| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 設計學系 === 103 === Bamboo used to be among the major industries in Taiwan, bringing remarkable economic benefits to this island. With change of lifestyles and society, however, the manpower and material resources poured into this industry are significantly less than in the past. As a result, Taiwan’s bamboo industry has suffered a steep decline in recent decades. With increasing awareness of environmental conservation, bamboo, a fast-growing green plant, is being recognized for its unique properties. Taiwan not only boasts abundant bamboo resources but is skilled in bamboo preservation, bamboo mothproofing and bamboo lamination. Bamboo has actually replaced wood in many aspects of people’s daily life. Considering the fact that information concerning the bamboo-related industry is too complex and enormous for average people to approach on a full scale, the research is presented in the form of infographics with a view to introducing the strengths of bamboo and providing readers with a glimpse into Taiwan’s bamboo industry.
The research is composed of three phases: the literature review, the research method and creation. The literature review involves the collection of information graphics and bamboo-related industries in Taiwan while the research method presents four major elements of infographics --- visual attractiveness, visual traffic flow, visual precision and correctness of information --- and is utilized to make a case analysis of relevant samples for the purpose of generalizing the sub-items of the four elements. In the the last phase, ten graphical charts are created based on the information concerning Taiwan’s bamboo industry in an attempt to highlight the role of visual consistency (the fifth element) in infographics. In conclusion, fifty people were asked via a questionnaire to evaluate the creation within the frame of the five elements. By doing so, we hope the creation corresponds to the objective of this research. It is also hoped that the five elements of infographic design as explicated in this research can provide valuable reference for infographics researchers as well as designers and through chart creation (or graphical displays) more people can gain a deeper understanding of bamboo materials and the bamboo industry as well as enjoy experiencing all kinds of bamboo cultures.
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