一如果说现代设计与传统设计存在着某种区别,那么这区别产生的首要背景在于“设计”所面对的社会环境在20世纪发生了转变。传统的设计,在某种程度上可称之为“制作”:在中世纪,工匠们常为贵族制作特定的、专属的物品。那时“最优秀的艺术家依然是工匠,而最卑微的工匠也是一名艺术家”。此时艺术与技术工艺犹处于浑然未分的状态,设计与 If there is some difference between modern design and traditional design, then the primary context behind this distinction lies in the transformation of the social environment that “design” faces in the 20th century. The traditional design, to some extent, can be called “making”: in the Middle Ages artisans often made specific, exclusive items for aristocrats. At that time “the best artist is still a craftsman, and the humblest craftsman is an artist.” Art and technology at this time still in the state of unceasingly divided, design and