2023 《Yii+合創工作營》 成果紀錄影片 The Co-creation Workshop 'Yii+' in 2023 – Project documentary film
工藝發展研究中心 National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute
「Yii+ 計畫」
▍面向未來｜Yii+ 引領臺灣工藝航向元宇宙新維度
在實體與虛擬日益交融的當代，元宇宙正逐步成為全球文化生成、感知與認同的主要場域。這是一個以視覺語彙、身份建構與參與互動為核心的新世界結構，因此，工藝不應再僅以「物件」姿態被觀看，它的價值從不止於完成品本身，而是深植於技藝的傳承、文化的脈絡，以及人與物之間的關係建構。當世界走入全新媒介，工藝也必須跟進其中。「Yii+」正是從這樣的思考出發，作為「未來工藝」的實驗品牌，致力於探索工藝在虛實共構世界中的存在方式與文化續航力。在未來的虛擬世界裡，臺灣工藝不會缺席，也不該缺席。
▍2023｜以信仰工藝為文化語彙起點
計畫以臺灣最具文化辨識度的民俗信仰與生活工藝為靈感來源，廟宇、紙紮、神像、陣頭等地方文化符號成為設計轉譯的起點。十位跨域設計師將這些原型以當代表現手法重構，使「信仰工藝」與「民俗器物」跳脫傳統框架，轉化為面向未來的文化識別語彙。同時導入3D掃描、圖像分層等數位工法，將工藝物件精準轉譯為虛擬結構，為後續應用與互動奠定語意基礎。為臺灣打造一套可辨識、可延伸的虛擬文化識別系統。
▍2025｜虛實整合實驗的再啟動
2023年後，Yii+計畫雖暫停推進，然2025年由原計畫執行者孫珮鈴主動延續，以有限資源優先展開「虛實整合展示互動」與「Spatial 虛擬平台的初步建置」。這並非最終成果，而是一場以未來為目標的預演測試。2023 年所建構的展示模組與虛擬語彙，成為此次展演的數位基礎，為元宇宙應用中可延伸的虛擬平台雛型。而原計畫曾規劃設立 Yii+「實體概念店」，作為虛實交錯的核心節點，惟因計畫中止未能落實。此次展覽則重新嘗試，將虛實空間結合互動機制，藉此機會具體描繪 Yii+ 計畫的行動方向與實踐策略。這不只是替代性的展示，更是參與虛擬世界架構的前導實踐，一次由民間自力啟動的工藝未來測試場。
The Yii+ Project
▍Facing the Future｜Yii+ Pioneers a Metaverse Future for Taiwanese Craft
As the physical and virtual worlds converge, the metaverse is becoming a vital space for cultural creation, perception, and identity. Rooted in visual language, identity, and interaction, this new reality calls for craft to move beyond being seen as mere objects. Its value lies not only in the final product, but in the passing down of skills, cultural meaning, and the relationships between people and materials. With new mediums reshaping the world, craft must evolve. In response, Yii+ emerges as an experimental brand of future craft—one that explores how craft can exist and endure in a hybrid realm where the virtual and physical meet. In the metaverse, Taiwanese craft will not—and must not—be absent.
▍2023｜Crafting a Cultural Vocabulary from Faith and Ritual
The project began with Taiwan's most distinctive cultural sources: folk beliefs and traditional crafts. Temples, paper offerings, deities, and folk troupes—symbols rooted in daily life—became starting points for design reinterpretation. Through contemporary approaches, ten cross-disciplinary designers reimagined these archetypes, breaking from conventional frameworks to shape a future-facing cultural vocabulary. Meanwhile, digital tools such as 3D scanning and image layering translated physical crafts into virtual structures—laying the groundwork for interaction and building a scalable, recognizable virtual identity system for Taiwan.
▍2025｜Relaunching Craft Experiments in Mixed Reality
After a pause in 2023, the Yii+ project was revived in 2025 by original lead Pei-Ling Sun, who continued the work with limited resources—prioritizing mixed-reality interaction and early development of a Spatial-based virtual platform. This is not a final product, but a forward-looking test run. Design modules and virtual vocabularies from 2023 became the digital groundwork for a scalable metaverse prototype. A planned physical concept store—meant as a key node between virtual and real—was never realized. This exhibition revisits that idea, merging spatial design and interaction to outline Yii+'s direction and strategy. More than a substitute display, it is an early, self-led experiment in shaping the virtual world—a grassroots future lab for Taiwanese craft.
