ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Commun.
Sec. Multimodality of Communication
Study on the Application of Extensible Analysis Method in Integrating Traditional Cultural Elements into Cultural and Creative Design
Provisionally accepted
Yang YU1,2*
Yukari NAGAI1- 1Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan
- 2Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, China
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This study addresses the challenge of quantifying and effectively transforming the implicit semantics of traditional cultural elements within cultural and creative design education. Using the entwined lotus motif from Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain as a case study, it develops an integrated methodology combining extension theory, shape grammar, and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation. The process includes evaluating and screening cultural elements, extracting their semantic features, and applying an extensible measure value model to assess cultural relevance and design potential. Core features and their schematic representations are identified, followed by generative iterations through shape grammar to create design proposals that embody cultural meanings and contemporary aesthetics. A fuzzy comprehensive evaluation was then conducted with 231 respondents. Results indicate satisfaction rates of 89.6% and 79.9% for the two proposed designs, with Design 1 showing significantly stronger performance in representing cultural value and visual appeal. This method has been applied on a small scale in cultural and creative design courses to enhance students' creative cognition and cultural awareness.Through a process-based learning model—comprising semantic extraction, extensibility evaluation, and visual reconstruction—students learn to translate implicit cultural meanings into design outcomes. This experiential approach fosters creative learning by guiding students to engage in iterative reasoning between cultural interpretation and visual creation. The method thus provides a pedagogically framework that links cultural knowledge transformation with creative practice, enabling systematic cultivation of design thinking and cultural understanding in higher design education.
Keywords: Traditional cultural elements, Extensible analysis method, Semantic quantification, Shapegrammar, Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation, Cultural and creative design
Received: 06 Sep 2025; Accepted: 13 Nov 2025.
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* Correspondence: Yang YU, yuyang@jaist.ac.jp
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