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Friday, 13 May 2016 00:00

Dihua Street, Taipei

Looking down Dihua Street towards the traditional Chinese medicine shops – their small scale belies the wholesale nature of their business|Lighting designer Jian Ji Yang, founder of Wedo Group, standing beside his grandfather’s dentistry equipment, which he has on display in the studio|Wedo Group specialises in theatrical lighting design, has also won awards locally for its beautifully light-handed renovation of the building|People come from across the city to make an offering to the Matchmaker God at the Xiahai City God Temple|Traditional family businesses still dominate the area|The Readers’ House, a library, bookstore and guesthouse that is also owned by local activist Jou Yi-Cheng|The area’s mercantile history can be seen in the ornamental detailing of its architecture|An a-capella group rests before its evening performance at the Thinkers Theatre|Wang Yu-ling, director of Blue Dragon Gallery – which offers exhibitions, workshops, classes and commercial art management – standing in the courtyard of her space|Blue Dragon represents Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, so Kusama-themed items dominate the shop|Along with the medicine shops, Dihua Street is home to other traditional merchants, such as basket makers|A costumed dancer on Dihua Street – the area has long been associated with Taiwanese theatre and opera|||

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Published in GALLERY
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A show in Copenhagen examines why Danish architects and designers have drawn so much inspiration from a country on the other side of the globe, says Mille Collin Flaherty

Published in Review
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Thomas Heatherwick in Singapore

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The designer’s first permanent building in Asia is a series of staggered towers that rise up out of a university campus like a grove of vast palm trees

Published in News
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Icon Talks at CDW: Michael Young – remade in China

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The Hong Kong-based former enfant terrible of the British design scene will be speaking at Icon's House of Culture during Clerkenwell Design Week

Published in News