The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was signed in Washington, the United States on June 21, 1973, and entered into force in July 1975. The species that regulate international trade in the Convention can be classified into three appendices. The species in Appendix I are animals and plants that would cause extinction if they were to be traded internationally. They clearly banned their international transactions; the species in Appendix II are currently If the crisis is extinct and the species that control its international trade continue to face trade pressure and the population continues to decline, it will be upgraded to Appendix I; Appendix III is the species that countries regulate international trade according to their domestic needs.
In March of this year, the 16th Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) opened in Bangkok, Thailand. More than 2,000 representatives from 177 countries and NGOs attended the meeting. The revised list of new appendices was published by the General Assembly. Dalbergia, Central American Dalbergia, Dwarf Dalbergia, Belize Dalbergia and L. serrata were listed in Appendix II by Appendix III. So far, the seven species of the "Redwood National Standard" have been listed in Appendix I and Appendix II of the CITES Convention. All these species must have import and export licenses or re-export certificates before they can be traded internationally.
In June this year, the newly revised "CITES Convention" came into effect. With the import and export of scarce timber restricted, the price of domestic rosewood raw materials rose, and corporate pressures began to appear. SMEs that hoarded raw materials will face severe challenges.
The new reality clearly tells people that the era of “rich and not expensive†of mahogany furniture is over! At the same time, it also raises a question for the design, production and management of mahogany furniture: how to get rid of that kind of time in the face of the new situation Backed by low imitation, high imitation and lack of basic production and operation mode, active innovation, continuous improvement, enhance development and ensure the glory of the industry.
It is undeniable that the mahogany furniture industry has had a good time to "make money." In the early stage of reform and opening up and beyond, the mahogany furniture industry is booming and profitable. It should be noted that this is due to the low price of materials at the time and the high profit of finished products. It is not the cultural and technical content of the products we produce. The author has written an analysis of the reasons for the scenes at the time: not our ability is superior, but catching up with a good era. This is harsh, and it is. It should be noted that at that time, a large number of people who purchased mahogany furniture were largely out of the material occupation and display, but less considered the cultural heritage of furniture. At the same time, the educational level and knowledge of the staff of the design, production and management of mahogany furniture were not very high. The growth experience and lifestyle often determined the taste of a person and its enterprises and commodities. Therefore, the fine works of the mahogany furniture industry are not many.
The laws of finance and the laws of commodities tell us that the value of money determines the purchasing power. Explained in popular terms: as the precious raw materials of mahogany furniture become scarcer and the price rises, the price of their goods will rise sharply. In this way, the average consumer has to withdraw from the ranks of mahogany furniture buyers, and this layer is precisely the "nuclear power". Consumer groups have reshuffled, and new buyers have often had their demands and visions. It is difficult for them to adapt to their wishes because of the “rich and not expensive†of our works, which led them to turn their attention to Western furniture. This can not be said that they are "extraordinary fans", but should be our own serious reflection, how to continue to adapt to the times.
The author believes that in the new situation, the mahogany furniture industry must have the spirit of a strong man, and carry out a thorough self-sublation to change the situation of “rich but not expensive†and promote new development and new leap in the industry.
First, get rid of "rich but not expensive" and establish the status of luxury furniture in mahogany furniture. Today, rare and rare wood is getting less and less. If we can't design and create a masterpiece that is handed down to the world and continue to stay at the low level of “rich but not expensiveâ€, there is no way out. International luxury goods have the quality attributes of fashion exquisite, hand-made and cultural content, brand accumulation, limited production and so on. At present, mahogany furniture is the only luxury artifact that can be connected with the international market. This is mainly due to the precious and increasingly scarce production materials, as well as the extended value of rich inheritance and cultural accumulation. Therefore, the design and production of mahogany furniture into the category of high-end, exquisite luxury goods is undoubtedly the best breakthrough to improve the design concept, increase the cultural content, and improve the production process.
Second, keep up with the times and adapt to the lifestyle of high-end tasters. Made from scarce wood to become a high-end exquisite luxury furniture, it is the best destination for the best use. Looking back at the history of furniture development and the history of evolution, we can see that the relationship between furniture and life is progressive with the development of society: sitting, sitting from the ground to sit down, sitting from the endangered to sit leaning; storage, from It only pays attention to practicality and pursues humanity, from only emphasizing application to pursuing artistic rhyme. Everything is so advancing with the times. Doesn’t any dynasty furniture stay on the level of inheritance and development?
Third, improve their own taste and create a good hand in the innocent era. What kind of life will there be, what kind of vision will there be; what kind of vision will there be. The design and creator of mahogany furniture should improve their own quality and education as soon as possible, and examine the design and creation of mahogany furniture products with the vision of “both rich and expensiveâ€. The author believes that today's classics must be yesterday's fashion; tomorrow's classics must be popular today. If we can't create the same hand-delivery products as Ming style furniture and Qing style furniture, we are in this era. Inheritance is the best foundation for innovation, and innovation is the best development. Counterfeit, even if it is even better than the real thing, it will always be a fake, only to meet the needs of some markets, but in the end it will not be a high-level, eternal art. The innovation that has left the inheritance is nothing new, and the inheritance without innovation is also a stagnant water. Taking the most typical Ming-style mahogany as an example, its advent is the essence of the aesthetic value, practical value and ergonomics of countless generations of furniture, and it is a great achievement in the political, social, economic, aesthetic, life and customs of the Ming Dynasty. The dynasty is only a driving force, and the furniture style that has been born with rich inheritance has accumulated from quantitative change to qualitative change in this specific period. From the gradual change to the steady, from oyster to become familiar, form the style, become the fashion, and finally complete the eternal classic. .
Inheriting traditional culture, if it only metaphysically praises its excellence, but does not associate with specific carriers (such as Tang poetry, calligraphy, calligraphy, Kunqu Opera, Ming and Qing furniture, etc.), it is basically empty talk. On the contrary, it is misleading to equate the specific carrier with the traditional culture, but not to analyze the times, the mind and the state of life. There are many carriers of traditional culture. A specific carrier only inherits a small part of culture, a side angle, and a layer, not the whole of culture. These specific carriers have different brilliance in each different era, which indicates that these carriers have become fashionable and later classics in inheritance and innovation. Once the carrier that failed to adjust in time to conflict with the changing lifestyle, it gradually faded away. Even if it was brilliant at the time, it could only withdraw from the historical stage.
The author believes that the creators of mahogany furniture design who have a correct and profound understanding of inheritance and innovation will surely recognize the changes in lifestyle brought about by social changes. The emerging emerging groups of mahogany furniture will definitely propose the creation of mahogany furniture. New requirements. The applicability of furniture is a manifestation of lifestyle requirements, with strong characteristics of the times and social characteristics, and lifestyle is a culture. The emerging consumer groups need “rich and expensive†luxury furniture to match the taste.
"When the ancients did not marry, the present is different," is the language of the Tang Dynasty calligrapher Sun Tingting's "Books", meaning that the ancients did not write words that people could not understand at the time. Innovation can't be separated from the characteristics of the times. After a thousand years, chewing on Sun Ting's theory, how profound and thorough, and the dialectical relationship of "inheritance and innovation". If you borrow it from the creation of mahogany furniture that is closely related to lifestyle, you will benefit a lot. Regrettably, some of the mahogany furniture products are now both "when" and "the same", which is a pity for the increasingly scarce of precious wood.
"When ink and ink are used for generations," the increasingly luxurious furniture created by the precious mahogany should be so. Otherwise, the material is noble and still "rich and not expensive"!
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