NCKU students organize Hektik workshop in Tainan
Tainan, Taiwan, October 28, 2014
A group of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) students organized a T-shirt workshop at 321 Artist Village, Tainan, recently, together with the Dutch Design Post (DDP) and Hektik, a design company from the Netherlands.
Children and their parents unleashed their creativity on T-shirt design under the guidance of the NCKU students during the two-day workshop, October 25-26.
Hektik designer Gaudi Hoedaya was very pleased with the students' organization skills. “The cooperation with them is very good. For me it was a new experience and at first we all had to break the ice, but the connection was quickly made and then the students actively progressed. I don't have to check on them too often to see if work is done.”
Together with the NCKU students, he brainstormed over several Taiwan animals that can be added to the Hektik bunch.
Hoedaya is invited by the DDP to stay in Taiwan for one month and work together with students of the Dutch Design Course.
At the event, the public could vote for four new animals, among them a Taiwan black bear and a catfish.
The turn up of local families was better than expected. Hoedaya was very happy to see all the bustling. “Children are highly creative without boundaries or fear of critique. As adults we loose this virtue and with this Hektik event we'd like to bring this feeling back.”
NCKU graduate student in Industrial Design, Iris, liked the Dutch Design course she was in. For her it was valuable experience to cooperate with international designers.
“I helped Hoedaya with translating the biographies of the Hektik animals and also helped with cutting the cardboard animals. I like this workshop, because it is more fun than sitting in a boring classroom. At least here you learn some practical things.”
International graduate student Adam from the USA, who has a background in Ergonomics and Interaction Design, said, “I was quite surprised to find out how influential and unique Dutch Design really was. To me Dutch Design stands for practical and beneficial design.”
Adam joined the Dutch Design course without much prior knowledge in regard to Dutch Design. He sees the course as an excellent opportunity to work with Dutch designers, because “they have experience in the real world.”
Enditem/ Alex van Egmond
A group of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) students organized a T-shirt workshop at 321 Artist Village, Tainan, recently, together with the Dutch Design Post (DDP) and Hektik, a design company from the Netherlands.
Children and their parents unleashed their creativity on T-shirt design under the guidance of the NCKU students during the two-day workshop, October 25-26.
Hektik designer Gaudi Hoedaya was very pleased with the students' organization skills. “The cooperation with them is very good. For me it was a new experience and at first we all had to break the ice, but the connection was quickly made and then the students actively progressed. I don't have to check on them too often to see if work is done.”
Together with the NCKU students, he brainstormed over several Taiwan animals that can be added to the Hektik bunch.
Hoedaya is invited by the DDP to stay in Taiwan for one month and work together with students of the Dutch Design Course.
At the event, the public could vote for four new animals, among them a Taiwan black bear and a catfish.
The turn up of local families was better than expected. Hoedaya was very happy to see all the bustling. “Children are highly creative without boundaries or fear of critique. As adults we loose this virtue and with this Hektik event we'd like to bring this feeling back.”
NCKU graduate student in Industrial Design, Iris, liked the Dutch Design course she was in. For her it was valuable experience to cooperate with international designers.
“I helped Hoedaya with translating the biographies of the Hektik animals and also helped with cutting the cardboard animals. I like this workshop, because it is more fun than sitting in a boring classroom. At least here you learn some practical things.”
International graduate student Adam from the USA, who has a background in Ergonomics and Interaction Design, said, “I was quite surprised to find out how influential and unique Dutch Design really was. To me Dutch Design stands for practical and beneficial design.”
Adam joined the Dutch Design course without much prior knowledge in regard to Dutch Design. He sees the course as an excellent opportunity to work with Dutch designers, because “they have experience in the real world.”
Enditem/ Alex van Egmond
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