Research on the Inheritance and Development of the Paper as a Carrier of Information Transmission in the Context of the New Era

摘要

Paper is a great treasure which is result of the ancient science of our country, it enable the ancient culture flourish as a technological support. The invention of the paper put an end of the history of the heavy bamboo book playing the role as the information carrier. Along with the development of the economy and technology, the electronic industry's development had somehow set back paper's importance as the information carrier., but the habit that people prefer reading by book have formed for thousand years that would not let the paper substitute by other carriers. Through the research of paper's history and current situation in China, along with the design perspective we try to analyze the importance of the paper as an information carrier and its prospective future under this new era.