2011 YDW (Miaoli) – The Beauty of Touch, ProgramRevised, 2011/10/16

1. Please note there are some changes in the program.2. Attendees please gather for taking the bus at 8:45AM on 10/17. 3. Attendees please gather for transportation to NUU at 8:30AM on 10/18-20.4. Attendees please gather for transportation to Taipei at 9:00AM on 10/21.5. There is no WiFi service in the first day. (Perhaps limited service in the hotel) WiFi is available on NUU

campus. We have prepared a temporary account for each attendee.6. Except for the first day evening and the fourth day evening, we will provide simple Taiwanese lunch

boxes for each meal. Hotels will provide free breakfast. There are instant noodles and cookies available to those who work overtime and thus feel hungry.

7. The NUUID building, where the workshop is held, is still under renovation; so it looks simple. The discussion rooms for each group are scattered in the building. Please see the floor maps for the locations.

8. We have assigned an assistant for each room for taking care of your needs. Recognize your assistant.

Date Time Location activity facilitator

10/17 Mon

11：40-12：00

Miaoli Train Station

Attendee arrival 　

12：00-13：00

Bus to Yuanli Lunch on board 　

13：10-13：30

Japanese Cottage,

Foothill, Yuanli

Grouping & knowing each other Assistants

13：40-14：10

Introduction Roger Chou

14：10-16：40

Japanese Cottage, rush grass field and the museum

Introduction to rush grass weaving via craft and product demonstration, visiting rush grass museum and rush grass field

W.H. Yeh

16：50-18：20

Japanese Cottage,

Craft experiencing Craft women

18：30-19：30 Japanese

Cottage, Rush grass

association

Group discussion 　Assistants

19：30-20：30

Supper, Enjoying Taiwan farmer’s food while talking

20：30-22：00

Idea and experience sharing, Q&A, interaction with the craft women

Fangwu Tung

22：30~Flying Cow

RanchSleep Assistants

Description In the first day, the attendees are expected to understand the historic background and be able to draw some characters of the craft art through experiencing the art and

interacting with the craft persons. Through reflection, interaction and sharing, the attendees identify some essential elements of the art for latter ideation. It is also expected that the members of each group start to know each other and plan respective job assignments.

Goals

to understand the characters of the rush grass weaving art to be able to associate personal cultural/social background with the art and then

to create some ideas to be able to share personal feelings or ideas to other people

10/18-20

Workplace: Department of Industrial Design, National United University, Miaoli CityHotel: Li Hua Hotel

10/18 Tue

9：50-10：20

Arrive at NUUMission brief; finding the room

Consultants,Assistants

10:20-12:00 Team mission assuagement*, Product Concepting, SketchingConsultants,Assistants

12：00-13：30

Lunch Assistants

13：30-18：00

Product Concepting, Sketching, Rough modelingConsultants, Assistants

18：00-19：00

Supper Assistants

19：00~~ Product Concepting, Sketching, Modeling, … etc. Assistants

* preferably started in the first day

Description

In the second day, 3-5 innovative product concepts related to the art are expected to be generated by each group. To do so, each group is suggested to hold a series of ideation sessions, subsequently developing ideas that are never seen before. Sketches and rough models are expected to be made for expressing and experimenting the ideas. The subjects for design are flexible.

Goals

to complete the process of ideation to be able to present ideas by sketches or rough models to define the form for delivering the concepts to list the materials needed

10/19 Wed

09：00-12：00

The first presentation and critique(15 min for each group; English, Japanese and Korean translation available for effective communication)

Consultants,AssistantsSome NUUID students

12：00-13：30

Lunch Assistants

13：30-18：00

Idea development, concept modeling, making image boards, … etc.Consultants,Assistants

18：00-19：00

Supper Assistants

19：00~~ Idea development, concept modeling, making image boards, … etc. Assistants

* We will lend each group a laptop equipped with major CAD applications, such as Pro-E, Alias, Rhino, Photoshop, etc. The computer classroom will be open for the attendees. However, we still encourage attendees to bring their own laptops. There are a variety of materials prepared for the attendees to build models. However, due to our budget limit, we may not be able to provide all materials the attendees want.

Goal To complete concept development & modification

10/20 Thur

09：00-12：00

Preparing artifacts for the exhibition Consultants,Assistants

12：00-13：30

Lunch Assistants

13：30-15：00

Preparing artifacts for the exhibitionConsultants,Assistants

14:00-17:00The second presentation and critique(30 min for each group; English, Japanese and Korean translation available for effective communication)

Consultants,AssistantsSome NUUID students

17:00-18:00 Experience sharing, certificate conferring and picture taking All

18：00-20:00 Farewell Party (Authentic Taiwanese Erect the Tables) Assistants

20:00- Model making & Panel design; having the digital files ready for print*

* We expect that panel printing can be done only at Taipei on 10/21. We have people there for doing it for the attendees.

Goal To the artifacts for the exhibition ready

10/21 Fri

09：00-11：00

On the bus Back to Taipei Assistants

11：00~~Taipei World Trade Center

Setting up the exhibition(We have assigned a task force to do the basic exhibition setting two days earlier. The time for the attendees to have their articles, models and panels is estimated about 4-6 hours.)

Assistants

The 2011 YDW at Miaoli is sponsored by Taiwan Design Center (TDC) and Miaoli County Government, executed by National United University, and assisted by Taiwan Rush Grass Association.