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TAIPEI, March 15, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

Forging Alliance of Circularity through Design, Connecting with the World from

Taiwan

In 2022, organized by the Industrial Development Bureau under Ministry of

Economic Affairs, executed by TDRI, and curated by CHU-Studio, <the SPIRAL –

Circular Design Exhibition> has the longest exhibition period and features the

most circular design cases and exhibits in the history of TDRI's circular

design exhibition, and invites a total of 67 exhibitors to showcase 245

exhibits. Domestically, 35 exhibitors participate in the exhibition with 163

exhibits; internationally, organizations and agencies in Thailand, Germany,

Japan, and Denmark, including Creative Economy Agency (CEA), Thailand, the

Trade Council of Denmark, Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP), have

offered great support and assistance, recommending a total of 32 exhibitors

with 82 exhibits. CEA also signed a Letter of Intent with TDRI during the

opening ceremony to explore opportunities of further cooperation on the topic

of circular design.

<the SPIRAL – Circular Design Exhibition> uses "the SPIRAL" as the inspiration,

which means continuous rotation, advancement, and expansion of matter, energy,

and consciousness along a chronological axis. Based on this idea, the

exhibition presents four main areas; Exhibition Area 1: "SPOT – Current

Situation" immerses visitors in dusty mist to experience the current situation

of environmental destruction through an immersive art performance brought by

"Loudly Lightning Limited Company;" also, their work "Countdown" displays a

countdown clock to 2030 with constantly changing numbers of hour, minute, and

second, and the word "crisis," aiming to trigger a greater sense of urgency in

people through light and sound, reflecting on the urgency and importance of

solving environmental issues.

Exhibition Area 2: "ECHO – Proposed Actions" showcases circular design

products, allowing visitors to physically perceive the scenario of being

surrounded by circular merchandise through simulation of familiar spaces from

daily life, office, to outdoor market, and understand that circular life can be

sophisticated and wonderful. The exhibition area also calls for consumers to

launch consumer actions to set circularity in motion, achieving the mission and

vision of localization is internationalization and rotation for circularity.

Exhibition Area 3: "ECHO – Exploration of Possibilities" integrates exhibitors

with the "Pandemic Section" and "Designers Section" using the Five Circular

Business Models by Accenture and presents future designs, such as innovative

flow of design and design strategy, to bridge the commercial and design ends

for circular opportunities. The area showcases new materials made from recycled

waste materials and consumer products for diverse everyday life applications

developed by Taiwanese designers in collaboration with local industries and

academic institutions, promoting another important aspect of the development of

circular design—rent instead of buy.

Exhibition Area 4: "360-degree International Connection" connects with public

and private organizations from Denmark, Germany, Japan, and Thailand, to focus

on the development of solutions for international environmental issues,

corresponding international policies, and countermeasures of private

organizations. Not only will they see the wonderful images of Taiwan's

landscape, the menus of "Circular Sharing Table Project" recommended and shared

by celebrities will also appear on the screen. The curatorial team uses

"circular menus" to combine Taiwan's local circular design products to dialogue

and exchange with international partners, displaying the spirit and look of

localization is internationalization and rotation for circularity.

"Every consumption determines our future." TDRI initiates a series of circular

design activities to connect the industries through the power of design and

amplify the effects of circular economy, driving the influences of Taiwan's

circular design, and ultimately setting all consumers, designers,

manufacturers, and policy in motion, as whether we choose to rotate or not will

be the most important decision to mankind's sustainable revolution.

#Exhibition Information

Location | Songshan Cultural & Creative Park | Taiwan Design Museum Room

01/02/03

Time | 2022.03.15 – 07.03

Organizer: Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Executor: Taiwan Design Research Institute

Curator: CHU-Studio

SOURCE: Taiwan Design Research Institute

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