320 International Day of Happiness
Designed for Happiness: The Pathway to The Ultimate Meaning of Life
Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the goal and end of human existence.
— Aristotle
Since ancient times, the pace of human pursuit of happiness has never stopped. The first time primitive man used his bow and arrow to hunt a beast, it was the time when he was wrapped up in a fierce sense of happiness. It can be said that happiness is not the normal existence of life, happiness is the crazy pleasure when life is effectively improved, happiness is a beautiful state of mind that is sincerely satisfied, and happiness is a state of life in which peace and passion coexist.
For this reason, every scientific innovation and technological change for thousands of years has meant an increase in the overall well-being of mankind and an increase in the threshold of happiness. However, in today's era of technological iteration, internet of everything, increasing computing power, and the great explosion of the metacosm, life is worry-free, are you happy?
Philosophy, psychology, sociology, culture, medicine... Multi-vision, multi-dimensional, interdisciplinary, can you find the elixir of happiness?
Here, we, a group of designers, invite you to look around at the life around you: tables, chairs, cups and plates, clothes, hats, shoes and socks, houses and boats... This "man-made" world in the world of "divine creation", this world wrapped in countless "designs", who says that happiness has nothing to do with design? The essence of design is change, and its existence is to solve problems with elegance and foresight. It is only because design is omnipresent in human society that this "happiness dimension" is even more neglected.
With the iteration of science and technology, design undoubtedly has more new possibilities. Even every complex problem in life can be solved as a design problem or through design. We are convinced that a good life comes from design, and it is design empowerment that makes abstract happiness concrete and visual.
"Let the people live happily, that is, the great power of the country." We must actively respond to the national strategy and be brave enough to take responsibility, and we must plunge into the process of the times and stand at the head of the tide! Take action! Our mission is to explore a broad, interdisciplinary, multidimensional design methodology and lead everyone to participate in responding to today's complex happiness propositions, to reinvent the everyday, and to invent themselves! In this way, we may allow the decisive scene in the process of human destiny in the 21st century to take place in China!
The International Day of Happiness 20 March——Designing for Happiness: Pathways to the Ultimate Meaning of Life
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
—— Aristotle
People have never stopped in their pursuit of happiness through ages. When primitive people hunt with bows and arrows for the first time, happiness comes. It can be said that happiness is not a normalized lifestyle, it is a kind of ecstasy when your live improved, it is a kind of joyfulness when you are satisfied, and a kind of situation when peace and passion coexist.
Because of this, for thousands of years, technological development played important role in improving health and the quality of life for all human beings. However, with the rapid development of technology, algorithms, and computing，everyone is talking about metaverse. When life becomes more carefree. Are you happy?
Philosophy, psychology, sociology, literature, medicine... Multi-view, multi-dimensional, interdisciplinary, can we find the key to happiness?
Here a group of designers invites you to look around your life: tables, chairs, cups and plates, clothes, hats, shoes and socks, houses, boats, and cars... This "artificial" world comes from the "God created" world, a "designed" world. Who says that happiness has nothing to do with design? The essence of design is innovation, and it exists to solve problems tastefully and farseeing. It is only because the design is ubiquitous in society that the“dimension of happiness”is even more neglected.
With the rapid iteration of technology, design has more new possibilities. Even every complex problem in life can be solved by design, we are convinced thata good life comes from design, and that isdesign makes happiness from abstractive to concrete and visible.
"Let the people live a happy life is the country's big business." We should actively respond to the national strategy and be brave in taking responsibility, and keep abreast with the times and the pioneering spirit. Let's start! Our mission is to explore a broad, interdisciplinarymulti-dimensional design methodology, and lead everyone to participate, to deal with today's complexhappiness propositions, to reinvent self-invent from everyday life. In this way, we may be able to make the decisive scene in the process of human destiny in the 21st century happen in China!
Topic Introduction:
The 2021 National Social Science Foundation Art Project "Research on Multidimensional Design Methodology for Improving the National Happiness Index" is committed to integrating the cutting-edge results of relevant research at home and abroad, exploring a set of universal and interdisciplinary multidimensional design methodologies, so that the improvement of the National Happiness Index can be visualized, operable and evaluated. Designed for happiness and created a better life Chinese.
Principal Investigator: Chen Zhengda (Professor, China Academy of Art)
Research group members: Huang Qian, Xu Jie, Fang Shuhong, Zhu Wenxin, Chen Lanyuan, Zhou Yi, Lai Ningjuan, Wang Jinbo, Xu Kuangshi, Bei Di, Liu Yameng
Introduction to the project:
The 2021 National Social Science Fund Art Project "Research on Multi-dimensional Design Methodology for Improving National Happiness Index", is committed to integrating the cutting-edge results of related research at home and abroad, and exploring a set of universal and interdisciplinary multi-dimensional design methodologies. Improve visibility, practicality, and appreciation. Design for happiness, and create a better life for Chinese people.
Project leader:Chen Zhengda (Professor of China Academy of Art)
Team members:Huang Qian, Xu Jie, Fang Shuhong, Zhu Wenxin, Chen Lanyuan, Zhou Yi, Lai Ningjuan, Wang Jinbo, Xu Kuangshi, Bei Di, Liu Yameng
"Lack of happiness is the greatest misfortune."
—— Gao Shiming, President, Professor and Curator of China Academy of Art
"Happiness is the result of thinking, don't let conservative ideas shackle your imagination."
— Roberta Bernabe, Italian jewelry designer
"Happiness: Innocence of Thought, Neutralization."
—— Han Xu Vice President, Professor and Designer of China Academy of Art
"Design is not the goal, talent is the goal, and the return to the understanding of the essence of a happy life is the return of human nature."
—— Chen Zhengda, professor and designer of China Academy of Art
"Happiness is often generated by comparison, and there is no such thing as true happiness without unhappiness."
—— Xu Jie, color designer and scholar
"I believe that life is limited, but happiness is infinite."
— Pinos Baratukas Pinos Balatukas Greek designer
"I understand happiness in two ways: First, happiness is not far away, it is related to people's actual actions. If you don't get it in this life, even if you have an afterlife, it will be in vain. Second, happiness lies in the fulfillment of wishes, but lasting happiness exists only in the fulfillment of noble wishes, for which the management of the spiritual world and thoughts is required, and psychology and philosophy are involved. ”
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"Happiness points to the ideal life, the ideal of life is for the ideal life, happiness is ultimately an aesthetic problem!"
—— Liu Yuedi, aesthetician and researcher of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
"My ideal state of happy life is: work is rest, rest is work."
—— Cao Yiqiang, Professor of China Academy of Art, Art Theory
Discipline leader
"My ideal happy life is: free, autonomous, random, casual."
—— Song Jianming, professor of China Academy of Art, color scholar
"Happiness is to know how to enjoy our daily life and labor." Happiness is an everyday art and an everyday wisdom. ”
—— Yang Zhenyu, Professor of China Academy of Art
"Don't get sick, don't be sleepy, don't get in the way, don't be afraid / Ask for something, see what you feel, think about it / Seventy percent of the above can be said to be happy."
—— Pan Haitian Science fiction writer, screenwriter, architect
"Happiness is the ability to have the power to reject things you don't like; happiness is the ability to have the opportunity to share what you like with others."
—— Wu Yong, professor and graphic designer at the Central Academy of Fine Arts
"Although happiness is subject to many factors and is easy to say that everyone is different, its most basic idea and consciousness is: freedom (sense of freedom) - in other words, happiness is based on the possibility of people having more freedom, and everything is under the practice of freedom to talk about its harmonious relationship with society, culture, and others, not the opposite." 」
—— Xia Lie, Professor, Writer, School of Culture, Creativity and Media, Hangzhou Normal University
Literary critic
"Work hard and live with ease."
—— Chen Yujun, contemporary artist
"Being able to keep oneness in and out of the world is the source of happiness."
—— Jiang Jun, Professor and Independent Curator of China Academy of Art
"I think happiness is to be able to have a job that I am good at and enjoy, and to live the life I was looking forward to when I was a child."
—— Wang Mengfei, Master of Design, Harvard University, USA, Product Manager of Technology Enterprises
"Finding your own life value in the busyness, every moment is a meaningful life."
—Phil Cliffe, British graphic designer
"Happiness is fulfillment."
—— Sun Jianjiang Scholar, writer, publisher,
President of the Chinese Fable Literature Research Association
"Happiness is a combination of meaningful values and good subjective experiences!"
—— Ren Jun, Professor of Positive Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University
"I think that living can benefit society, the country and the nation through one's own labor, and the sense of accomplishment that comes from it is happiness."
—— Chen Jianlin, Senior Arts and Crafts Artist
"Doing one thing right in a lifetime is enough to be happy."
— Young Stein, Swedish educator
"My state of happiness is: my heart is full and peaceful, and I think more about others."
—— Hangjian Professor of China Academy of Art
"I am willing to achieve my own spiritual happiness and pleasure by helping others."
—Leonardo Osborne Leonardo Osborne
Austrian artist
"Your present depends on your past, and likewise, your happiness depends on your efforts."
—Jose Cavano Jace Cabano Argentine architect
"Happiness never closes the door to someone, so hurry up."
Paul Tiger Paul Tegel, Australian scholar
"Go find someone who can help you be happy."
— Castriclio Italian designer
"Happiness is a self-identification with a life goal: on the road, the right direction, is happiness."
—— Editor-in-chief of Fang Xiaofeng's "Decoration" magazine and professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University
"Happiness is not a kind of luck, happiness is an ability. Whether people are happy or not, in fact, has nothing to do with the outside world, and the happiness obtained by relying on the outside world is often very fragile. The most solid happiness comes from the wisdom of the heart to see the world and life, from the peace and satisfaction of the self. ”
—— Tang Tang, professor of the College of Humanities of Zhejiang Normal University, fairy tale writer
"Happiness is the affirmation and satisfaction of self-worth under the universal aspirations of society."
—— Zhang Jie, professor at china academy of art, Chinese painter
"Breaking through the shackles and expressing myself to the maximum is the source of my happiness."
—— Liu Zhihai, professor at the China Academy of Art, director of the film "Above the Clouds"
"For me, happiness is abstract, and the goal of happiness should never be based on other people and matter."
—Andy Selby Andy Selby, British illustrator
"Happiness comes as soon as one can enter a state of complete control over oneself."
—Michael Ekman Michael Ekman, An American contemporary artist
"Sing alone, dance alone, be strong inside, your world is heaven."
—Max Henkel, Marx Heinkel, American contemporary artist
"Happiness is a subjective mental state that is related to heredity and also to the environment, mainly as a result of serotonin neurotransmission produced by the interaction of genes and the environment."
—— Andre Young Andre Yang, Swiss External Professor, Zhejiang University
"Every day is my little work, and my whole life is my biggest work. Doing it well is my greatest happiness. ”
—Michael Sean, British sculptor
"I think happiness can enter the creation of flow."
—— Wang Lin, Norwegian artist
"Have the resources and the will to use them to continuously expand the temporal and spatial experience of life."
—— Li Zhaoxin, science fiction critic and partner of the Future Affairs Authority
"The motivation of design is designed by people, and the multi-faceted nature of people makes the future of design more and more strange. To solve the fundamental problem of design, we should put design uncertainty into virtual scenes, test real problems in an interactive way, and at the same time introduce reality into virtual society for criticism and simulation. In this way, the design will become richer and closer to life. ”
——Wang Xiaosong, Professor, School of Art and Archaeology, Zhejiang University, contemporary artist
"If I want a rainbow in my heart, the rainbow can appear immediately, and this is a happy moment."
Jonathan Freeman, British psychologist
"Happiness as I understand it is that you can do whatever you want, and you can get close to the most desired state according to the feeling you want most, and you can arrive smoothly during this period without being swayed and interfered with by unnecessary external forces or even unwarranted scrutiny." 」
—— Gao Ming, film director, screenwriter, designer
"Happiness is inspired by inspiration."
— Adam British kindergarten teacher
"Happiness is about doing what you love."
—— Shen Haopeng, Director of the Art Design Committee of Shanghai Artists Association
"Happiness is about being able to do what you want to do."
—— Liu Baoli, researcher at Zhejiang University
"An optimistic spirit is a necessary condition for achieving happiness."
— Benjamin Dorman, British ceramic artist
"The way to be happy is to amplify small happiness and ignore unfortunate things."
—Hannah Pratt German multimedia artist
"Being able to do things without compulsion can be described as 'small luck'."
—— Shen Leping, professor and calligrapher at the China Academy of Art
"All misfortunes will be the best testimony to happiness."
— Antonia Ligre Italian journalist
"Happiness is the unity of the happiness of the process and the freedom of the result."
—— Zhu Xuguang, Professor of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
"Peaceful environment, harmonious little family, friends, health!"
—— Wang Min, Professor and Designer, Central Academy of Fine Arts
"Happiness is a smile from the heart, a harmony between the family and the love of society."
—— Bi Xuefeng, professor and designer of China Academy of Art
"The understanding of happiness is dynamically changing with the changes of the times and the growth of oneself. Personal understanding of today's happiness should be world peace, national peace and security, physical and mental health, family happiness, doctors' benevolence, and peach and plum fragrance. ”
—— Tian Mei, Distinguished Professor of Fudan University, Executive Dean of the Institute of Human Phenotype Group of Fudan University, President of the World Society of Molecular Imaging
"Happiness is the prosperity of the people and the strength of the country, and the people are safe and secure."
—— Ge Jihong, Professor of the Institute of Culture and Creativity of Zhejiang University of Media and Communications, Special Representative of phoenix satellite TV Chinese mainland affairs, president of Phoenix Satellite TV Zhejiang Company, well-known media person
"Running a good home is the foundation of happiness."
—— Liu Xiaokang Hong Kong designer, winner of the World Outstanding Chinese Designer Award
The Southern Song Dynasty people once had several poems: "Hugh said forty Ming Dynasty, look at the frost hair sixty weng." "When a person is sixty years old, even if you have had a glorious past, you should be a little more marketable and be kind to yourself." There is no desire for anything, there is no need for anything, three or two friends who have been precipitated by time and can talk about, as well as their own relatives. Make a pot of tea, talk about the innocuous "Shan Hai Jing", talk about interesting and fun "Gossip Things", pick up a bald pen and graffiti without utilitarianism, eat home-cooked dishes with taste, and have shelter from the wind and rain, and have more than enough food and clothing. Maybe that's what I understand as true happiness. ”
—— Li Chaode Distinguished Professor of Outstanding Talents of Soochow University
"Every day, all the time, it's like wandering in the melody and timbre of Bach's A cappella suite, roaming, roaming..."
—— Wu Lieyan, Professor of Nanjing University of the Arts
"Collect beautifully, bloom warmth, strengthen your heart, and chase the light."
—— Zhao Lu, Professor of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
"Experiencing wonderful design is an incomparable happiness!"
—— Jing Shijian, professor and artist at the China Academy of Art
"The happiness in my eyes is a lot of leisure time, reading thousands of books, traveling thousands of miles, admiring the beauty of the world and creating beauty." 」
—— Huang Qian, Associate Professor, Master of Architecture, Doctor of Fine Arts, China Academy of Art
"Rejoice in the four seasons, enjoy the sprinkling, drink a cup of tea every day; the five continents are peaceful, and make every effort to contribute to the construction of a better China."
—— Zhao Zhifeng, researcher of Zhijiang Laboratory
"What I think of as happiness is being loved all the time, even if it is poor, old, disabled, and displaced."
——Delin Sun, Research Scientist, Duke University School of Medicine, USA
"Happiness is loved & given love."
—— Lin Tao, Austrian graphic designer
The more I discovered that life and life were the three things Aristotle said: love, happiness, and bravery. Love: Don't hate. Happiness: No complaints. Brave: Not afraid. ”
—— Mou Sen, professor and director of China Academy of Art
"When you get old and have friends who are always around, this is my happiness."
—Enzo Miglioli Italian designer
"Happiness has a temperature, and it is the energy of hope and gratitude that gathers."
—— Fang Shuhong, Associate Professor and Designer, China Academy of Art
"Many people give up at moments close to happiness, and without enough persistence, you will never see the other side of happiness."
— Verena Schindler Wenrena Schindler Swiss historian
"Happiness is about making happiness stronger, and tomorrow is longer than yesterday!"
—— Xu Xunlei Chief commentator of Hangzhou Daily
"The meaning of happiness lies in the process of constantly striving for goals."
— Carolina Escobar Carolina Escobar Brazilian design educator
"Happiness is unremitting struggle."
—— Feng Zhiguo, professor and artist at the China Academy of Art
A declaration of action designed for happiness
It is a 2021 National Social Science Foundation Art Project
"Research on Multidimensional Design Methodology for Improving National Happiness Index"
Initiated by the research group
This project is committed to integrating cutting-edge results of related research at home and abroad
Explores a universal, interdisciplinary, multidimensional design methodology
Visualize, operationalize, and evaluate the improvement of the National Happiness Index
Designed for happiness and created a better life Chinese
Planning | Chen Zhengda Huang Qian Xu Jie Fang Shuhong Zhou Yi
Editor| Fangzhou Zhao Yucen Huang Qian Chen Lanyuan Xu Jie
Design | Hu Chuan Xu Qianya
Review | Ding Hongqi Chen Zhengda
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