{"id":13840,"date":"2025-11-07T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T04:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/2025\/11\/07\/%e8%b3%80%e6%95%99%e5%b8%ab%e9%99%b3%e9%83%ad%e7%9b%8a%e8%a8%80%e4%bb%a5%e3%80%8a%e5%af%a9%e7%be%8e%e6%b5%aa%e8%b2%bb%e3%80%8b%e5%a5%aa%e5%be%97%e6%b5%b7%e5%b3%bd%e5%85%a9%e5%b2%b8%e8%a8%ad%e8%a8%88\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:23:55","slug":"%e8%b3%80%e6%95%99%e5%b8%ab%e9%99%b3%e9%83%ad%e7%9b%8a%e8%a8%80%e4%bb%a5%e3%80%8a%e5%af%a9%e7%be%8e%e6%b5%aa%e8%b2%bb%e3%80%8b%e5%a5%aa%e5%be%97%e6%b5%b7%e5%b3%bd%e5%85%a9%e5%b2%b8%e8%a8%ad%e8%a8%88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/2025\/11\/07\/%e8%b3%80%e6%95%99%e5%b8%ab%e9%99%b3%e9%83%ad%e7%9b%8a%e8%a8%80%e4%bb%a5%e3%80%8a%e5%af%a9%e7%be%8e%e6%b5%aa%e8%b2%bb%e3%80%8b%e5%a5%aa%e5%be%97%e6%b5%b7%e5%b3%bd%e5%85%a9%e5%b2%b8%e8%a8%ad%e8%a8%88\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Assistant Professor Chen GoYen Wins the Cross-Strait Design Silver Award with the Work\u300a\u5be9\u7f8e\u6d6a\u8cbb\u300b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"101\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"99\">Transforming Trash Bags into \u201cPseudo-Aesthetics\u201d: A Reflection on Contemporary Consumer Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"605\">In the <strong data-start=\"110\" data-end=\"181\">2025 Cross-Strait Chinese Character Cultural &amp; Creative Competition<\/strong>, jointly organized by the <strong data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"246\">Fujian Artists Association (China)<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"308\">Xiamen University School of Creativity and Innovation<\/strong>, Assistant Professor <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Chen GoYen<\/span><\/span> of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ming Chuan University Commercial Design Department<\/span><\/span> won the <strong data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"433\">Silver Award<\/strong> and a prize of <strong data-start=\"449\" data-end=\"462\">5,000 RMB<\/strong> for his work <strong data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"497\">\u201cAesthetic Waste\u201d<\/strong>, demonstrating the department\u2019s innovative approach to <strong data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"602\">cultural interpretation and visual expression<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"761\">The competition attracted over <strong data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"659\">5,000 submissions<\/strong> from young designers across both sides of the Taiwan Strait, making the contest highly competitive.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"nh78px\" data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"807\"><strong data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"805\">About the Work \u2013 \u201cAesthetic Waste\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"1273\">\n<li data-section-id=\"tsw5v3\" data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"851\">\n<p data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"851\"><strong data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"820\">Theme:<\/strong> \u201cAesthetics vs. Consumption\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1g5he7g\" data-start=\"852\" data-end=\"1043\">\n<p data-start=\"854\" data-end=\"1043\"><strong data-start=\"854\" data-end=\"866\">Concept:<\/strong> The work critiques the contradiction between <strong data-start=\"912\" data-end=\"944\">formal beauty and real needs<\/strong>, inspired by the excessive production, decoration, and disposal of goods during festive seasons.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"171k2vf\" data-start=\"1044\" data-end=\"1273\">\n<p data-start=\"1046\" data-end=\"1273\"><strong data-start=\"1046\" data-end=\"1066\">Design Approach:<\/strong> Black garbage bags are <strong data-start=\"1090\" data-end=\"1128\">transformed into \u201cgift-like\u201d forms<\/strong>, symbolizing artificially packaged beauty that appears smooth, symmetrical, and perfect, yet satirically highlights overconsumption and waste.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1275\" data-end=\"1312\">Assistant Professor Chen commented:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1313\" data-end=\"1488\">\n<p data-start=\"1315\" data-end=\"1488\">\u201cIn contemporary society, \u2018beauty\u2019 is often commodified and superficial. Through this work, I hope viewers reconsider the true value of aesthetics and its sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1490\" data-end=\"1717\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">With <strong data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1538\">minimalist yet striking visual language<\/strong>, <em data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"1557\">Aesthetic Waste<\/em> turns everyday waste into a <strong data-start=\"1586\" data-end=\"1616\">culturally critical symbol<\/strong>, earning unanimous praise from the judges as a work with <strong data-start=\"1674\" data-end=\"1716\">conceptual depth and social reflection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transforming Trash Bags into \u201cPseudo-Aesthetics\u201d: A Reflection on Contemporary Consumer Culture In the 2025 Cross-Strait Chinese Character Cultural &amp; Creative Competition, jointly organized by the Fujian Artists Association (China) and Xiamen University School of Creativity and Innovation, Assistant Professor Chen GoYen of Ming Chuan University Commercial Design Department won the Silver Award and a prize of 5,000 RMB for his &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/2025\/11\/07\/%e8%b3%80%e6%95%99%e5%b8%ab%e9%99%b3%e9%83%ad%e7%9b%8a%e8%a8%80%e4%bb%a5%e3%80%8a%e5%af%a9%e7%be%8e%e6%b5%aa%e8%b2%bb%e3%80%8b%e5%a5%aa%e5%be%97%e6%b5%b7%e5%b3%bd%e5%85%a9%e5%b2%b8%e8%a8%ad%e8%a8%88\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":13612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13840"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13842,"href":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13840\/revisions\/13842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcucd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}