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Brand: Yiyao Nie Design: Wearable Sculpture Category: Fine Art Date: Sunday, 27 September 2026

River to Ocean

River to Ocean is a collection of wearable sculptures that can be worn on the body or displayed in a gallery. The collection includes a hat and a vest, presented with textile garments and decorations on shoes. Each piece resembles splashing liquid frozen in time, recalling water drops on flowers or a river colliding with rocks. The forms are designed in 3D software, printed in resin as small parts, then painted and assembled by hand. The large silhouettes remain light in weight. The branches of the vest can be taken apart and rebuilt into new forms.

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Brand: Fundesign.tv Design: Taped Train Category: Fine Art Date: Saturday, 26 September 2026

The Glimmer

The Glimmer is a tape art installation applied to a train in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Nearly 110 square meters of glow tape cover the outside of the train, forming murals that show the sea, the ports, the mountains and the buildings of the city. The tape absorbs sunlight during the day and emits light at night, so the train becomes a moving lantern without electrical power. The interior is decorated with luminous foils and changing lights. The installation was created for the Taiwan Lantern Festival and applies several tape art techniques.

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Brand: Kuo Kuo-Hsiang Design: Public Art Category: Fine Art Date: Friday, 25 September 2026

Dance with Life

The symbol of infinity conveys the concept of endlessness and greatness. Its smooth and vivid shapes highlight the infinite freedom of life exploration, and convey an atmosphere that is fresh, beautiful, and rejuvenating! This public sculpture with a winding structure is installed on a pool at the center of a circular plaza. It is an important landmark, Hope to make people feel the wonder between life and the universe.

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Brand: INCEPTION Cultural & Creative Co., Ltd Design: Immersive Ephemeral Art Exhibition Category: Fine Art Date: Thursday, 24 September 2026

See the Unseen

As the Lunar New Year approaches while most embrace a visible dragon design, the team aim to create a memorable dragon experience that elevates visitors' imagination and memory of the hidden dragon. By partnering with Penique Productions for Taikoo Hui Mall’s CNY, it integrated artistic techniques and mediums to make the dragon elusive with red recyclable film to craft a glass box, this reimagined space offers a sense of elusive presence that enhances the visitor's immersion into the concept of the dragon, aiming to bring new year blessings them in the newly redefined space of the mall.

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Brand: Andre Quirinus Zurbriggen Design: Art Category: Fine Art Date: Wednesday, 23 September 2026

Supplement of Original

White veins in river stones lead to random patterns on the surfaces. The selection of certain river stones and their arrangement transforms these patterns into symbols, in form of Latin letters. This is how words and sentences are created when stones are in the right position next to each other. Language and communication arise and their signs become a supplement to what is already there.

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Brand: He Xiayun Design: Art Installation Category: Fine Art Date: Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Moon Trace

Moon Trace is a light and shadow art installation. The form recalls the moon and integrates dragon motifs. The design links the Eastern full moon, a symbol of reunion, with the Western crescent moon, a symbol of hope. Moon Trace is made mainly of recycled steel and is divided into four modular parts for efficient assembly and disassembly. Built-in LED strips, projected light and intermittent smoke interact with polished surfaces. An automatic sensing spray system responds to the position of viewers, creating changing scenes.

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