研石造物 Hualien International Stone Workshop 2017


What can possibly sparks from the collision between young generation designers and manufacturers and the oldest material, marble?

Lo Studio della Pietra, International Workshop on Hualien Marble, was organized by blancor Studio. We invited designers to come to Hualien to work with Stone and Resource Industry R&D Center and Italian designer Moreno Ratti. In the collaboration between designing and manufacturing, we jointly explored the potentialities of marble design.

Hualien is located at Eastern Taiwan, where two plates converge, creating precious Serpentinite and Taiwanese white marble. After half a century of stone mining and transporting, Hualien has became the center of Taiwan marble industry, which is renowned for marble craft, interior decoration and architectural materials. The challenge for the younger generation designers is to develop new aesthetics which reflect the contemporary social context. However, this would not be possible without the support from local manufacturers. Under the collaborations with local factories, we unveiled six marble furnitures and homewares at Taiwanese Designers' Week this year. Every piece of work is ready for ordering and to enter your everyday life.


2017 「研石造物」經過一年籌備與企劃,自10月27日至11月5日於台北透明公園,尋找在地石材與生活美學的交會點。策展主軸跳脫過去石材製品的刻板印象,透過異材質的結合與加工重現台灣石材的特性與加工技術的精湛,同時也是設計師與製造者齊心協力的共創成果。邀集15個台灣代表性生活設計品牌於盛夏的花蓮,展開六天石材與加工技術的探索與冒險,在時間賽跑的壓力下與6家工廠齊心協力完成超過20件預計量產作品,包含傢俱、傢飾與生活用品等,展現別於以往的想像限制。


Year 2017
Adviser 經濟部工業局 Industrial Development Bureau
Organizer 財團法人石材暨資源產業研究發展中心 Stone and Resource Industry R&D Center
Co-organizer 台灣區石礦製品同業公會Taiwan Marble Association、Moreno Ratti
Implementer Studio Shikai
Website https://www.hualienstone.org



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