Dai Yun Ting

(School of Design, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China)

Abstract:  A hot issue for the designers of contemporary ceramic products is how to combine different materials with ceramics to make a product that is fashionable and has the features of traditional culture. To break the limits on “a vessel” and to provide basis for creative practice, this paper explores the integrated use of ceramics and other materials in accordance to some principles to produce designs for modern and contemporary ceramic art products with fashion elements.

Key words:  materials using; visual appeal; tactile appeal