Taiwan's Charm

Besides the basic necessities of life in Taiwan, culture is also one of the unique charms, especially the Mandarin phonetic symbols.

Taiwan is the only country and place in the world to use this phonetic symbols, and it is also a remarkable cultural treasure.

We hope to delivery this uniqueness of culture and the beauty of words from Taiwan to the whole world, therefore, we intentionally put these 37 Mandarin phonetic symbols together and form them into the sharp of Taiwan.

Fa-Hsiang Hu is a designer, creative director and educator. He is an associate professor of Department of Applied Arts at Fu-Jen Catholic University and also is Director of Taiwan Graphic Design Association / Director of Taiwan Posters Design Association and Executive Creative Director of Hufax arts.

Hu's works has been recognized by the Taiwan Visual Design Award: Platinum, and numerous awards from leading design organizations and publications worldwide, including D&AD Awards: Pencil, London International Awards: Gold&Silver, Red Dot Award Communication Design: Best of the best, NewYork Type Directors Club Certificate of Typographic Excellence, Communication Arts Award of Excellence, Golden Pins Awards, Times Awards, Hong Kong Global Design Awards, IDA: Gold/Silver, and Graphis: Platinum/Gold/Silver,… etc. As well as his posters and book design were won and selected into the international poster biennales in Warsaw, Slovenská, Bolivia, Macau,… etc.