Lovely Taiwan (台灣好，店)
Address: 18-2, Ln 25, Nanjing W Rd, Taipei City (台北市南京西路25巷18-2號)
Telephone: (02) 2558-2616
On the Net: www.lovelytaiwan.org.tw
Located next door to Booday, this modern, gallery-like space was opened two years ago by the Lovely Taiwan Foundation (台灣好基金會), which seeks to promote native Taiwanese culture. All of its reasonably priced items, which range from Aboriginal weavings to wooden animal carvings from Sanyi Township (三義鄉) in Miaoli County, are made by artisans or small workshops that maintain long-term business relationships with Lovely Taiwan.
Artale Workshop
Address: 32, Ln 42, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市中山北路二段42巷32號)
Telephone: (02) 2568-2190; 0922-940-267
On the Web: artale-workshop.blogspot.com
Designer Hsu Chiu-i (徐秋宜) uses traditional Taiwanese indigo dyeing techniques to create motifs and patterns that look like abstract art. Artale carries accessories, embroidered totes and one-of-a-kind dresses by Hsu and her students. Other handmade items include jewelry, felted slippers and silk scarves.
ppaper shop
Address: B1, 2, Ln 26, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市中山北路二段26巷2號B1)
Telephone: (02) 2568-2928
On the Net: www.wretch.cc/blog/ppapershop
Creative agency and magazine publisher ppaper operates a store that sells a variety of home and office accessories from around the world, design-related publications and ive&sean, the company’s own line of sleek, professional-looking maternity wear.
‘0416X1024
Address: 18, Ln 20, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北中山北路二段20巷18號)
Telephone: (02) 2521-4867
On the Net: www.hi0416.com
‘0416X1024’s colorful cotton T-shirts feature designer Liao Chen-hung’s (廖振宏) pen-and-ink illustrations, which mix sweet inspirational messages with a very wacky sense of humor. Fart jokes abound and Liao’s cartoon character roster includes hairy men sporting leather masks and G-strings. The store also sells small concrete lamps, vases and soap dishes by Robin Chen (陳榮彬), ‘0416X1024’s co-founder.
Chung’s Silver Work Studio
(玩銀工房)
Address: 2F, 10-1, Ln 20, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北中山北路二段20巷10-1號2樓)
Telephone: (02) 2531-9866
On the Net: www.chungsteam.com
Jewelry designer Chung Wei-wen (鍾維文) eschews electroplating in favor of laborious hand polishing, which gives all of his highly detailed sterling silver creations their signature soft, glowing luster. Many pieces are inspired by nature and motifs found in traditional Chinese art, while one-of-a-kind items include teapots forged entirely from silver with driftwood handles.
Twine Studio (繭裹設計)
Address: 8, Ln 20, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市中山北路二段20巷8號)
Telephone: 0922-890-689
On the Net: www.twinestudio.net
Located in the fair-trade goods boutique Earth Tree (地球樹), Twine Studio was launched by former architects Elizabeth Tsai (蔡宜穎) and Vinka Yang (楊士翔). Original creations by the two combine modern, sculptural lines with natural materials like wool felt and dried leaves and seedpods. Twine Studio also sells fair-trade and earth-friendly products from local artists and international brands like UK-based Nkuku.
In Blooom (印花樂) and
Hakka Blue (台客藍)
Address: 1, Ln 32, Dihua St Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市迪化街一段32巷1號)
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