綠色設計隨地球氣候變遷而日漸被重視，在這一兩百年內，人類快速生產、消費產品，肆無忌憚的消耗地球資源，製造過程及遭丟棄的產品產生廢氣、廢熱及污水污染破壞地球生態，並造成極端氣候的發生。為彌補過去對生態與環境的破壞，人們必須徹底改變過去生產製造的思維模式。在做決定之前，必須要先考慮到製造過程中可能造成的環境影響，是否使用易於回收或自然分解的材料，及使用過後的產品，能否有效做回收與再利用。本設計創作以綠色設計的4R準則運用於生活產品設計上，透過文獻研究與現有設計典範作品之歸納整理，找出設計方向及元素，以實驗與設計創作探討其可行性，並且對設計成果進行檢討與評估，期望所得之創作結果能夠供產品開發與後續設計創作參考。具體之設計成果包括桌燈、工作燈以及兩件吊燈共四件設計作品，創作之綜合心得歸納如下：

（1）了解材料之特性與結構的使用。材料都有其適合的構成方式，鋁、壓克力以及PP塑膠，雖然都有良好的回收特性，但材料本身適合製作與構成的方式，對於執行設計創作的設計者而言，皆需要透過實驗與反覆測試才能掌握。

（2）以永續性思考產品本身。當為環境而設計的概念逐漸被重視，消費者開始願意因為環保因素考量而付出多一些的成本，願意使用較為樸實的產品。讓設計師可以更有理由在設計提案時，將環保的要素列入考量，以最適合的材質及加工方式做設計，這也是當前設計師應有的責任。

Climate change has brought increasing attention to the concept of green design. Over the past two hundred years, human has manufacture and consumed goods with unseen speed, unscrupulously worn out nature resource, destroyed natural ecosystem with gas, heat, and polluted water produced while manufacturing and disposing good, resulting in occurrence of extreme weather. In order to mend past destruction to the ecosystem, reconsideration should be given over the method of manufacturing. Before any decision (product) is made, evaluation should be conducted regarding to its impact on environment during manufacturing process, whether of not it’s made of recycling or degradable material, and the recycle-ability and retribution of used product. This design creation of everyday appliances in this research complies with Green Design concept’s 4R principles. Direction and elements of design are found through studying related literature and existing models, and feasibility is evaluated via experiments and design creation followed by review of resulting design in hope to acquire useful information for future reference when developing new products. The four resulting design creations include one piece of desk lamp, one piece of work lamp and two pieces of pendent lamps, and the achievement of this research are as follow:

1) Understanding of property and composition of materials. Each material has its distinctive composition. Even though aluminum, acrylic fiber and PP plastic all can be recycled, designers who carry out design creation need to experiment and test these materials repeatedly in order to acquire thorough understanding of their appropriated application and composition.

2) Bearing sustainability in mind while designing. As more attention is given to the concept of environmental design, consumers are willing to pay more for the course of environmental protection and purchase product of more austere nature. Therefore, designers are more willing to include environmental factors when they propose a new design and work with the most appropriate material and process method, which is the responsibility of all designers today.

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