From strangers to a designer community: An ecosystem perspective of creative hub formation in Taipei City

Wu, Jiun Yi; Virani, Tarek

Abstract

This chapter argues that the notion of a creative ecosystem provides a better understanding regarding
the intrinsic rationale of how spatial agglomeration in cultural and creative industries work and
function. This is where the existing research and policy practices in cultural and creative industries fall
short. In particular, this chapter refers to social bonds between cultural and creative practitioners,
intermediaries and locality as three critical factors when it comes to a sound ecosystem to support
creative start-ups in a creative hub. By investigation of a creative hub, primarily formed by a diverse
group of designers co-located in a reused industrial building in Taipei City, this chapter offers a case
study which demonstrates the importance of an ecosystem perspective to support junior practitioners
in cultural and creative industries. This implies that either promotion, from a policy perspective, and
development, both industry and policy perspectives, should take a more comprehensive view, rather
than viewing it as an economic tool, towards understanding and supporting the development of
cultural and creative industries.

• Online Publication Date: Aug 22, 2023
• Publication Date: Aug 22, 2023
• Deposit Date: Aug 26, 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature)
• Series Title: Dynamics of Virtual Work
• Series ISSN: 2947-9290
• Book Title: Global Creative Ecosystems: A Critical Understanding of Sustainable Creative and Cultural Production
• ISBN: 9783031339608
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33961-5
• Keywords: Creative ecosystem; Cultural and creative practice; Social network Intermediary; Locality and creative hubs
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11062843
• Contract Date: Mar 15, 2023