The Book Design of Taipei Art Cafe

• Main Authors: Ting-Yi Yeh, 葉庭伊
• Other Authors: Chia-Hua Chu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89471419529536622841

碩士 === 中原大學 === 商業設計研究所 === 101 === “Wenn der Altenberg nicht im Kaffeehaus ist, ist er am Weg dorthin” (German: If Altenberg is not in a café, he is on his way to a café. In few words, European writer Altenberg described close relationships between cafés and people’s lives. With each passing day and extensively spreading of café in Taiwan, cafés had become best places for meetings and relaxations that will finally be parts of urbanites’ lives. Cafés are being widely opened in central towns one by one, and their business models are becoming more and more diversified either. Among them, art cafés had developed successfully in recent years. Art cafés not only represent cradles of Taiwanese literatures and arts but also provide new artists opportunities to present themselves through various forms such as music, books, art exhibitions, and performances. The own designs and styles each café creates enriches people’s experiences in cafés and closers distances between people and arts. Art cafés now have great growths around areas in Taiwan. Yet if we traced back origins of art cafés in Taiwan, Taipei City was set as a developmental center; with government’s supports for art activities and good repairs and uses of old spaces, there are many art relevant stylish cafés opened in Taipei City. Therefore, this creation chose Taipei City as a main area and picked eight stylish cafés for special editions and introductions. Contents to introduce include setup backgrounds, styles of interior decorations, menus and conclusions. Through conversations with these stores we expect to know more stories behind each café and put them into words to bring fantasies about cafés to readers. Responding to weakening trends of paper books, this creation is presented as a designed paper book on its performance form. We expect to bring readers refreshing reading experiences by these designed bindings and editions.