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ABOUT THE PROJECT
Chaos or Genius? Taipei's intelligence
With team consisting of a photographer, an industrial designer, and myself as the interaction designer, we set out to capture the unseen pulse of Taipei's transit networks. "Moving Taipei" is a research and design initiative that explores the complex relationships between commuters, physical infrastructure, and the fleeting micro-narratives that occur during daily urban travel.
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CHALLENGES
Connect Taipei. Learn from Taipei.
We found the need to emphasize the sensory textures, cultural behaviors, and emotional frictions experienced by the locals. The core challenge became: How do cross-disciplinary designers synthesize chaotic, ephemeral human moments in transit and channel them into a structured, evocative design language that connects us emotionally and globally? What can we learn from Taipei?
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SUMMARY
Interactive Collage Game + Diasporic Perspective + Comment Basket
I designed a dynamic web platform that transforms field observations into an active archive through three core features:
Day vs. Night Mode: Synced with Taipei local time via custom code in Framer, the site dynamically toggles between daytime clarity and neon night, immersing global visitors in the city's real-time atmosphere.
The Try-It Box: Users place vernacular 3D objects (designed by teammate Elizabeth Liu) into Google Street View. It moves from Worldwide Mode (testing visual friction in exotic cities) to Diasporic Mode (examining how Taiwanese identity asserts itself within global Asian enclaves).
The Comment Basket: Inspired by Taiwan's iconic grocery plastic crates, this immersive archive uses CSS3D + Three.js to scatter user submissions in spatial depth, powered by a Firebase and Cloudinary backend.
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