useful and beautiful.