Within a few minutes of entering the Creative Expo Taiwan at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, one of three venues hosting the massive event, you encounter a traditional sheet metal factory that partners with designers to make sheet metal furniture and Taiwanese deity robots, a studio that fuses wood and leather.
Of course there are the more standard items and the corporate and government promotional stuff, but that is how most expos of the sort are — you have to dig for the gems.
This year’s theme is “Savoring the Rich Eastern Culture,” with a themed pavilion curated by professionals from Taiwan, Japan, UK and Denmark. The expo includes a number of forums, exhibits, performances and activities and also links visitors with more than 200 nearby creative shops.
Photo: Han Cheung, Taipei Times
■ This year’s expo is open to the public today and tomorrow from 10am to 9pm and Sunday from 10am to 6pm.
■ Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914), 1, Bade Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市八德路一段1號) hosts the craft section, Cultural and Creative Park (松山文創園區), 133, Guangfu S Rd, Taipei City (台北市光復南路133號) hosts the design section and the Taipei Flora Expo Park (台北花博公園), 1, Yumen Street, Taipei City (台北市玉門街1號) hosts the licensing section. Tours are available between 11am and 6pm. For more information, visit the English Web site at www.creativexpo.tw/en.
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