http://www.jut-arts.org.tw/theverticalvillage/

I-Wen Lee was born in July and her star sign is cancer. It was so sweet that there were many colleagues celebrated with her at PEGA Design living room. Not only she had her favorite taro cake, but also i-wen was given the lovely handmade birthday cards by a cute girl April. (who wore shinny orange t-shirt in the below photo)

By asked some of i-wen’s colleagues, April got the ideas of the birthday card which are hand-writing and useful function. Therefore, she kept the limit time of deadline and then started to draw day by day. Sometimes she also had to be careful because I-Wen might pass her seat and found the hint of cards. kkk….

The twelve cards  are simply like a story board. After April explained, I-Wen knew that they can be the calendar and the starting month is July (her birth month). April also marked the important date on it which remind I-Wen as well. Most of people were impress of the time consuming works of she did. That’s why I-Wen may keep it. Thanks April and Thank all the wishes behind the cards.

During the exhibition, we could find out how interesting the Chinese words they are. For instance, my Chinese name i-wen 懿玟, 玟(wen) can be separated to 王(wang) and 文 (wen). 王 is equal to ‘king’ and 文 means ‘composition’. Perhaps western people think Chinese is difficult to learn, but I feel that is the way to understand the creation of words.

[日星鑄字] 台北市太原路97巷13號

http://www.lym.gov.tw/ch/Index/index.asp

We did have fun in Tainan.

We visited the super lucky red building which designed by Jean Nouvel in Serpentine Gallery!

specially thanks to Sean and Xaio Han for help / Video edit by I-Wen at CSM

First Bank is the sponsor of this competition, Rasing Star, a part of exhibition in Taiwan Designers’ Week 2010. It was my honor to be selected ‘outstanding’ award from 15 nominated design works by judges in the end. For me,the best thing will be received Shopping Design Magnize in the next coming 12 months apart from the prize.

This interesting manufacturing process touched me a lot. Whatever the outcome it is, it is an unique design work. If it is a kind of plastic ejection, perhaps it is a super slow way to build up the furniture. It will become meaningful if it is made by users. The stool may not be perfact and beautiful. However, it tells lots of stories.

comment by director Wei Lang Lee  from afterain design studio        ↑middle one

相當有趣的製作過程讓我感動不已，無論最後的結果如何，它都是一張獨一無二的作品，假若這也算是塑膠射出的一種，應該算是一種超慢的成形法。若是由使用者自行製作那就更有意義了，癩癘頭的兒子還是自己的好，所以雖然自己成型的椅子可能不美、不平整，卻有最多的故事可以訴說。(李尉郎 天晴設計創意總監)       

The legs of stool are like stalactites. Let people has the feeling that is stitting on natural rock and the image of spectacular landscape made in thousands of year. Let people reflect the busy and anxious life which we lived nowadays. Whether the thoughts settled as time goes by or not?

comment by director Sean Lin  from TOAST Living

如鐘乳石生長的椅腳，讓人好像坐在自然創造的天然岩石上，想像需千萬年才能累積的自然景致，讓現代人深思忙碌的步調、汲汲營營的生活，是否能沉澱內心的焦慮？(林雍順 TOAST Living品牌總監)

Taiwan Designers’ Week 2010 http://www.designersweek.tw/index.html

Rasing Star http://www.designersweek.tw/raising_star.html

When I did my dissertation at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, I have taken Antoni Gaudi’s architech  work as reference. The curves he built up was followed the gravity from nature.

More than two years ago, one of my friends sent me the post card from Ronchamp. The picture has become my wallpaper on desktop for a long time. I believe that most of design students have read this pictures in design textbook before, but few people has been there. It is a long journry to visit this architure. Worth! I think I will be proud to say that I have visited Ronchamp than I have been to Paris.( I did start the journey from Paris Est.)

I was like a monkey in Vitra  Haus

close to Centre Pompidou

second time to Paris and second visit here

I was so happy to chat with Ross Lovegrove. He inspired my design thinking a lot.

It was my last day at Central Saint Martins. Summer term ends. My work has finished. Yeah! I can take a rest now! 

Thanks Sean for taking my photo

welcome

thanks him for taking Panorama photos

Nice to talk with PHD student Camila from  Architect Association

so exciting! 20 x 20!

Thanks Sean,Lishuan,Nan and Pei-Lin for help.

I just receive the output 2010 yearbook.

There are two of my design works inside.

I think my parents finally can realize that ‘ what did i-wen do ’.

I had so much fun when I went back to Taiwan this X’mas holiday. Besides, it was my pleasure to be invited to share the Design&Travel experiece to my junior classmates at  Tatung University, where I did  BSC Industrial design degree last year . It started from my first 10 days trip in London, and than visited the furniture fair in Milan during the course, did the internship in Germany and traveled  around Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Venice and so on. If I had unlimited time control, I would like to talk more and more stories about the postgraduate life at Central Saint Martins or interesting and horrible things from my traveling around Europe. Thanks to Yung-Hsiang Tu and all the participator!

Central Saint Martins MA Industrial Design

visit my website: www.iwenlee.com

My design work ‘ Candle Tree ‘ has been exhibited in Taichung in Taiwan. ( 2-18 Oct 2009 )

http://designexpo.boco.com.tw/

I really had a great time as an intern in Studio Vertijet this summer. We exchanged the post cards.

Two Taiwanese girls are trained in same area but in different countries which are London and New York.  

They came with the dream and met in Germany.