Innovative design of visual flows for children’s picture books in the digital age

Abstract

The advent of the digital age and the development of information technology have given rise to the form of digital picture books as we know it today. The shift in the medium of picture books has concomitantly led to a shift in reading mode from traditional paper reading to screen reading, exerting an influence on children's picture books that rely on the five senses of reading. The reading dynamics of paper picture books encompass a range of horizontal, vertical, bi-directional, Inverted, rotary and three-dimensional reading. Digital picture books have expanded interactive, immersive and AR reading. Consequently, designers must innovate with the times in the design of the visual flows of picture book reading, exploring a multimodal and comprehensive reading form of digital picture books.