Works by Taiwanese designers are on display at Taipei’s Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914), the main venue of the annual Taiwan Designers’ Week, and works by cutting-edge designers from other countries can be seen as well.
The show, which opened yesterday, features 500 products by 50 design brands from six countries.
“We hope this year can be the start of a new era for the design industry in Taiwan as it coincides with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China,” said Timothy Liao (廖軍豪), the event’s convener and executive director of the Taiwan Designers’ Web.
Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times
The exhibits are on display in two exhibition halls and another area in the park, and for the first time, are also on show at galleries, boutiques and stores throughout Taipei.
“With the rising popularity and growing scale of the show, we hope people will associate the month of September with design,” Liao said.
The goal is to bring Taipei on a par with design capitals such as Milan, Paris and Tokyo, he said.
The theme of this year’s show is “WISH — a view for the future” and the show revolves around four concepts: well-being, interaction, sustainability and humanity.
The event, which will run until Sept. 25, includes 12 forums, six workshops and assorted displays. Exhibition goers will have an opportunity to meet face-to-face with designers from Sweden and Hong Kong and also to try making their own designs, the organizers said.
More information on the show can be found in Taipei Times staff reporter Catherine Shu’s article in yesterday’s newspaper, “Design bonanza,” page 13.
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