2016 Volume 62 Issue 5 Pages 5_97-5_106
There are more and more ceramicists with distinctive ideas designing enormous masterpieces of ceramic teapots recently in Taiwan. Among them, many design forms have not only broken through the traditional limitations, but also enriched the tea ceremony culture of Taiwan. Drinking hot tea with unique teapot has been recognized as fashion image of Taiwan. However, what features or characters are really recognized as Taiwan is essentially important from the cultural aspect of point. This study focused on the investigation of design style and cultural identities of Taiwan teapots. It employs the methods of focus group and KJ method from four professional ceramicists who have won grand prizes to generate the constructs of Taiwanese design style on teapot. Samples of contemporary teapots are exclusively collected and analyzed. As a result, the reviewers have been identified some fundamental principles for the design of Taiwan teapot. Further, tentative models for the design of ceramic teapot with Taiwan identity are also proposed for the cultural identity study and future development of contemporary Taiwan teapots.