Hsiu-Ling Kuo spent 10 years in the UK and Germany studying and working and says that her time abroad influenced her decision to help found Islanders Studio. As a student, Kuo found that many of her classmates’ knowledge of Taiwan was limited to cross-strait relations.
“In terms of culture, people know very little. That was an important drive for me to come back to Taiwan to work, to try to know my country better and introduce it to the international community,” says Kuo.
The Islanders Studio team also wants “to help our fellow countrypeople appreciate our own culture more,” she adds. “Being abroad for so many years, I realized in Taiwan we really have a lot to contribute in terms of the natural environment. The minute you step outside of Taipei, you can really see that Taiwan is a beautiful island everywhere, in the east, the north and the south. It’s all very different.”
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