Chia-Ling LIAO

2010-01-01T04:22:47Z

Ms. Liao was born in Taiwan and graduated from the Dept. of Commercial Design at Taichung National Institute of Technology. She then went to England to study before doing a post-graduate course at Denmark's Design School, Copenhagen, Denmark.

She joined Loewy Design Denmark as a Design Manager in 1997 and became a partner in 1999. In 2002 she founded Scandinavian Design Consultant Co. Ltd. in Taiwan and serves as Executive Director of the Scandinavian Designers_® Studio in Taichung.

Within 2 years of establishing the Scandinavian Designers Studio in 2003 she led the Scandinavian Design Consultant Co. Ltd. to be recognised with a "Design ISO" by the Taiwan Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In 2006 Scandinavian Designers_® was selected among the "Top Ten Industrial Design Studios in Taiwan" by the Taiwan Design Center.

Some of Scandinavian Designer's better-known clients have been: Bang & Olufsen (B&O) & Royal Copenhagen, Denmark; TECO, a leading electronics manufacturer in Taiwan; Nordic Window, famous design shop in Taiwan selling design items from the Nordic countries; WalMart, China; Lao Tsu Say Enterprises for whom Chia-Ling Liao won an iF Global Packaging Award in 2007; Wilderness Terrain Bicycle Co. USA; and others.

Ms. Liao is a prominent figure in Design in Taiwan. She has been a highly regarded correspondent at the Taiwan Design Center's bimonthly magazine "Design" since 1999, and has been a consultant to the Taiwan Design Center (TDC), a branding consultant to the Taiwan External Trade Organisation (TAITRA) since 2003 and an international consultant to Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) since 2006.

See also Scandinavian Designers News.

Interviews on, and speeches for Classic Radio 97.7 FM in Taiwan

2008-12-04T14:40:32Z

Ms. Liao has been interivewed on Taiwan's Classic Radio, FM 97.7 in Taichung and 99.7 in Taipei and can be heard talking about Christmas in Scandinavia on the radio in December.

She is also speaking at a series of lectures about Scandinavian culture and design arranged by Classic Radio in Taichung, Taipei, Shin-Chu, Taoyan in December and January.

親愛的夥伴您好:

很榮幸本公司路威總監及廖佳玲總監受古典音樂台之邀將從12月~4月間在北、中兩地舉辦一系列的北歐講座，
北歐設計顧問在此誠摯歡迎您來參加，一起感受精湛的北歐人文風情，聆聽人性、美學與自然間的對話~

Ps.因13日台中場~14日台北場適逢瑞典聖路西亞節當天會備有濃濃北歐風味之節慶點心講座名額超限量、報名超踴躍行動要快喔!

另 12月27日新竹場19:30 及1月7日14:30 桃園場次由廖佳玲總監主講北歐文化，2月14日台中場~15日台北場,21日新竹場, 28日桃園場由路威總監主講北歐幸福設計，敬請期待!!

日期2008.12.13 (Sat) 14:30-16:00
地點：VOLVO上立汽車一樓
(台中市文心路2段501號、文心路市政路口)

主題冬至｜瑞典｜聖露西亞節Saint Lucia's Day
主講廖佳玲 (北歐設計顧問公司/ 執行總監 )
國立丹麥設計學院設計碩士，現旅居丹麥、韓國、台灣三地。頂級客戶群涵蓋B&O音響、瑞典利樂包(Tetra Pak)、SAMSUNG、北歐櫥窗...等，為品牌設計經理人與顧問，曾多次榮獲IF、G-MARK 等國際知名設計獎項肯定。

內容說明12/13是瑞典一年中黑夜最長白晝最短的一天，從這一日開始，白天將慢慢變長，意味著脫離黑暗，迎向光明。只有體驗過聖露西亞節，才算是看到真正瑞典人的文化傳統。從地理天然、歷史文化、北歐五國、人文價值觀等多元層面切入，繪製出北歐大略輪廓，再由重頭戲：聖露西亞節、聖誕節、新年夜三大節慶之登場，來分享北歐人的生活文化、熱情好客及重視Sharing分享的一面。

日期2008.12.14 (Sun) 14:30-16:00
地點：VOLVO新凱汽車一樓
(台北市內湖區民權東路6段17號、民權大橋與一高間)
主題冬至｜瑞典｜聖露西亞節Saint Lucia's Day
主講廖佳玲 (北歐設計顧問公司/ 執行總監 )
國立丹麥設計學院設計碩士，現旅居丹麥、韓國、台灣三地。頂級客戶群涵蓋B&O音響、瑞典利樂包(Tetra Pak)、SAMSUNG、北歐櫥窗...等，為品牌設計經理人與顧問，曾多次榮獲IF、G-MARK 等國際知名設計獎項肯定。

12月27日新竹場 19:30 新竹市經國路一段820號

及1月7日14:30 桃園場次八德市中華路123號

Chia-Ling Liao, recent photo (Summer 2008)

2008-09-10T13:32:56Z

Ms. Liao invited to Stockholm to meet leaders in Swedish Design

2008-09-10T12:12:15Z

In September Ms. Liao was invited to go on an 8-day trip to Sweden to interview and gather information from key-people in the Swedish Design community about the development of Design in Sweden, Scandinavia and the European Union. A really exciting trip! She wishes to say a big "thank you!" to everyone involved, and to all the wonderful people who made time to see her and bring up to speed on developments in Swedish Design and Design Brands! We will publish her report here shortly!

Chia-Ling Liao asked to write leading article for GQ Magazine in Taiwan

2008-09-10T11:54:56Z

In August, Chia-Ling Liao was asked to share her thoughts about Design in Denmark with the virile and style-conscious audience of GQ Magazine. You are welcome to download Ms. Liao's article published this month (September 2008).

We will scan it so you can download it here ...

廖佳玲執行總監中文簡歷

2008-04-03T16:44:10Z

廖佳玲小姐，國立丹麥設計學院設計碩士，曾多年任職於海外英商與丹麥商企業之資深設計師及品牌設計經理與顧問，設計的產品也曾多次在德國、義大利、日本...等地榮獲 IF, SMAU, G-MARK, Brutus等國際知名設計獎項之肯定，擁有諸多國際頂級客戶如世界頂級B&O音響、瑞典利樂包(Tetra Pak)、韓國三星電子、台灣北歐櫥窗、東元集團等。曾擔任丹麥設計師協會委員，現任北歐設計顧問有限公司台灣公司的執行總監; 並擔任外貿協會的企業品牌顧問、工研院創意設計研究專案顧問及韓國Motive建築事務所設計顧問等，也同時為多家設計雜誌之特約撰述，並多次受邀到台灣設計中心、外貿協會、中華民國工業設計協會、國內設計相關大專院校與之私人企業，舉行相關設計管理、創意發展、品牌管理與產品策略、消費者與生活型態研究等相關議題演講與企業教育訓練，對於促進北歐與台灣設計交流上，不於遺力。

some on-line links

2007-01-01T10:15:10Z

seminar: CYID design seminar 14th July 2005
article: 2004