Transforming concepts of a Taiwanese twin cup into social design activities

Abstract

To promote personal body-mind-soul (BMS) wellness is very basic in life around the world. Via theoretical and practical concepts of cultural ergonomics (CE), designers develop products and services in the culture creativity industry (CCI) to transform and bring users not only cultural contexts, but interactive experiences. This paper then places focuses on transforming concepts of a Taiwanese twin cup into a BMS buddy activity design created from the literature review about CCI, applied CE, LOHAS and BMS industry. For developing the users’ interactive experiences, CE includes excellent theories which are also methodological approaches that carry interaction- and experience-based benefits to people. The research case is about the transformation from linnak which is a typical cultural object in the Taiwanese Paiwan tribe into a series of buddy partner activities conducted at 2015 Asian Pacific Playback Theatre Conference. At the end, the research results will show the conference participants’ feedback and cultural meaning of working together and sharing valuable experiences with each other in groups from the researcher’s design. Most importantly, the results will confirm the scholarly theories, follow methodological approaches, and present practical values in the future social design activities.