Paradigm Shift in Chinese Information Design (2009–2019)

OVERVIEW

The fourth industrial revolution is at a critical period, and changes in information technology have brought about changes in communication methods and media. At present, Mainland China is leading in information technology and is the largest manufacturing economy in the world. Meanwhile, the emerging paradigm of Chinese information design is forming. This research adopts a mixed qualitative and quantitative research methodology and applies case analysis, theoretical deduction and content analysis. One of the objectives of this study is to decode the emerging paradigm of Chinese information design, the other one is to create a set of models to describe the design paradigm. In practice, the understanding of the emerging paradigm can clarify the new development direction of information design for practitioners. In theory, the design paradigm description models can provide researchers with a set of theoretical models for design paradigm research.

Keywords:

• design classification model
• design paradigm model
• information design
• paradigm shift
• design paradigm indicator

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my supervisors, Associate Professor Sone Simatrang and Dr Rueanglada Punyalikhit, from Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. I sincerely thank Assistant Professor Dr Jirawat Vongphantuset, Professor Dongping Zhu, Dr Zhengyi Zhao, Ms Lei Qiao and Ms Chen Du for their evaluations of this study’s validity and reliability.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Supplemental Data

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed at https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2020.1835233.

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Xing Yang

Xing Yang is a Ph.D. candidate in the Faculty of Decorative Arts at Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, researching the Paradigm Shift in Chinese Information Design (2009 – 2019).