SUMMARY 3 EVOLUTION

DARK AGES

• between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renascence and the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire 
• western civilization was at the lowest point 
• medicine and treatment use of nature was considered black magic 
• the only people who were literate was clergy 
• scientific discovery was quashed as heresy 
• Catholic Church destroyed all the great books of the Greeks and Romans 
• left Europeans with no knowledge except folk cures 
• science and mathematics were suppressed 
• ignored all the European literature and obviously filled with Bible figures. 
• a time of superstition and ignorance 
• arts and learning flourished during the middle ages 
• example: the fabulous cathedrals and churches 

FRENCH REVOLUTION

• lifted the feudalism and creation of the republic 
• people were able to now explore new ways to live and work 
• men were given rights and equality 
• people had the power to overthrow their monarchs 
• monumental social advancements 
• an important place in the age of Revolutions and the Enlightenment period (example: American Revolution) 
• Philosophes like Voltaire and Montesquieu came to life 
• It also proved that the old regime in France could not work anymore 
• many of the Enlightened thinkers that inspired the ideas of the revolution 

INDUSTRY REVOLUTION

• technology forged during the time brought abundant food 
• more births and fewer deaths, growing economy, and an increase in standard of living 
• industrial revolution had long term effects, with goals that changed and progressed 
• resulted in factories 
• increased manufacturing of goods and a rise in technology 
• technology changed and developed that made differences to people's lives 

Below are some results of industry revolution:

1. Technology:

• starting with the printing press 
• invented in Germany in 1440 
• used to create copies of the Bible 
• steam engine-----the major reason that industrial revolution spread 

2. Social: 

• the Renaissance introduced a new way of thinking 
• humanism placed the emphasis on the human, rather than God 
• people moved to the cities 
• education improved 
• transport changed - rail and canal networks 
• warfare became industrialised 

3. Scientific:

• Copernicus introduced the idea that the earth revolved around the sun, not the opposite and it was radical. 

4. Transportation: 

• Navigation techniques improved 
• i was more necessary to find the best trade routes 
• this led of course to the "discovery" of the Americas. 

Resources:

http://history-world.org/Industrial%20Intro.htm

http://www.allabouthistory.org/the-dark-ages.htm

http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/beginlst/med2dark.html

http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h33-fr.html

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080117182056AA98tR2

http://failuremag.com/feature/article/shedding_light_on_the_dark_ages/

I THINK therefore I AM

young Rene Descartes

Rene Descartes in workplace

Rene Descartes (1596-1650)

• French mathematician,writer and philosophy 
• most important of the western philosophers 
• Descartes created analytical or coordinate geometry,known as Cartesian geometry 
• Father of Modern Philosophy 
• stated，“I think, therefore I am”="Cogito ergo sum" 
• convinced science and mathematics could be used to explain everything in nature 
• first describe the physical universe in terms of matter and motion

I think therefore i am

In my mind, if mean that i "exist" in the world, while i thinking, i can not doubt of "I" exist, it is clear therefore reliable facts.


i study design therefore i am

i express therefore i am
i feel therefore i am
i am therefore i am


What i state above is what i think i am

Everyone have a different view for the quote.

As a design student, 

i study, 

i read, 

i design, 

i solve problem.

I design to help and improve community, environment, public and more.

Creative connect with our mind ,

so what we think what we do.

Everyone have their way of thinking it 

and it depends on ours environment and 

acceptance of cultural, 

educational background and other factors.

Different environment created different people, 

different designers have different ways of thinking.

So, what i think are different with other, 

i use my way to design, 

to express,
to communicate and to create.

Resources:

http://www.renedescartes.com/
http://www.iep.utm.edu/descarte/
http://www.factfixx.com/2012/02/24/who-said-that-i-think-therefore-i-am/
http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Philosophy-Rene-Descartes-Philosopher.htm

St Peter

I chose St Peter church because...
when i knew the journal title,
i quickly checked back the history notes that i learnt in foundation year.
The only building that i remember in Baroque era is St Peter.
I think is because of the whole appearance,
the church design was so different.
(i could not imagine how they built and designed it) 

St Peter

Building: Church

Location: Vacation City, surrounded by Rome, Italy
Date: 1546 to 1564 and 1590

The façade of St Peter is an enormous expansion 

of the elements compare with the previous design of church.

The design of St Peter was completed by Gianlorenzo Bernini.

The basic characteristics of Baroque architecture 

may find in St Peter, such as pear shaped domes, 

the façade, large scale ceiling frescoes, 

shell of painting and more.

The most impressive design when I look at St Peter 

was the monumental pizza which in front of the St Peter’s. 

Two huge colonnades reach out from the church to

embrace a huge oval shaped piazza and it expansively 

relates to its environment. 

Besides that, the interiors of church overly ornate and complex.

The gigantic bronze Baldacchino

• Above the main altar under the dome.
• 100 feet high
• as the focus of the church's splendour
• column decorated with vines
• four colossal angels standing guard at the four bracket

The Cathedra Petri

• flying angels and clouds
• supported by four gilded bronze colossal
• a burst of light

Here the link about St Peter:

http://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/12/baroque-saint-peters.html
http://www.wiremoon.com/keyword/vatican%20city/1319804279_Gn56KsN#!i=1319804279&k=Gn56KsN
http://www.thestudioarts.com/web%20pages/Students/Czech%20Art%20History/BaroqueArchitecture.htm

how design inspire your daily life

In my mind, design is everything and it is important in my life.
Learning design is always my dream and now i am go on...


Design can be fashion design, interior design,
graphic design ,animation ,furniture....and more.
without design i think our life
will become bored and even hard!



Let think about it, we use broom in past
but after the invent of vacuum cleaner we have more time
to spend and now even have automatic cleaner～
So, design made life convenient and interesting!






















I like surprise ,
especially thing that is creative and multifunction,
they are so impressed in my mind.


To produce a good design, i will always ask myself "5W+1H".
In fact, i like to DIY and enjoy it very much.
There is an indescribable joy when i finished it.

I hope that i can become a true designer someday.
Design things that everyone will like it.

Design is endless, so the only thing that
i can do is keep it up and do my best.



The website which inspire me a lot is a facebook page :
Creative & Innovative DesignsCreative & Innovative Designs
https://www.facebook.com/CnIDesign?sk=wall

(i always check the latest wall post on there=D)