Concept

This word is used in Japanese to express gainen (concept) in the philosophical sense. It refers to a mental impression that grasps&sbquo both comprehensively and synthetically&sbquo a subject may be either a single instance or group of individuals. It's a term to logically organize the subject and differs from simple mental imagery. It is necessary&sbquo therefore&sbquo to express in words the constituent elements that underlie our judgments&sbquo and to express in a word the nature of the mental impression and logic that can be held in common. In addition to gainen&sbquo kan-nen (notion)&sbquo shinen (conceptual thought) and sonen (idea) are also words that serve this function of generalization. Accordingly&sbquo making it possible to depict the object in a few words is to create a concept. In design&sbquo concept has been used historically as a word to comprehensively express an idea or conception directly. It becomes an axis from which to share things and events. In other word&sbquo it is a key word for confirming a proportion or common objective of a plan or project. Once the concept is shared it does not remain a simple gainen&sbquo and kan-nen and genso (illusion) can also become shared. It is&sbquo therefore&sbquo required that a concept embrace meanings that are the essence or core of the way of thinking in promoting or operating a plan as a proposition&sbquo theme and key word. Concept creation is an extremely common method&sbquo especially in design. In making a design&sbquo the concept should be a word that includes everything from ideas for the design subject to the design effect&sbquo and should be extended to include consideration for its relationship with society and the age. That is&sbquo the design itself indicates the concept. Moreover&sbquo designing is an act of creating the concept itself.

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