Wandering in a City

“Wandering in a City” is a project related to a city’s memories represented by jewelries designed by Taiwanese designer Yu-Chiao Wang and Yuan-Chi Tseng. In 2011 they were inspired by their impression and living memories of the city, Tainan. They started to transform the city’s abstract culture and physical appearances into design artifacts following their own experience of living, wandering, observing and interacting with local people. 

To begin with, being residents in Tainan city, Yu-Chiao and Yuan-Chi chose their living experience as the inspiration to create the project’s first presentation “Wandering in Tainan”. In Tainan, wandering in streets, lanes and allies always meets a lot of surprises. We can see temples, chapels, cathedrals and historic relics behind large buildings when turning around into a small ally. When we make another turn, we can see traditional shops and old monuments standing beside new houses. 

In Tainan, there are full of elegant and attractive landscapes waited for people to find out. Inspired by the mixture of nature landscapes and cultural heritages in Tainan, Yu-Chiao and Yuan-Chi used the outlines of the old buildings and nature plants to create a set of silver rings. These silver rings can arouse an imagination of strolling around the city, Tainan. 

Inspired by the mixture of nature landscapes and cultural heritages in Tainan, Yu-Chiao and Yuan-Chi used the outlines of the old buildings and nature plants to create a set of silver rings. These silver rings can arouse an imagination of strolling around the city, Tainan. 

以台南市建築與生活文化發想，STUDIO YCYC設計師於2011年開發了屬於台南城市面貌縮影的文化精品設計系列，包含飾品設計的戒指、項鍊、耳環等品項。這系列設計結合台南在地生活，在作品中表現出「悠閒散步」與「城市風景瀏覽」等心理感受與視覺認知印象。並以「城市聚落」體現台南城市氛圍與老街舊巷旅行探索經驗。作品富含台灣台南的歷史文化意涵、融合中西式建築風格的府城、古都獨特的時空與藍天、白雲、綠樹交織的天際，以及台南人生活閒適的步調；作品更結合工藝之美與設計功能性，在人們配戴之餘，同時喚起在台南大街小巷散步的回憶與情感體驗，傳達出深刻的台南文化意涵。 

游走台南的大街小巷，總是不斷驚喜著：轉個彎，映入眼簾的是藏在大廈後方小古蹟；拐個巷，冒出了躲在一群新屋子中間的小牌坊。台南，像微縮相片一樣充滿了精緻可人的小風景，等待每個人的發現！