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Design and Applied Technology (Secondary 4-6)

The 1980’s was an age of convenience products. Since the 1990’s, environment friendly

products started being the mainstream. Designers, or the public to be exact, are increasingly

concerned about the green topic. Their designs inclined to use as few materials as possible for

conserving natural resources and reduction of waste, and among those necessary, use as many

environmentally safe materials as possible. New products were born in the ‘Green

Revolution’, with which more products are expected to be born. For example, soy ink has

been invented for printed products.

An example of High-Tech style: the HSBC building

S T O P A N D T H I N K

(a) Describe how the ancient China’s four inventions, i.e. compasses, paper, printing

technology and gunpowder influenced the development of craft and design.

(b) Explain which stage of the long technology history has the greatest impact on the

evolution of craft and design.

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