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Culture
A free night of lanterns on the Keelung River
Shinnyo-en’s international lantern rite is at Meiti Riverside Park on 31 October 2026. Lanterns are free from 2pm. The parade leaves the Taiwan temple at 3pm.
BRANDNEWS.TODAY · Taipei
Travel
Peach turns 15 and asks nendo to redraw the airline
The new mark went up on 1 April 2026. A new aircraft, in juicy pink and apricot with the old bright pink still on the tail, is due in spring 2027.
BRANDNEWS.TODAY · Osaka
Society
Madenform gives NT$2 million for school breakfasts in Taipei
In 2025 the group put the money into the city’s fund for students who cannot pay for breakfast. Taipei’s own budget that year was NT$9.35 million, and about 5,024 students were helped.
BRANDNEWS.TODAY · Taipei
Culture
The art stays on the salt mountain, and the salt festival opens in November
Some works from this summer’s sculpture season are still at Qigu Salt Mountain. On 7 and 8 November, the Kunshen King Peace Salt Festival runs at the temple and the tile salt pans.
BRANDNEWS.TODAY · Tainan
Culture
Saxony meets Taiwan, on stage
Mu-Yi Chen and Norbert Kegel put dance, ink, and large images on one stage. The world premiere was in Zhongshan Hall’s Zhongzheng Auditorium on 4 September.
BRANDNEWS.TODAY · Taipei
Gadgets
PixAI releases Tsubaki.3
The anime site has put out a model for pictures, manga pages, and short video, and published the report on how it was trained.
A+PLUS · Tokyo
Gadgets
LINCINCO releases a window robot that finds the frame
The Dongguan company has put out a machine that checks the glass edge 30 times a second, holds on with two fans, and cleans faster than a typical window robot.
A+PLUS · Dongguan
Fashion
The coat that refused a campaign
Maison Virelle sent twelve ivory coats to three cities and declined every billboard. The press was invited to watch a tailor work.
Lena Cho · Paris
Mobility
A plaza that charges, and then stays
Lumora's Lisbon pavilion is a charger only after dark. By day it is a public room with olives, shade, and nowhere to put a screen.
Marco Alves · Lisbon
Table
A frequency you can only hear on the salt
Harbor & Rye took a quiet coastal band in Kaohsiung and put the summer on it. There is no stream. That is the product.
June Pell · Kaohsiung
Gadgets
The notebook that is only glass
Oru shipped a slab of smoked glass and a Friday page. The object does not open. It is the receipt for a text.
Adrian Vogel · Berlin
Living
The greenhouse above the shop floor
Kei Botanics and Hall & Mercer opened a members' atrium in Taipei. You reach the plants the long way, through ribbons and buttons.
Mei Tan · Taipei
Sound
An anthem you can only hear facing the water
Pulse Audio and the harbor festival hid a piece of music on a Kaohsiung pier. Turn around, and it thins out. That is the composition.
June Pell · Kaohsiung