I. The planning of the interview process

Before interviewing Professor Lin, our parents reminded us to do some studies and think about how the process of the activity is going to be held. Therefore, we made a flow chart and followed the steps while carrying out the interview.

The flow chart of interview

　II. Category of the questions

	Background information
1.	Why are you interested in the design of CI and why are you so devoted in this field?
2.	Has the passion for photography of your father had any effect on your development of art and design?
3.	Have you ever hit the wall in your career? What was the biggest challenge in your career of design? How did you overcome it? Should student start learning design in elementary school? How could elementary student start learning design?
4.	Has your growing up experiences influenced your design career? What are some key elements that a person required in order to become one of the best design talents?
5.	How do you start when you are designing CI? Could you use the example of Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd. and Chunghwa Telecom to explain?
6.	Are there any differences in ideals and methods between the design of enterprise and the design of art?
	Thoughts from other
1.	You have many friends in the field, what are their thoughts on your design? Do they all agree with your ideals?
2.	Do you think that one needs gifted talent in doing art design? Could we cultivate that later in life?
3.	You have achieved many successes in life. Have you encounter any difficulties? How did you deal with them?
4.	Your wife and you both studied in the Department of Fine Arts in National Taiwan Normal University. Did your wife give you a great amount of support during your process of creation? Do your three young daughters give you any new ideas from their point of views?
5.	When taking the college entrance exam, you chose to study fine arts. Were your parents worried about your future on whether you could make ends meet?
	Work admiration
1.	In what situation or places do you get your inspiration more easily?
2.	When you were drawing the collection of My Taiwan, was there a particular painting that you were most satisfied with? Why?
3.	Among all your CI designs, for example: Chunghwa Telecom, 3M and Wei Chuan Foods Corporation, one of my favorite CI is the one for Wei Chuan Foods Corporation. You designed five red circles to symbolize Wei Chuan. How did you come up the idea?
4.	When you are designing CI for a company, where does your inspiration come from?
5.	When taking the college entrance exam, you chose to study fine arts. Were your parents worried about your future on whether you could make ends meet?
6.	You designed the CIS for Ting Hsin International Group 20 years ago in 1994. Do you think a CIS should be redesigned and evolved as the time goes by?
	Local culture
1.	What ideals and emotions did you want to express when you used the image of Taiwan as the designing basic to design the collection of the “Soul of Homeland”?
2.	What were the concepts behind the collection of “Heart of Taiwan, Emotion of Homeland”? What were other local cultures that you tried to integrate into your designs?
	Overseas development
1.	What ideals and emotions did you want to express when you used the image of Taiwan as the designing basic to design the collection of the “Soul of Homeland”?
2.	In addition to the time you put into creating, you have also devoted so much time in developing the design education in Taiwan and founded Department of Visual Design of National Taiwan Normal University. What are your thoughts on the design environment and education in Taiwan comparing with other foreign countries?
3.	On the aspect of cultivating international visual art talents, what would you suggest the board of education of Taiwan should do and alter?
4.	You mentioned that Taiwan needs not to compete the size of area with other countries but to use our soft power of culture to become the international “magnetic field”. By “magnetic field”, do you mean the place of attraction? How do we achieve that goal?
	Other
1.	You have said that you always learn from books, learn from objects and learn from people. What are the books, the objects and people that you are referring to? Please give us some suggestions.
2.	You said that you love traveling. Would you share with us some places in Taiwan that had inspired your creations?
3.	What are the ideals required for young people here nowadays to create a work that combines the Taiwanese local culture and could also shine on the international stage?
4.	In your point of view, why are you so unique from other international designers?
5.	What is the most difficult part in your journey of design?
6.	In addition to integrating the ideals of Taiwan, have you ever combined any other art elements into your work?
7.	How old should children start getting to know design? Is it suitable for elementary students to start?
8.	What was the biggest turning point in your career?
9.	Do your family members support you with devoting so much time into design?
10.	What was the biggest effect that made you decide to go into design? Have you ever regretted?

　III. Compilation of the questions

	Background information
1.	Has your growing up experiences influenced your design career? Did the passion for photography of your father and the love for art of your brother have any effect on your development of art and design?
2.	Do you think that one needs gifted talent in doing art design? Could we cultivate that later in life? What are some key elements that a person required in order to become one of the best design talents?
3.	Have you ever hit the wall in your career? What was the biggest challenge in your career of design? How did you overcome it? Furthermore, in your design process, what is the most difficult part from coming up with the idea to finishing the design? How did you handle it?
4.	Do you think student in elementary school should start learning design? How could we begin?
	Thoughts from other
	Your family members must have supported you with devoting so much time into design. Do your wife and three daughters ever give you any advice or suggestion? Moreover, when taking the college entrance exam, you chose to study fine arts. Were your parents worried about your future on whether you could make ends meet?
	Work admiration
1.	Are there any differences in ideals and methods between the design of enterprise and the design of art? In addition, are there any differences between designing　a CI for a business owner and for a promotion of an event?
2.	Among all your CI designs, for example: Chunghwa Telecom, 3M and Wei Chuan Foods Corporation, one of my favorite CI is the one for Wei Chuan Foods Corporation. You designed five red circles to symbolize Wei Chuan. How did you come up the idea?
3.	You designed the CIS for Ting Hsin International Group 20 years ago in 1994. Do you think a CIS should be redesigned and evolved as the time goes by?
	Local culture
	What ideals and emotions did you want to express when you used the image of Taiwan as the designing basic to design the collection of the “Soul of Homeland”? What other local cultures do you want to integrate into your design in the future?
	Overseas development
1.	In addition to the time you put into creating, your art work is often published in Taiwan and international wise. After years of devoting in the development of the design education in Taiwan, from your experiences, what are your thoughts on the design environment and education in Taiwan comparing with other foreign countries? What do we need to do and alter in order to cultivate more international visual art talents?
2.	From your point of view, why are you so unique from other international designers?
3.	You mentioned that Taiwan needs not to compete the size of area with other countries but to use our soft power of culture to become the international “magnetic field”. By “magnetic field”, do you mean the place of attraction? How do we achieve that goal?