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【U&S = "Uncle and Sister" 】 We are Uncle & Sister (U&S). Graduated from the same university, we both love illustration and design and enjoy running wild with our imagination. Sharing the same ideals and passion towards design, together we started an illustration studio under the brand U&S, designing products with elements from local cultures. Our main services are illustration design and image authorization. We are also active in teaching illustration and promoting education in aesthetics. We created a group of barefooted elves with long foot hair called the “Barefoot Family”Barefoot shows a love towards nature and earth, telling people to love the earth; foot hair means preserving one's born traits, encouraging people to be proud of their original self.

Products with Indigenous Taiwanese Flare WasangShow, is created by a dream of fashion, and many interrelationship of cross-cultural experiences. Using their feet to visit each every tribe, and using their heart to picture ancestral legends. They explain stories behind each totem, and reassembling them, tailoring ancient myths into neat designs. WasangShow is an independent brand of Taiwanese clothing inspired by the visual elements of the local indigenous peoples. These fly designs incorporate aboriginal themes and inspiration from the great outdoors into unique garments that are comfortable and impeccably cut. The name was inspired by one of the founders – Derlabers Saw – whose name sounds like “peanut” in the Truku language, or “huasheng” in Mandarin. That became “WasangShow”, which is Cantonese for “fashion show.” We hope that our original designs can enable more people to encounter the richly diverse traditions of Taiwan’s indigenous peoples. Each article of clothing represents