Literature Senses 文學感官 by FunDesign.tv is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

銅室內· 2022

Literature Senses 文學感官

by FunDesign.tv

Client: Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About Literature Senses 文學感官

文學感官係台灣台南一座文學紀念館嘅室內設計項目,場地為一棟樓齡接近一百年嘅建築物,樓高兩層,總面積270平方米。設計將文學同五感連結埋一齊。地面層設有咖啡廳,文字剪影、桌面擺設、餐牌同餐點都融入咗作家作品入面嘅節錄,當中包括一款以本地烘焙咖啡、盛載喺墨水罐入面嘅特色飲品。二樓則以層疊嘅簾幕展示小說人物嘅名字,並配合線上導覽系統,等參觀者可以閱讀佢哋嘅故事。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Literature Senses 文學感官是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Literature Senses 文學感官將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Literature Senses 文學感官出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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Design Challenge: They need to find out the experiences of Yeh Shyr-Tau in various periods from historical documents, as well as the works reflecting Mr.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