‘OCTAPHILOSOPHY™’ is an extended touring project from the latest same-titled book by chef andré chiang released in 2016. this publication is not only a model that applies to cooking, but also a thread in creative thinking. debuted in taiwan, the exhibition invites eight interdisciplinary creative artists to interpret eight different aspects in OCTAPHILOSOPHY™ with their own media. this includes architecture, ceramics, industrial, graphic, floriculture, illustration, printing and visual arts, to represent three concepts in new ways: origin, essence, and process. guided by spatial and visual experiences, humanity and artworks interconnect and inspire views to reconfigure the show. ystudio aims to...

Porcelain insulators is common used in the old days of Taiwan. Because of the mass production of plastic material, these old-time materials start to be forgotten. We specially asked our Taiwanese masters to make wood case for them. To bring these porcelain insulators back to our modern life.

 

It's a plan about the old things.   Many things lost their functions because the science and technology development, just like standard-playing records、vacuum tubes、metal Chinese types(use in typography)、film、film cameras. The new technology provides people with more convenient and efficient life.   It makes us throw away things easily, and it's an enormous waste that can not be ignored.   But, we saw the painstaking effort and the insistence of quality from the craftsman in those products.   Those curves、shapes and colors are irreplaceable memories. Those beautiful things should not fade away. So we think over、organize and rebuild in order to...