Study on Reform Practice of Book Design Teaching.docVIP

Study on Reform Practice of Book Design Teaching 　　Abstract The key to enhance the levels of book designers lies in education. By keeping pace with the times， education requires teachers to constantly get rid of conventional ideas and improve new methods. Teachers should properly adjust their teaching methods and course contents. In addition， teaching units should establish and improve relevant bases for practice and solid training so that the book design teaching may develop in a sustainable manner. This paper discusses the current problems existing in book design courses and some new ideas on teaching reform of this course. At the same time， this paper indicates a new direction for further reform of book design course. 　　Key words： Book design； Teaching； Reform and practice 　　 1. PREFACE 　　Books are the ladder for human progress. They are an important media for the dissemination of information and cultures since they carry the thoughts and knowledge of mankind. The design of a book is the design of the information transmission mode. As a designer， he/she not only needs to design the form and the related contents of a book， but also needs to re-build both physical and spiritual parts of the book. All these require the designer give full play to his/her imagination and creativity， break the conventional aesthetic habits and thinking by exploring book forms with completely new ideas in order to initiate new methods in the visual art of book design. 　　 2. ANALYSIS OF PROBLEMS IN BOOK DESIGN TEACHING 　　2.1 Lack of Rigorous Training Design Thinking 　　In the teaching process， many students often neglect the detailed design analysis to the target objects during their design of books. They make designs only based on their own feelings or even rely directly on computer software and network elements to conduct the imitation and touch of book design. This leads to the fact that the design results of students are fully occupied by rational thinking while the initia