Brick: a medium to reveal (de)colonial history

This project is now archived and was part of DDW23

How can material history be told in an engaging way? In the form of design props, research zine, and interactive videos, this critical design project explores brick(laying) as a medium to the hidden stories and human behind Fort Zeelandia, Dutch Formosa.

Agency of Brick(laying)

In this project, Rising researched the role of ‘brick’ in Taiwanese colonial history. Overall, this project aims to introduce brick as a medium for learning Taiwanese colonial history. And these objects are Rising’s answer to engaging with history in a non-canonical way.

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About design by Rising Lai

design by Rising Lai, formed by Rising Lai, is a studio passionate about digging stories behind the objects. From industrial products to cultural artefacts, we comb the complexity of human creation and curate them in a communicative way. Through design, their works research, contextualise and speculate the relationship among society, individual, and material culture.

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