FEDS hopes to enhance the public’s understanding of Taiwan’s historical and cultural heritage through city walking tours. Building on the success of the inaugural Monument Visiting Month event which brought participants to the Dalongdong Baoan Temple and the Confucian Temple historic sites in 2022, FEDS once again partnered with Far Eastern Memorial Foundation in 2023 to organize the second Monument Visiting Month. Led by professors from the Department of Architecture and experts in historic site tours, nearly 600 participants explored Taipei’s captivating ancient colonial-style buildings, strolled through the cultural alleys that were filled with tea houses and foreign trading firms, compared the present-day streetscape with the past, indulged in delightful tea snacks, and traced the rise and fall of history, embraced the century-old charm of Dadaocheng and gained insight into the local culture and elegance through the captivating stories of architecture and history.

FEDS has long supported local activities and sponsored the annual Christmasland in New Taipei City for 12 consecutive years to celebrate an enchanting Christmas season with the public. The 2023 Christmasland in New Taipei City officially debuted on November 17, illuminating the Christmas ambiance in New Taipei City. Alongside the creation of the largest naked-eye 3D Christmas projection and the establishment of the widest day and night photo wall in Taiwan, other notable installations included the unprecedented transformation of the city’s main roads into prayer avenues. The four main themed light zones and the seven dreamy light corridors were exquisitely captivating. This 46-day event attracted a staggering 7.62 million visitors and remained the most sought-after Christmas attraction.

The history and culture over a century behind Taiwan’s railway, is relatively unknown. To promote awareness of Taiwan’s railway culture, FEDS hosted 9 FEDS Railway Festival events in 2023 over 109 days to feature nearly 20 unique railway scenes organized into four main themes. Lectures, handicraft workshops, and train conductor experiences among other activities were also organized. Hualien Store integrated the festival with charitable activities, inviting underprivileged children from the Family Support Center to come by and immerse themselves in the nostalgic atmosphere of the Railway Festival. It make FEDS not only a retail space but also an educational hub for knowledge sharing.

FEDS has sponsored the Taipei Design Award organized by the Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government for three consecutive years so as to discover creative designs with business opportunities and boost the development of the design industry. The award is the only one in the country recognized by three major international design organizations, the World Design Organization (WDO), the International Council of Design (ICoD), and the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI). FEDS looks forward to discovering more outstanding young designers through the competition to inspire them to shine in the field of design, and enable more outstanding design teams to be seen by the world.

In May 2023, FEDS collaborated with Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology to co-host a calligraphy and painting event titled Nostalgic Food at Dadaocheng on the fourth floor of FEDS XinYi A13. It took an artistic and cultural approach to celebrate Mother’s Day. In September of the same year, the exhibition was shifted and staged at the seventh floor of Zhubei Store as part of the 2023 Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition by Renowned Masters held in the antique-style courtyard area. Six renowned artists swirled and swooshed out the characters for flower, good, moon, round, person and longevity to offer blessings for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. Students from elementary schools within the vicinity were invited to observe the calligraphers’ creations up close, enabling over 100 attendees to experience the beauty of Chinese cultural and artistic heritage through calligraphy and painting.