Application of Plant Dyeing Craft in the Design of Modern Residential Products
- DOI
- 10.2991/icessms-16.2017.13How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Plant Dyeing, Folk Fine Arts, Household Products, Environmental Protection, Health Care.
- Abstract
In 1856, the famous chemist W. H. Pekin successfully created mauveine by synthesis. Since then, humans have entered a new era of synthetic dyes. But recently, people gradually accept the concepts of environmental protection and health preservation, while chemical dyes contain carcinogenic substance and are harmful tothe environment. So nowadays, the traditional plant dyeing craft catches people's attentions and come into our lives again. In daily life, our bodies and skins contact with household products most frequently, so now the industry of household products develops in accordance with the global green trend. Plant dyeing is an outstanding component of Chinese folk fine arts which needs to be inherited and promoted. Textiles dyed by plants have high aesthetic values and a lot of other advantages. They are not only natural and environmental friendly, but also benefit for people's health, since most of the dyeing materials are Chinese herbal medicine. To explore the advantages and features of plant dyeing craft, and apply it to the design of household products, are new development directions of household products design. From the perspectives of aesthetic values, environmental protection and health care, this article analyzes the advantages of plant dyeing craft and its application prospects in household products design .
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- © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yanrui Mou AU - Dan Zhang PY - 2017/02 DA - 2017/02 TI - Application of Plant Dyeing Craft in the Design of Modern Residential Products BT - Proceedings of the 2016 2nd International Conference on Education, Social Science, Management and Sports (ICESSMS 2016) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 55 EP - 59 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icessms-16.2017.13 DO - 10.2991/icessms-16.2017.13 ID - Mou2017/02 ER -