Literature Senses Interieurontwerp Literair Museum by FunDesign.tv

Literature Senses Interieurontwerp Literair Museum by FunDesign.tv is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Brons in Interieur en Tentoonstellingsontwerp Competition Category.

BronsInterieur· 2022

Literature Senses Interieurontwerp Literair Museum

by FunDesign.tv

Client: Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Interieur Category

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The Design

About Literature Senses Interieurontwerp Literair Museum

Literature Senses is het interieurontwerp van een literair herdenkingsmuseum in Tainan, Taiwan, gevestigd in een bijna honderd jaar oud gebouw met een oppervlakte van 270 vierkante meter verdeeld over twee verdiepingen. Het ontwerp verbindt literatuur met de vijf zintuigen. Op de begane grond bevindt zich een café waar tekstsilhouetten, tafeldecoraties, menukaarten en gerechten fragmenten uit het werk van de schrijver dragen, waaronder een lokaal gebrande koffie geserveerd in een inktreservoir. Op de tweede verdieping tonen gelaagde gordijnen de namen van romanpersonages, en een online gidssysteem stelt bezoekers in staat hun verhalen te lezen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Literature Senses Interieurontwerp Literair Museum is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. Literature Senses Interieurontwerp Literair Museum wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. Literature Senses Interieurontwerp Literair Museum bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The Yeh Shyr-Tau literary memorial museum (former forestry affairs office) opened in 2012 as Taiwan's first important writer memorial hall. In this nearly 100-year-old building, they try to unite literature with emotional elements to create a literary compound space suitable for modern use and bring to life the emotional atmosphere of the writer's words through the five senses.
Dimensions & Packaging: Total 270 square meters. (1F&2F)
Tags: Curation, Renovation, Exhibition, Coffee, Taiwan, Tainan, literature, Writer, 5 senses
Production Technology: They try to create something interesting that connects to the museum's theme. After finding that "Drink ink", a Chinese expression, refers to a learned person or a writer, they developed the idea of putting locally roasted coffee into an ink tank as a special beverage called "ink coffee".
Design Challenge: They need to find out the experiences of Yeh Shyr-Tau in various periods from historical documents, as well as the works reflecting Mr. Ye's residence at that time, and fully present them in the exhibition in the form of texts, photos, and videos, and in an immersive way to create the scene that easy to make a photo for social media to match the modern viewing habit.
Research: While taking the stairs to the second floor, and crossing the long corridor of the museum, visitors walk into the world of Yeh’s novels step by step.
The names of characters appearing in Yeh’s novels are displayed under the ceiling of the cloister with layers of the curtain.
The overlapping curtains also allude to the multiverse time and space constructed by Yeh’s novels, and the characters are like providing a stargate through time and space, leading visitors into the world of literature.
While looking up at this literary starry sky, visitors can connect to the online guide system to read the stories between the characters.
Inspiration: Yeh Shyr-Tau is a well-known writer in Taiwan. As he once said, "I have always believed that literature is the salt of the earth."
From sight (physical and virtual parallel), auditory (playing Mr. Yeh's favorite classical music), taste (creating characteristic and creative food and beverages), smell (developing classic scented tea from novel sentences), and touch (cultural and creative products limited to laser engraving), curation aims to create scenarios for all senses.
Project Duration: The project started to renovate in Oct 2021 in Tainan and opened to the public in Nov 2021.
Operation Flow: The first-floor area incorporates Yeh's elements into the design of the cafe, surrounding text silhouettes, table decorations, menus, and meals, In the form of excerpts of famous sentences or short essays. Whether you are here for the exhibition, or just simply enjoy a leisurely afternoon, Yeh's literary heritage in such an atmosphere will perfectly balanced.
Team Members: Carrie Chang / Curator
SK Chen / Curator
Yating Yu / Curator
FunDesign.tv / Designer
Image Credits: FunDesign.tv