Posts Tagged ‘taiwan’
a close look at the gorgeous “plywood cut” design work of taiwan-based multi-artist WU GENGZHEN ///
Following up on a previous post about Taiwan-based Wu Gengzhen’s paper cut designs, see below for some of his gorgeous “plywood cut” work. The craftsmanship is pretty hard to comprehend. Really stunning stuff.
It’s part sculpture, part installation, and part functional furniture design. Who knew so much could be done with plywood. Great [...]
inspiring neo-traditional paper cut / design installations & exhibitions from taipei-based WU GENGZHEN ///
See below for some inspiring neo-traditional paper cut / design work from one of our new favorites, Taipei-based Wu Gengzhen. We just love his exhibitions and installations. Gorgeous stuff.
For more from Wu Gengzhen on NeochaEDGE, link here. /// AjS
tracks | taipei-based dance, pop, punk, electro band GO CHIC’s new album, “I AM CONFUSED” ///
Last week we headed over to Shanghai’s Mao Livehouse to check the New Pants show – which, as always, was excellent – and were treated to a surprisingly good open act, Go Chic.
Go Chic is an dance / pop / punk / electro indie band formed and based in Taipei, Taiwan with [...]
CHEK, the king of taipei ///
events | the 1st annual PANGBIANR music & film festival, an afternoon of indie culture in beijing ///
On July 25th, from 3 – 8 PM at 2 Kolegas, Pangbianr presents: Music & Film Festival, an afternoon of independent short films and La Loupe’s CD release in Beijing. Films from both professional and student contemporary filmmakers hailing from China, Canada, U.S., and Mexico will be [...]
“GRAFFITI ASIA,” a book by studio rarekwai that explores graffiti scenes throughout east asia ///
“Graffiti Asia,” by Studio Rarekwai and published by Laurence King in May 2010 examines the spread of graffiti / street art in Asia, concentrating mainly on China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan, of course), Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, and the Philippines.
The people behind Studio Rarekwai, Ryo Sanada and Suridh Hassan, took a [...]
good design | “memory weights,” concrete USB sticks from taiwanese designer SHU-CHUN HSIAO ///
It appears National Taiwan University of Science and Technology design student Shu-Chun Hsiao has thrown function and form out the window with his “Memory Weights.” But who cares! We love them anyway. When was the last time you saw concrete used for tech product design?!?!
The original concept for the design / product, says Hsiao, [...]
See below for a sampling of compelling images from Taiwanese photographer Chia-Yi Lin.
Chia-Yi Lin has an uncanny ability to get just about everything right in her photos – pattern, symmetry, texture, depth of field, lines, framing / cropping, etc. are all there. Bravo!
For more from Chia-Yi Lin on NeochaEDGE, link here.
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We’ve recently featured Sting Chen’s (aka: “I Ain’t An Artist”) black and white illustrations on NeochaEDGE, but it seems he’s also been exploring other mediums. At his latest exhibition in Taipei (at Free Hugs Street Gallery) titled “It Becomes Faint, Very Faint, But Real” (它很微弱, 很微弱, 却很真实), Chen unveiled some of his oil [...]
some snaps from emerging taiwanese photographer angus柒 ///
Angus柒 is a young, emerging photographer from Taichung, Taiwan. He started taking pictures with an analog camera about two years ago when a friend taught him photo developing techniques. Since then, Angus柒 has captured all sorts of people, things and places in his photography, resulting in a large body of work, pieces of which have [...]
