"Fanwan is a way of expressing one's own ideas, whereas plagiarism is a meaningless version of the original ideas," said Chen, who parodies the Pizzicato Five's graphics, which are based on classical designs from the 1970s and 1980s.
Though PCF ventured into Ximending just six months ago, imitators are popping up.
One of the alleged offenders is pop star Alan Luo's (羅志祥) street wear brand Stage whose designs, Chen says, are similar to PCF's.
Using graphics and designs to express his ideas instead of pens and paintbrushes, the chic product-artist will produce a fanwan series later this year. "It will be more aggressive and ridicule those who don't know how to do fanwan," Chen said.
Pizza Cut Five is located at 116 Hanzhong St, Taipei City (台北市漢中街116號). For delivery call (02) 2370-2736.
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