Formosa Fantasia
As part of the London Design Festival 2008, “Formosa Fantasia”, an inter-disciplinary design exhibition by Taiwanese young designers in the UK, attempts to free ourselves from the mundane life through an imaginary mind journey.
Inspired by the bittersweet London life as foreigners and the odds over future, the participating designers try to transform and juxtapose various experiences of life into humorous concepts. From household products, illustrations, to photography artefacts, these lovely small things trigger you understanding smiles and refresh your life.
Sunny Chung’s “2/10 bowl, 8/10 full”, a bowl reduced 20% of capacity by thickening the bottom, aids your weight control scheme in an understated way. When one is about to finish the food in the bowl, a printed “I am full” claim emerges to stop him/her from eating more. The artefact was part of the “Play with Eating Culture”, a well-liked project in Taiwan Designers’ Week ’08, which regards a meal as more than a relieving and playful ritual.
Balance Wu’s “Take a BREAK” transform an unsightly crack on the wall into a fascinating home-styling opportunity, by attaching leaves and flowers to the “trunk and branches” on the wall.
In Tpcat’s dark humor manga, the skinny rabbit irons and wears a fluffy rabbit-skin jumpsuit everyday, to maintain the image as a successful and energetic salesperson.
由一群在英國留學的台灣設計師發起，參加London Design Festival的聯展”Formosa Fantasia”，以創作的狂想來跳脫生活框架；台灣設計師在英國面對人生地不熟、未來充滿不確定性的異地生活，將這些體驗加以挪移、錯置、融合、美化，變成讓人莞爾一笑的設計作品，用玩笑跟自嘲來解放，尋找不可思議的解脫。
在台灣設計師週頗受好評的「食玩」展，讓吃飯成為一場放鬆壓力的好玩派對。如鍾毓珊的作品「八分碗」，碗底內部突起，佔了碗的兩分滿，所以當飯裝滿時就是八分滿。吃完飯時，底部還會有飽的字樣出現，讓想要減肥的你告訴自己飽了。
吳協衡的作品「裂、痕」，牆上因年久或地震所產生的裂痕往往無可避免，與其覺得礙眼，倒不如發揮巧思，貼上各種圖案，讓這天然產生的線條成為空間中的裝飾。
捲貓黑色幽默漫畫作品中，兔子是業務員，但是因為太瘦了，所以每天早上他都要燙他的外衣，穿上之後就會變成毛髮蓬鬆，看來充滿活力的積極兔子。
九月19-21週五至週日，上午十一時至下午七時，於Brick Lane的The Rag Factory，現場可與設計師面對面，瞭解創作理念與心路歷程。一顆頭創意AHead Create協辦。
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徐千捷 Richard Hsu
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