1986年《全国高校工业设计素描教学会议》上,本书著者提出的《从素描走向设计》论文,引起全会重视,这篇论文实际上只是本书的提纲或导论。本书的产生在主客观方面均非偶然:一方面这些年来跟着时代和改革开放的步伐以及造型艺术自身范围的扩大,有关工艺、工业设计和构成造型理论的介绍已经不断地在国内出现。就从81年到85年这个阶段来说,可以陆陆续续看见小到在报纸上的一角、大到有关杂志上的连载以至整本译本的出版。例如文章有《技术美学》、《构成设计艺术》、《立体构成与设计》、《形式心理》、《介绍形态构成学》,译文有《视觉语言》(乔治·凯伯斯)、译本有《设计基础》(田口正诚、冢田敢)等等,不算多,但足以启蒙;一本 In 1986, “National College Sketch Design Conference of Industrial Design”, the author of this book “from sketch to design” thesis, attracted the attention of the plenary session, this essay is actually only an outline of the book or an introduction. The production of this book is not accidental both in the subjective and objective aspects. On the one hand, following the paces of the times and the reform and opening up over the years, and the expansion of the scope of the plastic arts themselves, the introduction of the theories on the arts and crafts, industrial design and composition has been constantly emerging domestically. From the stage of 81 to 85 years, one after another can see the small corner of the newspaper as big as the publication in the magazine and even the entire translation. For example, the articles include “Technical Aesthetics”, “Composition Design Art”, “Stereotype Composition and Design”, “Formal Psychology” and “Introduction Morphology Composition”. The translation has “Visual Language” (George Keyes) Design basis "(Masao Taguchi, Tsukada Takeda), etc., not too much, but enough enlightenment; a