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On the Factors of the Interior Design Movement in Taiwan after World War II: Views of Members of the Association of Interior Designers

By Wen-chi Chuang, Hui-chung Chien and Shang-chia Chiou.

Published by The International Journal of the Humanities

This paper discusses the trajectory of interior design in Taiwan after World War II. This study reviews literatures and theories documented by former researchers and combines these theories with my own points of view. This study splits the influential factors into four categories: the “human” factors, “event” factors, “object” factors and “other” factors. This study employs a questionnaire survey as the principle method of this paper. The questionnaires were completed by Chairmen, Directors, Supervisors and members of the Association of Interior Designers of each county in Taiwan. This study attempts to understand the factors affecting the trajectory of interior design in Taiwan and their factor loadings by analyzing the common values, trends and phenomena of interior design as they can be observed in Taiwan after World War II. The outcomes indicate that the greatest factor is “object”, followed by “human” and “event”. The “human” factor is mostly regarding architects, while the “event” factor is mainly from interior, architecture, and space design books. The “other” factor, on the other hand, is generally about the changes in economic structure. The changes in lifestyle also reveal that changes in interior design are closely related to the lifestyles of a society.

International Journal of the Humanities, Volume 7, Issue 2, pp.101-120. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 1.358MB).

Wen-chi Chuang

Lecturer, Department of Interior Design, Tung Fang Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

Hui-chung Chien

Lecturer, Department of Interior Design, Tung Fang Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

Prof. Shang-chia Chiou

Professor, Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Design, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Douliou, Yunlin, Taiwan