论托马斯·马尔多纳多“设计就是科学技术，与艺术无关”观点提出的背景
On the Background of Thomas Maldonado’s Viewpoint That “Design Is Science and Technology, Not Art”

第二次世界大战之后，在联邦德国的设计发展历程中，乌尔姆设计学院是一个无法忽视的标志。其第三任校长托马斯·马尔多纳多所提出的“设计就是科学技术，与艺术无关”的观点，在今天看来并不适合现在的设计发展，片面地将设计归于科学技术而忽视了艺术基础的培养。但是在20世纪60、70年代的德国，战后世界经济的发展，以及德国国内扎实的工业基础和创新为导向的政策，以及国内动荡的经历，学生与知识分子的团结引发了60年代的德国学生运动，使得高校对于社会和政治议题处于一个开放的态度。德国本国的特殊历史文化以及之后任职于乌尔姆设计学院，这些综合因素都是托马斯·马尔多纳多这一设计思想的提出。
After the Second World War, in the design development of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Ulm Design Institute was an indispensible symbol. The viewpoint proposed by its third president, Thomas Maldonado, that “design is science and technology, not art”, is no longer suitable for today’s design development. It unilaterally attributes design to science and technology, neglecting the cultivation of artistic foundations. However, in Germany in the 1960s and 1970s, the post-war world economic development, Germany’s solid industrial foundation and innovation-oriented policies, as well as domestic turmoil and the solidarity between students and intellectuals, led to the German student movement in the 1960s, making universities adopt an open attitude towards social and political issues. The unique history and culture of Germany, as well as Thomas Maldonado’s later appointment to the Ulm Design Institute, were all comprehensive factors that contributed to the formulation of this design philosophy.