Store╱Floating Lights

商店╱浮島微光

After creating a gallery-like space for Seed Design's Chu-Pei store for the first time in 2018, the new location of Seed Design's Taichung store is also designed by designer Cheng Ming-Huei from Indot Interior Design in 2021. The design of this two-storey exhibition space is emphasizing the local context to reflect the cultural characteristics of the city.

The Taichung store is located at the corner of a street. The owner of the store hopes the space would reflect the local characteristics while being interesting. Therefore, the designer used sunlight, wood and the National Museum of Natural Science as the three main elements, allowing the interior materials to be echoed with the environment. In addition, the designer applied the interactivity of the museum to the space so that the space, lighting fixture and people would be directly connected together.

The window design on the first floor looks like a box, in which the designer uses a white wooden box with four sloping wooden panels to allow the lighting fixtures to sit between them. The four angled white walls extend the richness and versatility of the windows so that different types and styles of lighting fixture can be displayed, creating an ever-changing landscape for the ordinary street. The base color used in the first floor is white, with pure white walls as the backdrop, reflecting the natural sunlight in Taichung and intuitively setting off the products; the lighting fixtures become noteworthy artworks in the room without turning on the light. The wood provides warmth and a buffer to the space. In addition to the warm wooden floor, the entrance table uses white cabinetry and glass to support it; the block-like built up creates a miniature vocabulary for the architectural design, presenting a sense of lightness as if floating in air.

The wood extends all the way up the staircase to the 2nd floor, where the wooden floor turned to a dark wood color while the base color of the space was changed to a dark ink color as well. The soft transition between the warm wood staircases contrasts with the floors in the day and night; the color tone shifting allows the products to be presented differently in different time situations. The display area on the 2nd floor uses the concept of an 'island' to create an elevated display in the center of the space, allowing the lighting fixtures to be viewed from all directions while standing on the table. In addition, it is possible to add and assemble the island with the cubes easily, either as an extended display table or as a chair or stool alone. The space interacts with the central display zone and the changes of the cubes. People can wander around and explore the area, as well as enjoy the fun that the brand offers to its customers through the store, just like the Science Museum does.

蟲點子創意設計繼2018年，為喜的燈飾竹北門市打造藝廊般的空間後，2021年喜的燈飾台中門市遷居新址，亦是由設計師鄭明輝親手操刀其兩層樓的展示空間，強調因地制宜，以室內設計輝映當地人文特色。台中門市座落在街道轉角，品牌業主期許空間能夠回應在地特色，同時蘊藏趣味性，因此，設計師以陽光、木質、國立自然科學博物館為三大重點，讓環境條件呼應室內材料，再以科博館所著重的互動性運用到空間裡，讓空間、燈具與人有直接連結。

從一樓外觀看似盒子的櫥窗設計，使用白色木盒搭配四片斜木板，讓燈飾穿梭其間，角度偏斜的四片白牆延伸櫥窗變換的豐富性，讓燈飾可以依照不同類型、款式規劃陳列主題，為尋常街道創造一處不斷更迭的風景。整體一樓空間採用白色為基底，純白牆面作為背景，反映台中地區時常陽光普照的自然優勢，直覺性地襯托商品，讓燈飾在不開光源情況下成為室內值得關注的藝術品，聚焦視覺。而木質扮演著銜接與緩衝的角色，除了帶來溫暖的木地板，入口的實木長桌利用白色櫃體與玻璃支撐，積木般的堆砌蘊藏了建築設計的微型語彙，呈現懸空飄浮的輕盈感。

木質隨之延伸佈滿樓梯間蔓延至二樓，地板轉為深木色，空間底色也換成深墨色，溫暖木質的樓梯間柔和銜接猶如白天黑夜的樓層對比，透過色調轉換讓商品在不同時間情境下呈現不同效果。二樓展示區特意以「島」的概念，於空間中心浮現一座架高展示台，從各個方向都可以站上檯面觀賞燈飾，此外，島的構成可運用方塊隨時隨地增加、組合，可成為延伸的展示檯，也可單獨作為椅凳，空間藉由中心展示區與方塊的變化產生互動，於此之間穿梭、遊走，如同柳暗花明般探索，感受品牌透過實體門市賦予顧客的趣味性，正如科博館那般令人意猶未盡。