手是第二个脑——兼谈中日艺术设计教育之差异

Hand is the second brain——the differences of Sino-Japanese art design education

对于艺术设计教育而言,动手的过程不仅仅是单纯获取技能,更是直接触及心和脑、提升创造性思维能力的过程。"手是第二个脑"实际上是一种方法论,即表明设计思想的展开常常是通过手、通过实践而得以实现的。缺乏基本的手的活动,缺失了亲身的认知、感悟和体验,如同消解了思考,削弱了心、脑在更深层面上的功能。本文通过中日艺术设计教育的对照与比较,分析了我国艺术设计教育中存在的问题,并指出强化动手即专业创作设计能力的培养是艺术设计教育的中心任务和必由之路。

To art design education,the use of hand is not only to achieve skill but also to promote the ability of creative thinking.'Hand is the second brain' is a methodology which demonstrates design ideas derived from using hands.Lack of basal hand activity and experienced cogitation will weaken the function of deeperheart and brain expression.This article tries to contradistinguish Japanese art design education from Chinese,analyze the problem in Chinese art design education,and claims that cultivating students' practical design ability is the essential way we have to go.