退役變電箱再製計畫 

Transformer Box Reuse Project

TPCreative x NAKNAK

從生活到生活

在發電過程中不可或缺的變電箱，默默隱身在我們環境周遭，反映著不同時代的色彩系統及彩繪塗鴉，早已成了台灣民眾熟悉的獨特日常風景及生活記憶，甚至在不同地區發展出各自在地特色。 台電文創再次突破極限，花近２年的時間，動員了全台台電含離島共24個區處一同蒐集退役變電箱材料，透過與NAKNAK 的設計重新詮釋，將它們這些色彩豐富、風格獨具的金屬素材，歷經歲月的各種美完整封存起來，轉化爲更貼近生活的物件，持續讓民眾生活帶電。

此計畫主角為發電過程中不可或缺的變電箱，其金屬外罩記載著不同時地的色彩系統及彩繪歷史特色，已成為民眾熟悉的日常生活記憶。在二十年日晒雨淋的服役任務結束後，嘗試透過設計巧思，封存其表面質地所留下各種歲月痕跡的美。不論是原始素色、風景彩繪甚至斑駁鏽蝕皆有值得細細品味之處。從全台各地及離島收集而來的退役變電箱，結合台灣廠商深厚切割加工技術及特殊透明漆工法，完整保存材料原始質感及故事性，將其轉化成三款生活物件 : 依循變電箱厚實及堅固耐熱的材料特性所製成的餐桌隔熱墊，包裝採用回收寶特瓶纖維製作，亦能做為另一個隔熱墊使用。由製程端發想，結合退役變電箱板料及製作工廠庫存金屬管料而成的置物盤。概念來自變電箱上最常見的自然風景畫，擷取山、林、雲、花、太陽的輪廓意象，轉化成的徽章飾品。

From life to life

In the quiet corners of our surroundings, transformer boxes—indispensable to the process of power generation—have long stood as silent witnesses to time. Their surfaces, adorned with the colors and graffiti of different eras, weave into the unique tapestry of Taiwan’s everyday landscape and collective memory, each region nurturing its own local character. Now, after nearly two years of effort, TPCreative, working hand in hand with 24 regional offices across Taiwan and its outlying islands, has gathered retired transformer box materials. In collaboration with NAKNAK, these weathered, vividly hued metal pieces have been reimagined, preserving the beauty of their aged textures. Transformed into objects closer to daily life, they carry forward the quiet pulse of electricity, weaving new stories into the fabric of the everyday.

The transformer boxes are essential to power generation and are the main material of this project. Metal covers represent color schemes and illustrations in different times and cities. They have become a common scene in Taiwan, and a part of collective memories. We design to keep all kinds of traces and marks on them over 20 years of service, from color blocks, illustrated landscapes to rusty erosions. They all capture beautiful moments in time. From different parts of Taiwan, including outlying islands, these retired transformer boxes are reproduced into three lifestyle products with precise cutting technique and unique transparent coating . TPC Table Trivet/ Base on the feature of transformer box materials, these thick and heat-tolerant materials are made into table trivets. Packages are produced from recycled plastic bottle fiber, and can be used as table trivets as well. TPC Tray/ The tray is made from transformer box materials and metal tube inventories. TPC Badge/ The badge is inspired by common landscape illustrations on transformer boxes, with profiles from mountain, forest, cloud, flower, and sun.

把變電箱拆開做成隔熱墊？

歷時2年，透過記錄影片完整呈現從源頭物料收集，到台電熱墊產品的設計思考，讓設計師告訴你一座路邊變電箱在退役後如何變成貼近你我的生活用品。

Turning dismantled transformer boxes into table trivets?

Over two years, a documentary film traces the journey — from gathering weathered materials to designing this project’s product series — as designers share how a once-forgotten roadside transformer box finds a second life in the everyday moments we cherish.