2019-05-21
A Look into 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition’s Promotional Campaign – New Asia Design Workshop, 18th-19th May
Organized by the Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education (Taiwan), executed by the Department of Visual Communication Design of Asia University, and sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation, Sayling Wen Cultural and Educational Foundation, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition held the 3rd New Asia Design Workshop at Asia University on 18th and 19th May, 2019. Three prestigious international designers from New Southbound Policy area, including Mr. Nachiket Thakur from India, Mr. Junyao Lin from Singapore, and Ms. Agatha Maisie Tjandra from Indonesia, were invited to be the lecturers in the Workshop.
The New Asia Design Workshop targeted at the theme, “Empathy,” of 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition. The international lecturers led the students to think, observe and experience what empathy is in our daily life and taught them how to use different techniques to do their designs. To break the language barrier between lecturers and students, each lecturer was accompanied by an interpreter so that students could understand what the lecturers wanted to express immediately and correctly and thus get more involved in the Workshop. The Workshop not only boosted international exchange but also provided students who have interest in design with an opportunity to learn from international design experts face to face. Around 90 students from 30 high schools and universities in Taiwan attended the Workshop.
After the two-day Workshop, the students got inspired, came out with new thoughts, and generated new design energy from the design experiences that the lecturers shared with them. Some students also mentioned that it was such a pity that the Workshop only lasted for two days and hoped they could have more time to learn from the lecturers. At the same time, the lecturers were deeply touched by the students’ intense devotion to the Workshop and impressed by the works the students came out in such a short period of time. All the attendees looked forward to more opportunities to learn and to have exchanges in the future.
A group photo taken with New Asia Design Workshop’s international lecturers, Mr. Junyao Lin (second from left), Ms. Agatha Maisie Tjandra (third from left), and Mr. Nachiket Thakur (center), cooperating teachers from Asia University, Prof. Chien-Hua Chen (first from left), Prof. Hsiao-Pei Hou (second from right), Prof. Hung-Wen Hsu (first from right)), and the associate project director of TISDC, Prof. Shin-Fu Lee (third from right)
Group photo taken with all the attendees and the executive team of New Asia Design Workshop
Group photo taken with lecturer, cooperating teacher, and students of product design category in the Workshop
New Asia Design Workshop: Product Design Category (1)
New Asia Design Workshop: Product Design Category (2)
Group photo taken with lecturer, cooperating teachers, and students of visual design category in the Workshop
New Asia Design Workshop: Visual Design Category (1)
New Asia Design Workshop: Visual Design Category (2)
Group photo taken with lecturer, cooperating teachers, and students of digital animation category in the Workshop
New Asia Design Workshop: Digital Animation Category (1)
New Asia Design Workshop: Digital Animation Category (2)
