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Mary Leu’s Ultra Detailed Wood Sculptures

The appearance of wrinkly laundry hanging on a clothesline leaves the distinct impression of soft fabrics. But these are, in fact, stunningly detailed wood creations by Taiwanese sculptor Mary Leu (呂美麗).   Leu painstakingly carves and chisels…

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‘Windiode’ LED Light Installation by Wei-Chieh Shih

Taiwanese visual artist Wei-Chieh Shih created this LED light installation 'Windiode' in 2008.  Back and forth, the LED diodes swayed with the wind, creating an ethereal light landscape with a life of its…

Glowing Line Drying Laundry Installation by Li-Hsin Wang

Luminescent Line Drying Laundry Installation by Li-Hsin Wang

'Take a Light and Bask in Nighttime' (挑燈夜曬) is a light installation by Taiwanese artist Li-Hsin Wang (王立心) in collaboration with Tien Tien Circle Creatives.  Created for the exhibition "Let there be light"…

Crinkle Tableware by Hey!Cheese

Crinkle Tableware by Hey!Cheese

Inspired by a crumpled paper ball, Taiwanese design studio Hey!Cheese applied the wrinkled paper texture to its 'Crinkle' tableware.  We, for one, would love to see more of this collection.  Perhaps a wrinkled plate…

Jay Chou Portrait with Coffee Cup Stains

Jay Chou Portrait Made with Coffee Ring Stains

Shanghai-based artist Hong Yi, also known as Red, likes to paint without a paintbrush.  Her latest work was no exception.  Inspired by the first and last lines in Jay Chou's (周杰倫) 2007 hit…

Taichung Infobox by Stan Allen

Taichung Infobox by Stan Allen

Brooklyn, N.Y. based Stan Allen Architect gave an unused airport hangar in Taichung, Taiwan a makeover by temporary transformed the place into a two-story pavilion of bamboo scaffolding.  This freestanding pavilion was built within…

Finger-In Glass by Fanson Meng

Finger-In Glass by Fanson Meng

Fanson Meng, a design student at Shih Chien University in Taiwan, has come up with a fascinating Finger-In glass cup design.  From the look of it, you can probably perform a nice trick of "invisible fingers"…

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Situated on a site in central Taipei, Cicada by architect Marco Casagrande is an organic void in the mechanical texture of the city, a cocoon for post-industrial metamorphosis for industrial insects. The architecture is…

Anemone by Oyler Wu Collaborative

Anemone by Oyler Wu Collaborative

Anemone, an architectural installation aimed at weaving together aesthetic experience and tactile engagement, has been designed with the idea of interaction as one of its key design objectives.  Upon first glance, the piece…

Mia Liu : I Can't Tell You, But You Feel It

Mia Liu : I Can’t Tell You, But You Feel It

Guggen’ Dizzy is a series of paper sculptures created by Taiwanese artist Mia Liu based on her experience working at the ticket booth of the Guggenheim Museum.  Inspired by the museum's unique spiral…

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Red Horse Sculpture by Shih-Pin Hsi

Remember those horse sculptures Shih-Pin Hsi (席時斌) created for HERMÈS Taiwan?   The Taiwanese artist has also created a red version of the Horse of Knowledge, which originally appeared in modest brown at the French high fashion house….

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Read My Lips by Hsin-Chien Huang

This interactive sculpture Read My Lips by Taiwanese new media artist Hsin-Chien Huang is inspired by a flood of facebook invitation from dead artists. Apparently, the boundary between life and death no longer…

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Horse Sculptures by Shih-Pin Hsi

Taiwanese artist Shih-Pin Hsi (席時斌) has created a series of horse sculptures for French high fashion house HERMÈS in Taiwan.   Using metal and wood, Hsi has created a horse show that pays tribute to the Hermes…

The Bright Beneath: The Luminous Art of Shih Chieh Huang

The Luminous Art of Shih Chieh Huang

New York-based Taiwanese artist Shih Chieh Huang (黃世傑)’s work  explores the unusual evolutionary adaptations undertaken by the mysterious, deep ocean creatures residing in conditions inhospitable for humans. During Huang’s time as a Smithsonian…

Can't Stop Rolling it Up: Fisrt Movement by Mia Liu

Poetic Paper Sculpture by Mia Liu

Can't Stop Rolling it Up: Fisrt Movement is a large-scale paper sculpture by Taiwanese artist Mia Liu (劉文瑄).  Over the years, Liu has explored the many possibilities of paper as a creative medium…

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Cocoon by Li Min-Yi

Taiwanese artist Li Min-Yi created these cocoon-like sculptures titled  Dwellings No.33: Cocoon for the annual exhibition of Seed Project in Taiwan this August.  Situated on the dividing island in the middle of a busy…

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Dancing Bottle Folly by Interbreeding Field

Interbreeding Field was established in 1999 by Li H. Lu. As an architecture professor, Lu uses  “Interbreeding Field” as a key concept for site development as well as training ground for students. Over the…

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Liebe Hsing Revives Taiwan’s Traditional Shoemaking Industry

Former fashion marketer Hsing-ju Lin (林倖如) has a life-long passion for shoemaking.  It started when she was a master student at the University of Leeds, later bloosomed into her very own women's footwear…

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