About Formosa Fantasia

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。

Contact:
徐千捷 Richard Hsu
0750 657 5564
MSN/Email: Richard_xd@hotmail.com

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11am-7pm
19-21/Sep

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16-18 Heneage Street, London E1 5LJ
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Product Design / AHead Create

"Play with Eating Culture" project initiated by AHead Create was a major exhibition of the 2008 Taiwan Designers' Week. It attempts to remind you the funny flashes of memory related to food and eating, by exploring the design opportunity and possibility of chopsticks and all kinds of tableware.

AHead Create is a young rising Taiwan-based design agency provides multi-disciplinary design solutions such as identity, product design, film, and website. Clients include Intel, Motorola, NBA, MTV, Ford, Johnny Walker, etc.

Jewellery / NizA Huang

"hello Puppet"

Illustration is a visual language, which can communicate with people on a global level. We can understand each other through an image or drawing, without speaking the same language. In this project, I utilize this power of illustration, within my jewellery collection. The accompanying animation creates a narrative in motion and establishes a link between the original illustration and the final jewellery collection. The overall intention was to create ways of representing three-dimensional forms from two-dimensional drawings. The individual objects developed from the animation, suggesting they jump out from the story to be worn with fun.

Film / Jo-Pu Chen

Saudade:
A romantic psychological short film, about a conflict that occurs between two people and their contrasting existences.


Just Another Day:
A short film happening inside a toilet about a toilet cleaner who finds a connection with the outside world.

Photography / Iris Lin

I like to capture natural shots. It is the best style to express my ideas. I don't like my works to be too artificial; they should be simple and relaxing.

Single

From the existentialism in the 1960s up until now, self awareness has been growing. It is too easy to fail in a relationship. Therefore, it is easier to love yourself and enjoy taking others love. It is interesting to look up how people feel about the single status. After the research I decide to use photography to present my project.

Yarning

Habit are things we can fall into, and try to climb out of. Here is the project to explore human behavior. We think that yawnning is hypnotic. They really can make you sleepy if you see someone who is yawnning. Even if it is only on pictures!

Illustrator / Chun Hua 春花

The inspiration of Monkey Buddha came from my religion. I cannot control my destiny as I expected Therefore I ask my monkey Buddha, he always smiles to me. his smile is so touching that it has become my religion.

Oracle
Do you know the meaning of a word?
I think there is no one understands a word in this world.
Words are like new born babies, they are given names, indentified and classified. However, when they become “useful words”, they might become soulless. People made them meaningful but the words might just want to dance

Graphic Designer / Illustrator Kimmy Huang

Most of my works are black and white or monochrome, My ideas are from many aspects of my life. I’m interested in a wide range of topics including music, film, architecture, fashion, lifestyle, obj- ects, humanity and so on; they inspired me all the time and become my muse.

Manga Artist / Illustrator Tpcat

The comic book "Prick" is all about the essence of life.
It's a 48 pages book filled with short comic stories about pursuing love, knowledge, religion and the meaning of life, starring fluffy animals and sweet vegetables, and yes, some bloddy scenes...Luckily you may see yourself in the stories.

一切的創作都是從生命經驗中而來，人的煩惱和思考本質上並無不同，Tpcat偏好以喜劇方式詮釋對生命的疑問，合併了英國的充滿溫暖色調和毛絨絨動物的繪本風格和漫畫形式，加入反諷和黑色幽默，畫了兩小本其實是在主題是在探討「追尋」和「正義」的動物漫畫。

圖中的兔子是業務員，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的積極兔子。

Fashion Accessories designer Elsa Yi-San Lu

KALEIDOSCOPE

Colourful fragments. Reflection images versus three-dimensional objects,
Through the process of repeating and layering forms the variation.
Come on into the fascinating world of kaleidoscope. Decorate yourself with some playful body accessories.

零碎的元素, 繽紛的色彩
鏡面的倒影, 虛實的對映
重複 . 層疊 , 變化的對應
享受玩樂配件的時光, 請走進萬花世界裡