The National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute (NTCRI), under the Ministry of Culture, is dedicated to promoting craft culture, invigorating the craft industry, and building a robust craft ecosystem in Taiwan. Its primary scope encompasses craft research and innovation, talent cultivation, craft material testing and authentication, research, publications and exhibitions, craft collection and value-added applications, regional craft development, aesthetic education, brand certification, industry guidance, and international cooperation.

Crafts originate from daily life and are fundamentally human-centered. Taiwan boasts a diverse craft culture that continues to pursue growth and embrace change in a rapidly evolving contemporary landscape. While the exquisite skills and enduring spirit of craftsmanship must be passed down, its practices must also evolve with the times to break new ground. Yet through every shift, the constant core lies in perseverance, meticulousness, and the pursuit of excellence—an ethos deeply rooted in the hearts of the Taiwanese people. We hope to enrich the human spirit and beautify Taiwan through craft, continuously deepening cultural roots while driving economic growth. Ultimately, we aim to present Taiwanese artistry as a cultural signature to the world, allowing global audiences to discover Taiwan through the lens of its fine craft.

he National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute (NTCRI)

Culture is more than an exhibition—it is a bridge that connects people, places, everyday life, and the future.
Cultural Pulse Co., Ltd. specializes in cultural curation, craft promotion, exhibition planning, and public engagement. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the company transforms cultural narratives into experiences that can be understood, appreciated, and shared. From curatorial concepts and spatial planning to visual communication, educational programs, and digital applications, Cultural Pulse continuously explores new ways to connect culture with contemporary life.
For Embracing Craft for Carbon Tracing: Taiwan Craft Low-Carbon Aesthetics Exhibition, Cultural Pulse serves as the exhibition implementation team, overseeing project management, exhibition production, visual identity integration, website development, promotional campaigns, and the planning of the exhibition's lecture series. By combining curatorial vision with practical execution, the exhibition presents low-carbon aesthetics not merely as a concept, but as an immersive cultural experience. We believe that every exhibition creates opportunities for meaningful dialogue between culture and society while inspiring audiences to discover how craft can contribute to a more sustainable future.

Cultural Pulse Co., Ltd.

Curating is not only about presenting works—it is about creating dialogue, inspiring reflection, and connecting people through shared values.
Hsiang-Ju Cheng has long been engaged in brand strategy, cultural curation, design integration, and regional revitalization. Through an interdisciplinary curatorial approach, she bridges culture, industry, and everyday life, transforming exhibitions into platforms for knowledge exchange, emotional engagement, and public participation. Throughout her career, she has contributed to numerous projects in cultural development, design innovation, industrial transformation, and urban revitalization, continually exploring how design can respond to contemporary social and environmental challenges.
For Embracing Craft for Carbon Tracing: Taiwan Craft Low-Carbon Aesthetics Exhibition, she developed Low-Carbon Aesthetics as the exhibition's central curatorial concept. Beginning with materials, production, waste reutilization, and circular regeneration, the exhibition highlights the individuals and organizations across Taiwan that have quietly dedicated themselves to environmental sustainability. Through five curatorial themes—Life, Wisdom, Emotion, Health, and Sustainability—visitors are invited to discover the stories behind each work and reflect on how craft can embody sustainable values in everyday life. Beyond appreciating beautifully crafted objects, the exhibition encourages mindful consumption and demonstrates how craftsmanship can become a powerful force in promoting environmental sustainability.

Curator | Hsiang-Ju Cheng

Sustainability is not only a corporate responsibility—it is a fundamental capability for shaping the future.
Alpha-Uma Management Consulting Co., Ltd. specializes in ESG management, carbon management, sustainability strategies, and net-zero transformation consulting. The company supports organizations in building sustainable development models that integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles while helping them navigate the global transition toward a low-carbon future through professional consulting and strategic planning.
As the sustainability consultant for Embracing Craft for Carbon Tracing: Taiwan Craft Low-Carbon Aesthetics Exhibition, Alpha-Uma Management Consulting Co., Ltd. integrates sustainability principles and carbon management strategies throughout the exhibition planning process. From the development of the exhibition concept and display design to event implementation, the company provides professional guidance that helps translate sustainability from theory into practice. Through the collaboration between cultural curation and sustainability management, the exhibition demonstrates that low-carbon living extends beyond policies and regulations—it can be experienced through craft, design, and everyday aesthetics, inspiring visitors to embrace sustainable actions in their daily lives.

Alpha-Uma Management Consulting Co., Ltd.

Embracing Art for Carbon Tracing

Wisdom Line of Heartful Craft — Rooted in the Philosophy of Slow Living

Emotional Thread of Green Craft — From Resource Wisdom to the Heart’s Companionship

Health Line in Carbon Tracing - From Heartful Craft to the Life Exploration of Carbon Footprints

Variation in Landscape

whirl

Imagery

Blue Sea of Love

Leisure (Tea set)

Convergence

Primitive Letters

Summer Snow

Who will sing our song?

Humble But Carefree

Spring Face

Mountains Above, Rivers Below

Auspicious Light

Peaceful

Gyro Cup

Heart-shaped cookies

LED Desk Light

Between the concave and convex

Zen-style garden

Insect specimen box

Memory storage box

Plants, Not Plastic

Curious Little Creature

Waste Alchemy

Bambloom

Recycling in Small Area

Pen of Magic

ReLight

Jin,Li-Chun~Rebirth of Porcelain

Into the valley

Vally BBQ (brooch)

The Vanished Island (Vase)

Art Fantasy 1 - Deflected Colors

Art Fantasy 2 - Out of Masterpiece

Art Fantasy 3 – Circulating Coins

Nontoxic Craft Regeneration in Urban Mining

Eco-transprint--Regenerating Textile

Microscopic Story Box series

Sheltered Land

Lionhead Embroidery Patch and Bag

Sustainable Series"marrow"

Barware Set

Paiwan Color

High-Back Armchair in Rattan and Bamboo

Floating Drum

Leaf pattern lacquer plate

Duck Octopus Rat Fish

Harmony (vase)

bamboo clothes rack

Bamboo Flow (Hangers)

Fun of reading (storage shelf)

Magnifying glass - pen (including pen holder)

Healthy Box - 2 (Turnable Medicine Box)

Aid - Necklace with Magnifying Glass

Calendar-Based Medicine Box

Pleasure - Back Patter

Savoring Life - Portable Bamboo Cup

Stroll Through the Orchard

Spring sprout(shoehorn)

Drift - Bar Ware Set

Bamboo support

Bamboo Notebook

Easy Reading - Book Holder

Metal Bamboo Ruler

Incense Diffuser

Compass Clock

Bamboo pattern (business cards, memo sets)

Ink Stone for Cards + Ink Stick for USB Drives

Bagua storage box

Desktop Lanscape - Vase

Flowers and Fruits (Home decoratives)

Landscape (Desktop Stationery)

Boat-Shaped Tea Tray for Snacks

Switch! Vase

Steamed Dumpling

Harvest Light

Plilgrim Halo Table

Birdcage

Silver Illusion Ⅰ、Silver Illusion Ⅱ

explosion

Flowerscape

Brick Plan: Tray、Plate

Bubble Sofa

Wave

bamboo stool

Cocoon Plan: Sofa

Bentboo Tripod

The Loop Chair

Bow Chair

Bamboo woven chair

Golu

The Bamboo Chair

Basket table

Plate bench

Craft bicycles

Exhibition introduction

1F_Wisdom Line of Heartful Craft

B1_Wisdom Line of Heartful Craft

B1_Emotional Thread of Green Craft — From Resource Wisdom to the Heart’s Companionship

1F_Emotional Thread of Green Craft — From Resource Wisdom to the Heart’s Companionship

Bamboo woven travel 4-piece set

Bendroot (desk lamp)

Urban Jungle (vase collection)

Desktop Lanscape

God of Beauty

Touch

Taroko Gorge Pitcher

Cold Plate (cold tray)

Bamboo bones

Gaomei Floor Lamp

8 Basket

Sheep Chair

Bamboo Squeeze

Lightness (meditation chair)

The Bridge Bamboo Bench

Bench 1

Twisted

Springy Bamboo

Chasing Light (Floor Lamp)

EN-joying

Luminous Tea Doll – Robotic Tea Set

Blooming Renewal

Landscape Tea Set – DotDot Pattern(large)

Landscape Tea Set  - Checkered Pattern(small)

Recer Ceramic Lamps 03

Recer Ceramic Lamps 02

Recer Sustainable Ceramic Cooling System

Dream&Weaver

Bamboo Weave

WAVE Award

Slide Phone Shield

Basketball Planter

Suit Hanger+Birdcage+Lamp

2F_Health Line in Carbon Tracing - From Heartful Craft to the Life Exploration of Carbon Footprints

“Carbon-Tracing Craft” is more than an exhibition — it is a lake of living ripples, inviting us to rethink the flow of aesthetics and sustainability. Taiwan’s low-carbon craft embodies a “Perfectly balanced — Not too much, not too little” philosophy: restrained in materials, thoughtful in design, meticulous in technique, caring in use, and respectful in growth, which is deemed a cyclical ethic of altruism. It challenges overproduction and waste, causing the Earth’s overexploitation, thereby leading to ecological imbalance. Notwithstanding, we are called to reconnect with the essence of craft — harmony between people, objects, nature, and life. From this lake of living waters, Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute transforms Taiwan’s heritage into lasting value.
At the heart of the exhibition lies a simple mission: to turn every craft into a story of low-carbon living and to make every act of creation an enduring promise to our Earth. Through Carbon Tracing — from soil to all forms of life, from individuals to communities, from overabundance to simplicity — we invite everyone to engage with the living thread of sustainable craft aesthetics.
This exhibition presents craft as both a guardian of culture and a pioneer of sustainable living. In an AI-driven era, where technology speeds up information, production, and decision-making, craft remains human-centered — sensitive to life’s rhythms and perceptual depth — opening new possibilities in which Human-heart Intelligence (HI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) complement each other.
Grounded in local materials, the craft responds to climate change and resource limits by weaving a carbon-conscious philosophy of living, which enables technological efficiency and human warmth to coexist harmoniously. While AI enhances precision and efficiency, HI (Human-heart Intelligence) preserves human perception and values, and in the interplay between the two, they envision craft as a bridge linking technology, life, and nature. This is Taiwan’s gift to the world: a low-carbon aesthetic for mindful, ethical living.

Embracing Craft  for Carbon Tracing

藝起來•偵碳－臺灣工藝低碳美學特展

[Third Prize – Category of Innovative Design – the 2013 Taiwan Craft Competition]
Material: Populus, natural lacquer, shell, gold leaf
Size: 95×25×22.2cm
The concept for this work originated from a trick spinning top, with its shape derived from the various poses of a spinning top. The base below extends from the cup-shaped top above and becomes a display platform, while the shell inlay encircling the cup resembles imagery rings created after a top spun. The whole piece gives a seeming look of spinning with buzzing.