Mark: I'm Not A Fashion Designer.

Marco is an anti fashion and anti trend. Designer 。 Lin Huaimin's sentence is the best footnote to understand Marco.

I have the opposite attitude towards fashion.

Reporter: what kind of chance do you have with Lin Huaimin?

Mark: in the summer of 2013, Lin Huai min contacted me through friends. We met at the same time. He is sincere and is a warm old man. I think Miss Lin can find me. He must be my attitude and attitude in design. An important prerequisite for interdisciplinary cooperation is the essence of life and creative attitude.

I believe Mr. Lin has seen that I am not a fashion designer. Over the years, I have always insisted that design should carry spiritual connotation and do not want to make clothes as superficial as fashion.

In the designer industry, I hold the opposite attitude towards fashion, and appeal to the public to see the relationship between man and nature behind fashion. Because fashion itself is bright, but behind this glitzy, we can see that it is a consumption of natural resources, or even greed and looting, and whether it can more truly show the state of human heart. Looking at fashion from this perspective, you will come to a completely different conclusion. So I think more clearly about the relationship between man and nature, people and people through design.

Design is a failure in front of people.

Reporter: your design is full. Oriental Charm What kind of Chinese culture do you want to convey to the world through clothing?

Mark: I have never thought of deliberately making Chinese things as a goal. In my design, I will not see those symbolic things, and will not deliberately make cheongsam, standing collar, button, nor will they do dragon and Phoenix designs.

Because I understand "China", and more importantly, "God" rather than "shape", not you wear a button, you are very Chinese. In the manifestation of "God", you need more energy. I see that, among other things, the international fashion industry will introduce the so-called Oriental popular elements from time to time, showing off all those symbolic things, but you will not feel that it really conveys the spirit of China.

What I think is more important is a kind of spiritual temperament or strength that Chinese culture has given us. The nobility of China is not about paying attention to blood and external forms, but rather manifests itself in a kind of spirit, with a clean conscience, willing to go to poor life, but with inner insistence and uncompromising things. "Riches and honour cannot be prostituted, poverty and immobility cannot be moved, and strength can not be flexed." this husband is also the Chinese character, which I understand, does not mean to be flashy, nor is it given by those symbols.

In the design, I also hope this aspect manifests. This dignity is very intrinsic, not flaunting what to show off, so this design must be external and even nothing special makes people feel bright and amazing. But it is very "fixed", and ultimately you do not see this dress, but this person. This is the most successful design. If clothes run in front of people, this is a failure. People can not use beautiful and not pretty so shallow words to describe, the most important thing is the spirit of his inner, a good design is to highlight the human rather than the clothes themselves.

Reporter: when you design clothes for celebrities, will you consider highlighting some of their personality traits?

Mark: people should be full of confidence in themselves. Clothes, as long as they are right, are suitable for this person. They need no explicit style or need to please the person.

The design must be subtractive. In fact, the most difficult design is simple design. You see no clothes, but you see this person, this is very important, is to convey the best things in a person's inner soul, and the clothes themselves do not give people the feeling of "Wow!" But you will think this dress is hers. She is not wearing the wrong clothes, but she is not wearing other people's clothes.

"Useless" is the most precious.

Reporter: I'm very curious that you call your brand "useless".

Mark: some people say that it is from the Tao Te Ching that "useless is useful" and so on.

I have gone through a period of transformation from the exception, and I am looking for a new position and direction. I found that those Chinese folk handcrafts touched me and my eyes were moist. They used three decades of tables and clothes to wear them for generations. They were no longer simple objects, but more emotional and family sustenance and inheritance. In museums, the priceless treasures are really wonderful, but you feel gorgeous and do not feel touched.

What really impressed me with these folk implements? I found that they were all made by hand, without utilitarianism, and how to make it practical, so that it can be used for decades and not bad, and can be passed on to future generations. So it seems that they are all clumsy, clumsy, and have no such ingenious things, but they are very durable, very real, so that you can see that they are very determined. You will feel that these objects are all alive and sound.

I have a fascination for these handicrafts. But when I go back to the city, I often tell my family and friends that I want to do manual work. They pour cold water on me: what you do is useless. The craftsmen also said that none of these things are now wanted.

But I just want to do these useless things, because I think these are the most precious. If these things are really lost, you will never feel it. I belong to that kind of mind, and then I can put all my eggs in one basket. Of course, to innovate after inheriting, it is necessary to create a new connection between traditional skills and the present age, and to be able to be used for today's life, giving it the vitality of the times. This is what I am interested in as a designer.

Reporter: do you feel sympathetic to these ideas now?

Mark: a guest came to Beijing's useless living space. When he came in, he burst into tears. He wrote back a long letter. For me, it is really not important for the guest to buy things, which allows her to settle down from the fickle reality and return to the very real and soft part of her heart, even if it is only a short moment, and my purpose is achieved.

I am not the kind of professional artist.

Reporter: is there any other arrangement in Taiwan for this time?

Mark: I have always been interested in organic food and organic services in Taiwan. I am going to go to several good vegetarian restaurants in Taipei with my friends for a few days.

I am not the kind of professional artist. I feel that no matter what kind of work we do, it will ultimately serve life. People can not live without food and clothing, and your ideas, pursuits, values and beliefs can be truly reflected in these aspects. How do you eat and wear responsibly? How can you make yourself comfortable, and at the same time, let the ecosystem of the earth get a better balance? So we must look for a kind of Of mutual benefit For people, for themselves and for nature, we can achieve a more harmonious way of life instead of plundering or competing with each other.

This is a question I have been thinking over the years. This is a very big topic. We need to think about eating, wearing, using and living at home.