'Green design' is a late 20th century, there at the moment 80 international design trends. As early as the late 20th century, 60 well-known industrial designer and educator-dimensional multi-Peipanike on the publication aroused strong repercussions in the design world works 'is designed for real-life', presented in the book and the public at the time different points of view, he considered that the things around us are created by designers, designers in the Marketing and customer satisfaction is not only just play 'beautify' the role of the designer should also be emphasized that the social and moral ethics Worth . Far-reaching impact of this book has continued to this day.
Into the 21st century, because of the world's governments on environmental issues seriously. The establishment of laws and regulations relating to environmental protection, competition among enterprises, making with the idealism of 'green design' step by step with the trend of practical significance. Based on the attention and understanding of environmental issues, people from the 20th century, 60's too radical a 'green movement', developed to present a relatively mature 'green consumption' behavior, which is 'green design' has brought new opportunities.
“綠色設(shè)計(jì)”是20世紀(jì)80年代末出現(xiàn)的一股國(guó)際設(shè)計(jì)潮流。早在20世紀(jì)60年代末著名的工業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)師及教育家維可多•佩帕尼克就出版了在設(shè)計(jì)界引起強(qiáng)烈反響的著作《為現(xiàn)實(shí)生活而設(shè)計(jì)》，在書(shū)中提出了在當(dāng)時(shí)與眾不同的觀點(diǎn)，他認(rèn)為我們周邊的事物都是由設(shè)計(jì)師創(chuàng)造的，設(shè)計(jì)師在市場(chǎng)銷售和用戶滿意度方面不單單只是起到“美化”的作用，同時(shí)應(yīng)強(qiáng)調(diào)設(shè)計(jì)師的社會(huì)及道德的倫理價(jià)值。這本書(shū)的深遠(yuǎn)影響一直延續(xù)到今天。
進(jìn)入21世紀(jì)，因世界各國(guó)政府對(duì)環(huán)境問(wèn)題的重視．有關(guān)環(huán)境保護(hù)法規(guī)的建立，企業(yè)間的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，使得帶有理想主義色彩的“綠色設(shè)計(jì)”潮流逐步有了現(xiàn)實(shí)意義。基于對(duì)環(huán)境問(wèn)題的重視和了解，人們已從20世紀(jì)60年代的過(guò)于激進(jìn)的“綠色運(yùn)動(dòng)”,發(fā)展到現(xiàn)今相對(duì)成熟的“綠色消費(fèi)”行為，這為“綠色設(shè)計(jì)”帶來(lái)了新的契機(jī)。
設(shè)計(jì)師作為產(chǎn)品的主要策劃者和創(chuàng)造者，對(duì)產(chǎn)品的各個(gè)階段所產(chǎn)生的環(huán)境問(wèn)題都會(huì)有直接和間接的影響。尤其是往往由他們決定產(chǎn)品所選用的主要材料，產(chǎn)品如何制造?采用何種特殊的表面處理方式以達(dá)到最終的表面效果?產(chǎn)品如何使用?用后的廢棄物如何處理?是否使用可回收或再利用的材料?設(shè)計(jì)師對(duì)眾多問(wèn)題起決定性的作用。
更重要的是，設(shè)計(jì)師是連接產(chǎn)品與人之間的紐帶。他們能引導(dǎo)并改變?nèi)藗兪?