摘要
Natureisaninformationsourcebookofbehaviour,function,colourandshapewhichcaninspirevisualdesignandinven-tion.Studyingtheformandfunctionalcharacteristicsofanaturalobjectcanprovideinspirationforproductdesignandhelptoimprovethemarketabilityofmanufacturedproducts.Theinspirationcanbetriggeredeitherbydirectobservationorcapturedbythree-dimensional(3D)digitisingtechniquestoobtainsuperficialinformation(geometryandcolour).Anartdesigneroftencreatesaconceptintheformofatwo-dimensional(2D)sketchwhileengineeringmethodsleadtoapointcloudin3D.Eachhasitslimitationsinthattheartdesignercommonlylackstheknowledgetobuildafinalproductfroma2Dsketchandtheengi-neeringdesigner’s3Dpointcloudsmaynotbeverybeautiful.WeproposeamethodforProductDesignfromNature(PDN),couplingaestheticintentandgeometricalcharacteristics,exploringtheinteractionsbetweendesignersandnature’ssystemsinPDN.Webelievethatthisapproachwouldconsiderablyreducetheleadtimeandcostofproductdesignfromnature.
出版日期
2008年01月11日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
