Georgia Tsao

Who is Georgia Tsao:
Georgia Tsao象徵每一個追求品味的現代女性。
她勇敢、獨立、具國際觀、崇尚自由，她重視美感與設計，最害怕一窩蜂的盲從流行。
她的內心保有稚氣活潑的一面，對於可愛的事物會無法抗拒地睜大眼睛說"卡哇依"。
有時候很知性，有時候很感性，是個堅持理想的大女生，也是個純真可愛的小女孩。
她或許只是個平凡人，但卻有一套對於美學的理念與堅持。

品牌理念:
1. Georgia Tsao在設計上強調的是活潑的、形象化的。無論是作品本身或是包裝，我們都希望給顧客獨特出眾的感覺。
2. 永不間斷地回饋社會。每賣出一件商品，就會捐10元給慈善機構。
3. 提供最好的品質和最優的服務給每一個喜歡Georgia Tsao的人。

品牌標語:
Believe in Yourself.
Believe in Yourself是一種信念，它可以是面對逆境時的勇敢、可以是實線理想時的決心、也可以是對風格品味的自信。Believe in Yourself強調的是現代女性堅強的那一面，她有滿滿的勇氣與信心，相信自己；堅持做自己！

品牌Logo:
維京帽以一種可以用感可以可愛的形象擄獲Georgia Tsao團隊的心，﹙大概是因為北海小英雄的小威﹚這跟Georgia Tsao品牌形象相符，所以我們創造屬於我們的維京帽。
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帽子的彎角象徵勇往直前的一面；
中間的愛心象徵可愛活潑的一面。

Who is Georgia Tsao:
Georgia Tsao symbolizes a modern female who enjoys fashion.
She is courageous and independent. Never one to follow others, she has a unique sense of style which sets her apart from the crowd. She can be an active and cute little girl or a sensitive and rational woman. No matter what age we are, we believe that both the little girl and woman exists in all of us.

Brand Spirit:
1.Offer unique products that our customers love to wear.
2.Provide superior products and service.
3.Continuously help our society by donating a portion of each sale.

Brand Tagline:
Believe in Yourself.
The tagline emphasizes the confidence and ability that modern women possess

Brand Logo:
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Our logo, the viking helmet, represents courage. It is adomed with a hear which represents our young spirit.

Foufou

Literally, "Foufou" means those crazy people in French. Through a crazy bunny and a group of funky animals, Foufou has tried to reflect those crazy, hummer, evil, dark and fun ideas which are hidden within individual. The creations of Foufou helps individual to discover/release the fun and hummer of evil. It would be great for your health.

"Foufou",在法文意指那些瘋瘋癲癲的人們. Foufou經由一隻瘋癲的兔崽子以及一群帶點黑色可愛的小動物,傳達現實生活中那些有點殘酷,黑暗,狂熱,小邪惡的念頭. 透過每個平面圖像內在的小意涵,從中發洩(發現)邪惡之可愛,幽默的暴力,是有益身心健康的好產品!

轉自www.foufou.com.tw

Meow&Wong 汪汪喵喵研究所

Sally Hsiao, the designer of Meow&Wong, has given the life to each animal character she has created. Her character is not just a plain cute cartoon character but is full of its own personality and uniqueness. Through my cousin who works with Sally, I met Sally. She is the person who is full of creativity and imagination. She wants people to learn how to love animals and the uniqueness of each animal. Each of her characters has its own attitude such like "I am who I am, and I enjoy my own life style."

So far, she has open three stores in Taipei, Taiwan. There are two franchised stores in Tokyo, Japan, and one in Hong Kong. It is honor for us to introduce her unique line of creations in Victoria BC. If you have chance to visit Victoria, please drop by, and explore these wonderful creations of Sally Hsiao.
有貓狗駐唱的店 在士林

走進「汪汪喵喵研究所」店內，觸目所及都是來自日本與台灣自行開發生產的貓狗造形商品，常見貓狗迷流連於此。台北什麼都有，有人愛貓愛狗，就有整家店賣的商品都與貓狗有關，在台北士林的「喵喵館」和「汪汪館」，就是這種奇店，讓不少貓癡狗癡常流連於此。「六年級生」的蕭莎莉，喜歡貓咪，喜歡畫圖，也喜歡雜貨，她在台北捷運淡水線士林站的廣場，開設喵喵館和汪汪館，引進許多日本與台灣的貓狗商品，也把自己的創作變成商品，各種文具、家飾、衣服、包包、鞋子和配飾，統統有貓或狗的圖案或造形；而不遠的士林夜市熱鬧街道上，她還有一家「喵喵汪汪研究所」，更可讓貓咪或狗兒，在這兒享用香草大餐。●喵喵汪汪研究所 貓狗也可享用香草大餐從捷運士林站一號門走出來，是蕭莎莉的「喵喵館」和「汪汪館」，兩館緊緊相連，汪汪館店門口，站了一隻半個人高的電動布偶狗，不停地搖首擺臀，吸引過往客人進來店內看看；而士林夜市附近的文林路上，則是「喵喵汪汪研究所」，提供喜愛貓狗人士，一處可以交換心得的地方。在「喵喵汪汪研究所」這棟三層樓的建築裡，一樓都是商品；二樓掛了不少貓狗畫作，客人可以在這裡喝咖啡吃香草餐，蕭莎莉最近在屋子外面，開闢了露天花園，「客人帶貓狗來這兒，我們還會替牠們調製薰衣草牛肉餐」，享受跟主人一樣的待遇；三樓則是蕭莎莉的工作室。而在店內滿屋子的貓狗商品裡，今年流行的「大頭狗」，是最醒目的商品，雪瑞納、吉娃娃等狗狗，以超大比率的頭部特寫和可愛表情，擄獲本地大小朋友的眼光。另外，店內也有不少兩位日本貓畫家的系列商品，一位是吉澤深雪的Cat Chips系列，強調表現貓的神韻；另一位是高原鐵男的Tetsuo貓系列，都是由高原鐵男畫畫，太太道上由香負責服裝配件，線條較古樸，棉麻質感的粗獷和手工製作，是店內頗受歡迎的商品。這些商品，都是蕭莎莉到日本旅行，中途在小店發現後，再循線找到原始創作者，向日本人代理引進的。本身學服裝設計的蕭莎莉，也把自己的創作「小喵女」和「臭頭菌狗」商品化，別以為蕭莎莉年紀輕輕，開這些店只為了滿足好玩，對於製作行銷策略，她可有一套呢！●自選圖案變成品 限量發行 獨創性十足例如，台灣仿冒商品的速度很快，她擔心好不容易開發出來的商品，創意一下就被偷走，所以她的創作部分，都是畫出初稿後，由媽媽一針一線替她縫成布製品，研究改善後，她再交給大陸廠商生產，半成品運回台灣組合，「每個步驟我只交給一家廠商做，才不會被模仿」，明年她還打算帶著小喵女商品，參加東京國際禮品展，希望有機會推廣到國際上。另外，由於上門的客人不少是年輕族群，他們喜愛與眾不同的小玩意兒，所以客人可以在這兒選擇自己喜歡的插畫圖案，然後交給店家製作成包包、衣服或文具，這種限量發行的行銷方式，使商品獨創性十足；蕭莎莉並採用大地色為商品主色系，如綠色、米色、土黃色等，不怕退流行。其實吸引人們走進來，不只是滿屋子的貓狗商品，而是店內不時飄揚貓咪和狗兒仿名曲的唱歌聲，讓人忍不住想停下腳步，一探究竟，原來，店內名片上寫的「有貓狗駐唱的店」，指的就是這個。蕭莎莉說，這兩張CD「喵喵的真情新世紀」與「汪汪的快樂時光」，是店裡與唱片公司獨家合作的商品，錄下貓的喵喵聲，和狗的汪汪聲，運用高低音的音軌，組合成像是「卡門」、「耶誕快樂」和中國新年歌等歌曲，真的是讓貓迷狗迷愛不釋手。悆汪汪館和喵喵館電話：八八六一二五五一。【本報記者施靜茹】
新聞來源：【2003-03-09 聯合報】
轉載自http://www.crazy4dog.com/dognews/list.asp?id=1440

Brand Story - Candy Cat

Candy Cat is designed by designers who are crazy about cats. Each character has its own name, uniquness, and story. Al l products are hand made with 100% cotton. Instead of using harmful chemical to dye the fabric, Candy Cat has used eco-friendly colors and nature colors to dye the fabric.

★“幸福貓國度”品牌介紹~ “幸福貓國度”是由一群熱愛貓咪的創作者所構思的自創品牌，從老闆到員工，本著年輕的團隊精神，為每件作品注入熱情與活力，創作出專屬於台灣的可愛品牌!!　 幸福貓國度裡的每隻貓咪都有自己的名字、特色和背景小故事，每隻貓咪都是設計師童心的溫柔展現。“幸福貓國度”採用100%純棉的天然手染布，以精緻的手工方法製作出溫柔細膩的拼布產品，一針一線引領您進入幸福的國度… (引至幸福貓-手染布館網頁)

What is "URZ"?

A lot of people have asked me why we name our boutique, URZ. URZ has two meanings. First, because the pronunciation of URZ sounds like "yours" in English, we want our boutique to become "yours" boutique. We hope people can treat the shop as their own shop, and feel that they will be able to find the most unique and the funniest gifts fro their beloved one. Second, the pronunciation of URZ also sounds like "遊子" (yo-zi) in Chinese which means the person who is residing far away from home. Tim and I have been away from our hometown, Taiwan, for many years. We are the typical type of "yo-zi", and we know there are a lot of people like us who choose to live far from home, but once a while want to get connected with the things from our hometown. Therefore, the major productions we sale at URZ are designed by designers in Taiwan, and even made in Taiwan. Most importantly, since I have been in Victoria for more than ten years, I want to share my wonderful experience of living in Victoria with "yo-zi" from all of the world who come into URZ.


有很多人問過我,為什麼我們要把這家店取名叫做URZ.其實這個名字有兩個意思.第一,他的英文發音跟"Yours"差不多.意思就是"你的".我們希望客人可以把這間店也當成是自己的店,可以在裡面找到最適合自己和心愛的親友,最特殊也最有意義的東西. 第二ㄋㄟ,基本上我家Tim當初覺得URZ就是"遊子"的意思.我跟TIM本身就是遠離家鄉的遊子,因為總總原因飄盪在異鄉.我們覺得在這邊也有很多人跟我們一樣,選擇居住在異鄉,但三不五時會想要接觸原本的文化跟事物.再加上,我們想要推廣台灣人的創意跟高品質的設計.所以這間店基本上賣的都是台灣人原創設計,有些東西還是在台灣製作的.希望在推廣之餘,還可以解大家的思鄉之苦.此外,我在這裡也待了超過十年了,希望藉著這個店我可以把我住在維多利亞的經驗跟全世界到此一遊的遊子們分享.希望大家有問題,盡量問我不要客氣喔!!

Welcome to Urz Boutique~

Urz Boutique has open its door to everyone who enjoys fun, funky and unique designs since August 2, 2008. Urz locates on lower Johnson in downtown Victoria B.C. Canada where is the major shopping district in Victoria.