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Good Old Days and Pollinators

The Good Old Days and Pollinators Garden Showcase reflect the social transformation in China from rural living to urban community life. Inspired by the coexistence of aging residential buildings and nature, the design recreates a pocket garden that simulates an ecological restoration site amid remaining structures after relocation. Through natural planting that attracts pollinators and a multi-sensory, interactive layout, the garden becomes a street-corner retreat, blending ecological value with cultural memory and immersive experience.

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Gateway To Future

Gateway To Future is an eye-catching outdoor exhibition that facilitates physical and virtual experiences to interweave for creating immersive experiences. The entire exhibition was designed in an intriguing, interactive, and easy-understanding manner for displaying the most outstanding developments of the sea, land, and air transport infrastructures, making Hong Kong a world city of Asia. The team pondered on the idea of integrating factual information and gaming elements to develop a hybrid chess board game built with bespoke online mobile games for visitors to play and experience.

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Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival is a public light exhibition held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The event covers two areas, Weiwuying and Love River Bay, with a total of about 100 hectares. Works by local and international art teams are placed among the forest, the national venues and the harbor. Three groups of main lights are presented on land, at sea and in the air. Drone shows, an immersive light and shadow theater and a new lighting system along the Love River are included. Many works are planned for long-term display, so the city keeps the artworks after the event.

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Traveling in Virtual Space

Traveling in Virtual Space is a cover design for elementary school textbooks. The illustration extends from the front cover to the back cover to suggest one continuous space. Students can scan the cover with a mobile application to start an augmented reality mode, in which the illustrated space responds to touch and adds sound. The covers are produced with finishing methods such as color foil and silk epoxy to create a three-dimensional feel. The design uses travel stories and familiar characters to raise curiosity and to support experience-based learning.

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Centrestage 2022

Centrestage 2022 is an introductory space designed for a fashion event in Hong Kong. The space measures 15 metres wide, 36 metres long and 7 metres high, and forms part of an exhibition of 6665 square metres. Two layers of circular LED screens are suspended above a spherical screen, creating an area for photographs. A curved LED wall at the entrance shows motion graphics. Interactive columns and a large LED wall support presentations. The area is also used for receptions and fashion shows. Walls are built from reusable aluminium frames, and biodegradable carpet is used.

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Chenglong Wetland

Chenglong Wetland is an environmental art event held in Yunlin, Taiwan. In Chenglong Village, over-extraction of groundwater caused land subsidence and seawater intrusion in farmlands, which formed a wetland. Since 2010, artists from Taiwan and abroad have worked with residents to build installation artworks from local materials. In 2022, a flowing feast of art moved performance art into the natural environment, and an eco-dining table served dishes made from local seasonal ingredients. The event raises attention to environmental issues and supports the local economy.

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