絲路的主旨是在於促進各位設計師的創作跟合作,或工作之餘的創作.

不過總是要起個頭才行,就先從最簡單的開始 – 每個月製作 wallpaper, 誰有興趣加入?

到年底要湊滿九個,大家踴躍參加~

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shadow monster

上週末去了MOMA看 Design and Elastic Mind, 其中有一個作品叫做 shadow monster, 它將參與者的陰影轉換成怪獸的形狀並發出吼叫聲, 每一個參與者都玩的很開心.

雖然大家可能都看過了很多這種讓參與者在作品前面很尷尬的”自我陶醉”作品, 不過這個作品在最後視覺上的呈現相當無厘頭, 讓人覺得耍寶一下也無訪?

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剛剛kengwei跟我提到一個人叫做 Idris Mootee 據說他在行內很有名,可是我並不知道,在這給大家附上連結,不要像我一樣遜掉了…

逛了一下他的公司及更新迅速的blog,不難發現他是一個business oriented 的 thinker.

Idris Mootee的公司 Idea Couture 網站上,有一些公司簡介的圖片, 表達了互動產業的創意管理顧問公司在執行上的解說. 也有對行銷學的 4C 有新的詮釋.

希望友人K在那工作後, 能跟大家分享一些從事顧問工作對互動產業的觀念及角度.

images from idea couture

晚上遛狗怕壞人嗎？請參考下面這個prototype，保證讓來搶狗大便的歹徒，嚇得屁滾尿流！

It has been almost five years since last time I was in Taiwan. The purpose of this trip was mainly to see my family and to reconnect with some old friends in interactive field.

It was a nice trip with a little bad weather, raining for the two weeks we were there. I couldn’t complain. I love my family and I was eager to see my old friends. The rain was not that big of a deal. I shall skip the part with my family.

Anyway, One thing struck me was actually the fact that friend of mine has been picking up projects from China for months. Mainly from an ad agency that has a branch in Shanghai.They bring the production work back to Taiwan for cheaper labor and reliable relationship. I didn’t know that the labor in Taipei is cheaper than the labor in Shanghai in our industry. I was shocked and worried.

The small market size is to blame for what happened but I feel sad because I know people in Taiwan could have done something different if we reach out internationally 5 years earlier. The basic issue lays in our industry in Taiwan is people don’t think they have the ability to manage clients outside of the island.

When I was with DMC five years ago, there was a chance to bring in a client from Canada, which is a telecoms company, Telus. We had a tracking solution based on the cell phone tower just like the GPS-like function in the iPhone. I sold in the idea and show a prototype to the client. By the end, DMC could not pick up the challenge. Instead I have to let go the opportunity and end up leaving DMC.

What is the solution? We need more people who speak both Mandarin and English in this profession. Taiwan should bring in more professional foreigner workers instead only low labor workers. The government can subsidize the company that brings these professionals in the country. Taiwan has only of the best internet infrastructure and we can only benefit from it. Bring in more good business development professionals. Establish production network around the world. There are tons of stuff we can do to improve.

What’s your thoughts?

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