FLOWING FORMS: Living in Formation

life takes shape in flow

Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab - Heritage Building 1F
2026. 08. 01(SAT) - 2026. 08. 31(MON)

Exhibition introduction

“FLOWING FORMS: Living in Formation” is built around the idea that “life takes shape in flow.” The exhibition transforms the viewing experience into a “Living Formation System,” exploring how ideal lifestyles are continuously generated through perception, choice, behavior, and everyday routines.

Structured through seven modular domestic environments, the exhibition integrates contemporary craft, spatial interaction, and behavioral observation to reveal how living conditions are formed and transformed over time. Rather than presenting craft as static objects, the exhibition positions craft as interfaces of perception and catalysts within a living system.

With a futuristic industrial aesthetic and surreal technological atmosphere, visitors move through spaces designed as observable lifestyle modules. In this process, they become both observers and living samples within the exhibition itself.

Transforming everyday experiences into recognizable and selectable living components, the exhibition explores how the reorganization of objects and contexts of use can construct personalized domestic experiences. Craft returns to the essence of use, becoming a component through which life unfolds, flows, and evolves—extending into the home and everyday life to reimagine an ideal form of craft living.

Curatorial Team

National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute
National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute

The National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute , under the Ministry of Culture, is dedicated to promoting craft culture and supporting the craft industry. Its core responsibilities include craft research and innovation, talent cultivation, craft testing, publications and exhibitions, collection and value-added applications, local craft development, craft aesthetics education, industry guidance, brand development, product certification, and international cooperation.

Curators

Shawn Lee
Shawn Lee

Shawn Lee is a curator and design practitioner with a background in transportation design. He currently serves as Chairman of the Industrial Design Development Association of Taipei Taiwan, President of the Taiwan Art Managers Association, Vice President of the Taiwan Design Alliance, and founder of In Motion Design Co., Ltd.. Working across industrial design, curatorial practice, and cultural initiatives, he explores the relationship between objects, daily life, and human perception. Guided by the philosophy “Nothing Endures But Change,” he continues to foster connections between Taiwanese design and contemporary culture.