▲（Source︰www.moleskine.com） Mobile device has been hot for years. Many paper-backed magazines were terminated accordingly and even the paper-backed notebooks are required to find an alternative way or develop by-business now. After launching Incase and not very convenient app for iPhone and iPad, the noted notebook brand, Moleskine now has some new stuff. On the Public Design Festival in Milan Italy, Moleskine showed several new notebook series, oh, no, not notebook, they were glasses, pencils, ball pens, portable lights, reading rack, and many types of bags. At the first glance, the move Moleskine acted this time was a bit confusing.

After 72 hours for the voyage of 966km, the Gamania Bravery has successfully returned Taiwan! The summer school hosted by Gamania Cheer Up Foundation had a topic of [Bravery] this year. The outpost event in June was started with the Gamania Bravery. ▲Picture taken before setting out A brave voyage from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung Gamania Bravery had recruited 10 brave youths to join the voyage. Their mission was to sail the powerless sailboat, Gamania Bravery from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Teenagers from all over the world had to establish the mutual understanding, learn how to lift the

Remember some 14 years ago when cell phone was first introduced, Far Eastone Telecommunications came up with the slogan, “With Far Eastone, distance doesn’t exist.” 14 years have passed, we really do live a life without hassles caused by distance. Telecommunications, internet, cell phones, computers and household appliances integrated into one, leading our life into a path of technology. On the notion of screen technology, smart phone changed our habits of viewing things, we went from looking at the screen to using it as keyboards. This groundbreaking technology enables us to rid of buttons and keyboards. Everything you need

Speaking of department activity planning and creativity, our youngest colleagues in Customer Service Center (CS) seem to be taking the lead. In addition to Uniform Day and Beach Day which are familiar to Gamanians, these colleagues planned a special game community activity that combines both the virtual and real worlds around the time of Dragon Boat Festival. GAMA CITY, a game that facilitates team spirit and interaction between rookie and veteran staff through fun and interesting ways, how do you play it? Well, read on to find out!  GAMA CITY is divided into three phases: Gama community, Gama Stake-Raise

Have you even been astonished by the opening title of a movie or video game? Have you even been attracted to the visual effects in commercial or the story told in Music Video accompanied with the audio? The secrets behind these dazzling and eyes-catching films are Motion Graphics. What is Motion Graphics? There are two kinds of amines, and one is Animation, stemmed from movies or documentations. Such motion graphics are directly sold as products and this kind of film was called animation movie. The famous [Monster Inc.] or [Cars] are the examples.  The other is Motion Graphics, according

▲Creative Center-Concept Design   Prior to joining Gamania, Weylen worked for Disney Australia for 6 years and after he came back to Taiwan he worked two years as a animation designer. However, he wanted to try new things. Since doing miniature models is one of his fondest hobbies so he mentioned to his supervisor in 2003 that he wanted to do just that. Since then, Weylen’s transformed from doing graphic design to 3D model making. The flat-out world he initially perceived has gradually turned into a tangible 3 dimensional world.      When hobbies turn to work   Weylen

Internet has already become one of the indispensible marketing tools in modern brand campaign. Official websites can be used to promote the business idea or launching of new products. Internet as a major communication tool has become a trend for years while the current trend is to combine virtual and real world. Some are moving from reality to virtual world and some are doing it the other way around. No matter what kind of method is used, the purpose is to build a deeper interactive relationship with the consumers. Now we will introduce some of these integration examples.  

▲Deputy-Manager of Division 1, Game Operation Department GTW   If you know even just a little bit about Gamanian, you’d probably know why operation units in GTW are the craziest among all the departments. Why it that? Is it because they’re usually stressful? The deputy manager of division 1, operation department, Wan-Yi, Fou doesn’t think so (Although it is a fact). She told G!Voice that, “Playing hard is to bring grater work energy.”   When asked about her view about work and play, she said, “Work Hard and Play Harder.”     Fervency Brings one a Sense of Achievement

Design critic, Donald Norman once said, “A product that has good functions is important; a product that is easy to learn and use is also important. However, what’s more important is that the product has to make people feel a sense of pleasure.” The Alessi water boiler with bird whistle designed by American architect, Michael Graves is the best example of that.   Alessi’s design has always been fond by many, it can be attributed to two reasons, 1. the much praised Italian craftsmanship and 2. the design concept, “look for fun stuff in life.”  This water boiler with

If Maru-Waka didn’t get Jaime Hayón to do cross-over collaboration, I think we wouldn’t have even heard of the name, “Maru-Waka”, not to mention knowing the spirit and culture behind “Choemon-gama” the traditional ceramics kiln that has more than 130 years of history. What I’m trying to say is, “celebrity-effect” and “cross-over collaboration” still work like a charm to this day, especially when you can not only bring in free media report but create new spark in the product. Then that’s really a heck of investment!  The collaboration took place during the Tokyo Design Week in 2009. The president

Make the Year of Hare Pop: Creative Porcelain Painting Show GCN held a creative porcelain painting show in June 2011 to encourage fellow Gamanians to be creative, inspiring and innovative. This year the show went with the theme of the Chinese lunar year—the Year of Hare. The activity lasted a month, each department must work as a team to finish 4-5 rabbit/hare figurines. At the end of the activity, each staff would choose the most creative work. The prizes include restaurant vouchers, travel cards, tickets to amusement parks etc.  At the beginning of the activity, each department was given

Gamania is known for its unique play style and work philosophy. How do other people look at Gamanians’ “Work hard, play hard” lifestyle?    ▲Ping Huang Liao, CEO of Outward Bound Taiwan     Speaking of how Gamania does the work, “High air descending—an educational training that challenges the extreme”   Not many local enterprises would think of doing team building through educational trainings. From arranging training courses for Gamania, I found out that their content seems to be more creative and challenging than average enterprises, such as doing high air (16m) descending from the top of Parkview Hotel,