Taipei Times
Date: Feb 17, 2018
By: Cho Yi-chun, Yang Ya-min and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporters, with staff writer
A number of businesses have released dog-related products and decorations for the
One of Huang Po-jen’s The Dog’s Notes sculptures is displayed on Jan. 24 in front of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store in Taipei’s Xinyi District. Photo: Cho Yi-chun, Taipei Times
Year of the Dog in the Chinese zodiac, which began yesterday.
For Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store in Taipei, the business opportunities for zodiac-related products are unlimited.
Especially since dogs are “man’s best friend,” dog-related products are the most popular and diverse among Chinese zodiac figures and sell best, the company said.
The Federation Cynologique Internationale in June 2015 officially recognized the Taiwanese native hunting dog as the “Taiwan dog,” the company said.
In honor of the first Year of the Dog since that, the company is exhibiting artist Huang Po-jen’s (黃柏仁) The Dog’s Notes (狗札記) sculpture series and it also invited graphic designer Neil Tien (田修銓) to design dog-shaped coin banks.
With entertainer Mickey Huang (黃子佼) as chief curator, the department store chain’s Year of the Dog lighting exhibition features dog sculptures decorated by more than 50 entertainers, designers, illustrators, artists and brands, the company said.
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