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2015-06-26

     “新丝绸之路”项目（New Silk Road Program）由湖南大学设计艺术学院发起，旨在促进丝绸之路设计的国际化合作研究。2015年的主题是“海上丝绸之路上的长沙窑设计与跨文化交流”。长沙窑是唐代著名的彩瓷生产窑，其首创釉下多彩，创新的使用诗文装饰，在“南青北白”的生产格局中脱颖而出。同时，长沙窑发挥湖湘文化“敢为人先”的地域精神，产品设计为迎合国外市场需求（特别是西亚伊斯兰地区）大胆吸收异域文化，成为当时最大的外销瓷，产品通过海上丝绸之路远销亚非20多个国家。伊朗在唐代属于继承波斯文化的阿拔斯王朝，是长沙窑最重要的产品输出目的地之一。因此，2015年湖南大学与伊朗著名的伊朗科技大学(Iran University of Science and Technology)、设拉子大学(Shiraz University)、印度最顶级学府印度理工学院（Indian Institute of Technology）进行长沙窑研究学术合作，并将在7月5日－10日期间在中国举行一系列的学术活动。7月5日9:00-11:30am将在科技厅进行长沙窑国际研究研讨会， 3:00-5:00pm将在湖南省图书馆举行“丝绸之路设计与国际文化交流“主题的面向公众的演讲。届时国际专家Mohammand Abaei教授、Javad Zafarmand教授、Ravi Mokashi Punekar教授，以及国内湖南大学设计艺术学院院长何人可教授、顶级考古专家周世荣教授、及湖南大学Mohsen Jaafarnia博士将发表主题演讲。欢迎感兴趣的师生到现场聆听。
       作为本次系列学术活动的重要组成部分，7月6日－10日将会在湖南大学设计艺术学院举行由伊朗和印度专家主持的跨文化设计工作坊。本次设计工作坊的主题是“Design for Contemporary Iranian or Indian Needs”，这个主题就是承继了历史上的长沙窑针对海外市场的跨文化设计的优良传统。本次工作坊将全部采用英语交流，并将在短时间内集中经历从设计调研、概念、表现及最终模型的完整设计过程。工作坊期间会安排主题讲座。
       现在面向我院全体学生招新，欢迎有兴趣同学发送简历到This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.，我们将对简历进行筛选，计划招收15－20名项目成员，项目结束后表现优异者颁发项目结业证书。工作坊申请截止日期7月1日。

附录：具体设计主题有如下两个：
Topic 1： The Indian Spicebox Design：Design and Visualization of a theme based Kiosk for serving Indian Food in a restaurant called ‘The Indian Spicebox’

The rich variety of Indian food best reflects the essence of Indian culture ‘Unity in Diversity’. The ‘Spice Box’ used in Indian kitchens include a variety of spices used in preparing each dish. The food and snack prepared using these spices and the manner in which they are served, and eaten by Indians in different locations in India is very fascinating. The Spicebox containing a variety of spices is a product that every mother gifts to her daughter for setting-up her home along with tableware and crockery.
Given to you is a CD containing:
Images of
- People from the region,
- their habitat,
- Traditional handicraft of the region,
- Traditional Motifs
- Music of the region,
- menu card of Regional Indian snacks
- Regional textiles
In this project your group will first make a study of the handicraft tradition of ceramic-ware and pottery, their technique of manufacture and surface ornamentation using motifs from any one of the regions - Western India (Jaipur), Eastern India (Kolkata), Northern India (Chandigarh), Central India (Lucknow) and Southern India (Cochin).
Drawing from this research, you will first taste some of the regional snacks and spices of that specific region
The Design Assignment is to design the complete ambience of a theme kiosk including seating arrangement, table ware, lighting and music in serving food for a group of 8 guests who have booked a kiosk to experience eating food from that region.
Visualise and design the following products –
A spice box
A set of Tableware for serving Indian snack from that region
A tea set
Target Audience:
A family of eight members who have come to the Restaurant and have booked on these kiosks for their get-together.
Tools:
You are free to use the internet to research the content.
Refer to the contents of the given CD
Discussions with the Lead Faculty members
3D visualization software

Topic 2： Ceramic Design on the Basis of Iranian Motifs

This proposed workshop will be held by the three Iranian experts participated in the event 2015, New Silk Road Program, including Prof. S. Javad Zafarmand, Prof. Mohammad Abai and Prof. Majid-Reza Moghanipour. The workshop consists of three main stages as follows.
The first stage is allocated for introducing the Iranian motif categories designated for the workshop and some primary lessons/instructions and the technical guidelines in terms of Iranian motifs and ceramic design. The three categories of Iranian motifs considered for this workshop are: Geometric that is very particular and especial Iranian one; Abstract and Plantal, which are the most similar ones to the Chinese culture. To create the Abstract motifs, some effective methods about different kinds of rhythm and incomplete-symmetry will be introduced. In this stage, some basic points about product subjective sustainability and aesthetic durability, as the theme of author’s special interest and professional study, will be also presented in respect to the ceramics. As the ceramics are among the crafts or the extremely long-lived products, the above mentioned points are very important for extending this kind of product’s psychological lifetime to be in harmony with their actual lifetime.
Within the second stage, the participants will be guided to design three types of motifs inspired from the Iranian motifs introduced in the last stage for a ceramic product on the paper or the other means. Then, they will be instructed to suggest the appropriate colors for their designed motifs. Our suggested ceramic product is plate which is simple and popular.
The third stage will also consist of two main steps. First, the completed design will be transformed on the kilned raw plate, if such an object could be provided. And second, the design will be painted or colored with the glazing material. Eventually, the participants’ works will be compared and evaluated from aesthetic and cultural identity points of view.