Taiwan · East Asia
Taipei
A dense interface between hardware, visual culture, publishing, policy, nightlife, and globally networked technology.
Coordinates
25.0330° N, 121.5654° E
Local time
Asia/Taipei
HAAM watchlist
3 practices · 3 event signals
Why HAAM watches Taipei
A city is not a backdrop. It changes what design can become.
Taipei is useful when HAAM needs to see how technical capability becomes culture. The city's strongest work often moves easily between electronics, identity, typography, fashion, public systems, and tiny independent scenes.
Local practices
People and studios to know.
This is a deliberately small seed list, not a ranking. It should grow through local recommendations and firsthand field notes.
Graphic design studio
Aaron Nieh Workshop
Editorial systems, identity, typography, and cultural work
A globally visible Taipei practice whose work shows how restraint, typography, and cultural context can coexist.
Graphic designer
Wang Zhi-Hong
Books, exhibitions, identity, and cross-cultural publishing
An important reference for the visual translation between Taiwan, Japan, publishing, and contemporary art.
Motion and brand studio
JL Design
Broadcast identity, motion systems, and visual storytelling
A Taipei studio that treats motion as a core part of identity rather than decoration added at the end.
Go into the room
Events that reveal the city.
HAAM prioritises programmes where people can see work, meet practitioners, enter studios, join workshops, or understand the systems behind the final image.
Local knowledge beats generic lists
Who or what is missing from Taipei?
Keep moving