While reading the students’ blogs in the morning of the presentation day at the Vision Base, I noticed how immersed they were in their design projects, with a submission deadline of 2:20 pm for the presentation files. As I began reading, the usual background noise—the scattered post-its, half-finished prototypes, and busy young designers—seemed to fade away. One student wrote, "I had stinky tofu (which was okay), but also the best mango of my life." I couldn’t agree more. To extend that Taiwan mango experience, I bought 5kg of dried Ai-Wen mango to bring back to Seattle. The first three days of the program have been packed with field trips, visits, and delicious food. Valentina at Trash Kitchen even showed me a record of my visit from July last year, which surprised me with how well they keep their records. We were connected through a designer who worked at Miniwiz, the company behind Trash Kitchen. Later that day, Kiki, the local coordinator, and I enjoyed an amazing éclai
Design in Taiwan / Director's Corner