隨著科技的進步,我們改變了生活習慣,減少許多紙本的使用,將文字或是影像數位化,透過電子產品閱讀及欣賞,有些人享受科技帶來的快速便利,而有些人則認為少了幾分「實在」的感受,因此放慢腳步追求生活的品質,除了重視「生活體驗」外,也將「環保」納入重點議題。因此,本創作以感受與紀錄生活細節且不浪費資源為原則的概念下,進行可「再利用」的實體「月曆」創作。 為探究綠色設計與商品、平面和包裝等之關聯、探索商品與月曆「再利用」的可能性、掌握現在月曆的設計趨勢,創造可轉化用途的新月曆的形式,將創作分為三階段進行,第一階段採文獻探討法蒐集綠色設計與月曆應用等相關資料,歸納分析出綠色設計之方法有三: (一) 選用環保的材料、 (二) 簡化製造的過程、 (三) 轉化商品的用途;月曆構成要素有二:(一) 機能要素 、(二) 裝飾要素。 第二階段採田野調查,實際走訪與拍攝相關店家之月曆商品,探尋現有月曆之可能形式、綠色商品之運用情形。 最後階段,設定創作主題,收集相關內容資料,將以上研究結果歸納整合符合「再利用」觀點的設計方法,應用於創作之中,本創作將主題訂為「節日」、「生日花」、「名人」,作「過日子」、「花時間」與「了不起的日子」三系列,以「掛曆」與「桌曆」為主要形式,並依上述主題分別配合「環保袋」、「收納夾」、「包裝盒」作為月曆的轉化應用。
With the progress of technology, we have altered our daily habits, which include reducing the usage of paper, digitizing words and images and viewing them via electronic products. Some people enjoy the convenience that technology brought about, while others consider it in lack of "reality" and hence, slowing down their pace in pursuing the quality of life. For those, not only do they value "life experiences", "environmental protection" is also considered to be of great significance. Therefore, this creation is designed in the concept of experiencing and recording details of life as well as making good use of natural resources, to create a reusable and material calendar. With the aim of investigating the connection between green design and its commodity, packaging and graphic design, discovering the possibility of reusing monthly calendar, and keeping up with the current trend of calendar design and creating a new form of calendar whose purpose can be transformed, three procedures are includes in the creating process. The first procedure is literary review, which is collecting data regarding to green design and applications of calendars, and therefore concludes three methods for green design and two essential factors of calendar. The three methods of green design are using environmentally friendly materials, simplifying manufacturing processes and transforming the usage of commodities; the two essential factors of calendar are functional factor and artistic factor. The second procedure is field research, which means to visit and photograph correlated shops that manufacturing or selling calendars, so as to study the current style of calendars and the applications of green commodities on markets. The last procedure is to establish the topic of creation. Collecting the data in related to the topic, and integrate the abovementioned research results into a designing method that consistent with the concept "reuse". The themes of this creation are: "holidays", "birthday flowers" and " celebrities". There are three series of calendars: "The Holidays", "Blossom Times", and "Great Days". Wall calendars and desk calendars are the two major forms and calendars of each theme can be respectively transformed into shopping bags, storage folders and packing boxes.