包的设计——关于生与死
汶川地震的报道使许多寻常之物染上了死亡与悲哀的气息，或是生命悬于一线的揪心与企盼，“鞋子、书包、笔、作业本、校牌、芦苇、白花、黄花、瓦砾、开裂的路面、眼泪、黑袖套、冰冷的躯体、棺材、裹尸布、手机短讯、手套、蝌蚪文、……”“矿泉水瓶、口罩、血迹、白纱布、心电图、蜡烛、帐篷、蔬菜、方便面、棉被上的红花、药品、挂水瓶、血袋、……”，这其中的“蝌蚪文”是从一位失去儿子的父亲口中听来，他因为哀痛过度而无法控制手中的笔，说自己写下的字如蝌蚪一般几乎难以辨认。
中国文化习俗中历来忌讳谈到死，仿佛死是一个神秘而令人色变的话题，有意无意中这忌讳已然成为一种社会文化的心理惯性。在生死观方面，不同的文化积累了丰富的经验，提供了各具特色的理论和技术，为生活在其中的人们所信奉和实行，而个人对死亡亦有不同的体会。课题以包的设计为情感的载体，传递个人对死、对丧葬、对祭奠、及至对生的意义的表达。
Bag Design for Life and Death
The background is Wenchuan Earthquake of May 12, 2008. Everyday objects seemed to be infected with the sad death, “shoes, bags, pens, notebooks, school badges, reed, white flowers, yellow flowers, debris, cracking roads, tears, the black sleeves, cold bodies, coffins, shroud, short messages sent from cell phones, gloves, Kedouwen, mineral water bottles, masks, white gauze, electrocardiogram, candles, tents, vegetables, instant noodles, red stitches on quilts, medicine, the fluid infusion sets, blood, etc. “, in which “Kedouwen” was quoted from a father who lost his son in the earthquake, could hardly control himself to hold a pen and the words he wrote were almost beyond recognition because of his deep sorrow.
The Chinese culture tends to escape mentioning the topic of death. In the view of life and death, different cultures have accumulated a wealth of experience either theoretically or technically. The bag, being regarded as the carrier of emotion, expresses the personal view on death, funeral, memorial ceremony and life as well.
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