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A Taipei City Design Studio Is Recreating Historic Mosaic Tiles Found Throughout Taiwan
The Taipei City-based studio Pan Pan Hua is preserving local heritage by recreating the historic details unique to the region’s built environment. “Through years of research, we have found that the mosaic tile, once thriving in Taiwan, ceased production nearly half a century ago. Neither tile factories nor construction material suppliers offer similar products anymore, resulting in a gradual loss of Taiwan’s architectural identity,” a statement says.
Flickr—designers created digital patterns and began to reproduce the colorful motifs. More
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