{"id":7217,"date":"2019-03-25T00:34:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T16:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/designtrust.hk\/DTFS\/?p=7217\/"},"modified":"2020-05-26T11:29:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T03:29:24","slug":"tai-ping-xiamen-artisan-workshop-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designtrust.hk\/design-trust-futures-studio-2019\/tai-ping-xiamen-artisan-workshop-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tai Ping Xiamen Artisan Workshop Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-7217\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-7217-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-7217-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7217-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The designers visited Tai Ping Xiamen Artisan Workshop, led by Enoch To (PR, Marketing Manager, Asia) and Michelle Chu (Design Director, Asia) of Tai Ping on December 9-12. 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The visit provided the designers with a comprehensive context to Tai Ping's making methods.<\/p>\n<p>The trip ended with a productive meeting with the production manager, where the designers shared on their concepts and discussed on feasibility, materiality, and mapping out of the next stage design in preparation for the experimentation and production of the first batch of prototype testing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-7217-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7217-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_gallery panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" >\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see 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