Cross-cultural design collaboration of Designer in Residence: The Taipei Observation Journals of International Designers
A total of eight designers have been selected to participate in the 2016 Designer in Residence Taipei program: six from abroad and two from Taiwan. The international designers—from the Netherlands, [...]
The Age of Design for Public Good—A Look at WDC Taipei MRT Design Project
“This is not government’s design.” “This is not Taipei MRT.” “I can now see the impact of WDC.” These are some thoughts passengers had when they got on the Taipei [...]
2016 WDC International Design Open Call《Re-Create Taipei》 Build Our Own Parks, Design Brings Citizen Ambition
The Department of Cultural Affairs in Taipei City sent out the WDC Taipei 2016 “International Design Open Call” in 2015, and from the 49 international submissions selected six proposals that [...]
World Design Capital Taipei 2016 Designers in Residence Taipei Workshop-Forest Bathing In Taipei Workshop
The development issues that Taipei faces today can be distilled into four strands: “Life Quality and Health,” “Ecological Sustainability,” “Urban Regeneration” and “Smart Living.” Following the main issues, international designers [...]
Design Events in July
Here are the lastest events happening in and around WDC Taipei this July
Design Happening in Taipei:WDC Taipei 2016 International Design Open Call
OPEN CALL is a project to collect city-based project proposals, which lasted for a period of 60 days and received 49 proposals from 19 countries. The topic was how [...]
World Design Capital Taipei 2016 highlights youth in design in celebration of World Industrial Design Day
As part of the World Design Capital (WDC) Taipei 2016, Taiwan’s capital city is hosting a series of forums, workshops, and exhibitions in celebration of World Industrial Design Day (WIDD). [...]
Q&A WITH THE CURATOR OF “CREATIVE ROUGHNESS – CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI DESIGN"— ALON RAZGOUR
The second international exchange exhibition, Creative Roughness – Contemporary Israeli Design, is part of a range of exhibitions being held during World Design Capital Taipei 2016 and will open on [...]
International Design Open Call Projects – The Food Project
There is an ancient Chinese saying that is “eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat.”As times shift and technology evolves, food now plays a very different role in [...]