The online registration and work submission of 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) is starting now! The theme of this year’s competition is “Empathy”! The project manager of TISDC, Ms. Chen, visited National Formosa University to promote the competition on May 8^th. Around 80 teachers and students joined the session. Thanks National Formosa University for giving TISDC the opportunity to communicate with the students and introduce the competition to them.

Targeting on the theme of this year’s competition, “Empathy,” Ms. Chen pointed out some detailed information about the competition and shared some of the winning works of last year’s competition in order to inspire the students to think in a more creative way and raise their willingness to join the competition.

Today’s promotional event was a success. Special thanks were given to Prof. Wen-Hao Chu of Department of Multimedia Design for helping TISDC organize the promotional campaign. We also look forward to seeing students from National Formosa University stand on the stage to receive this year’s awards at the award ceremony!

Promoting TISDC at National Formosa University (1)

Promoting TISDC at National Formosa University (2)

Promoting TISDC at National Formosa University (3)

Promoting TISDC at National Formosa University (4)

On 15^th May 2019, the project manager of Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), Ms. Jenny Huang, led the promotional campaign of TISDC at Fu Jen Catholic University with the project manager of Sprout Project, International Design Competition (IDC). Around 50 teachers and students participated in the campaign. It’s our great pleasure to have exchange with students of Department of Applied Arts, Fu Jen Catholic University and share the information of this year’s competition with them.

Targeting on the theme of this year’s competition, “Empathy,” TISDC’s project manager not only pointed out some detailed information about the competition but also shared some of the winning students’ experiences of participating in this competition with the attendees. Special emphasis was also put on this year’s ITRI Innovation Award of Brand Specified Category, sponsored by Industrial Technology Research Institute, which will provide winning students of this category with both the rewards and the opportunities to cooperate with the best research and development team of the industry. Hope students from Fu Jen Catholic University could seize the opportunity and participate in this year’s competition actively.

We also gave our great appreciation to Prof. Tsai-Shin Fong, dean of the Department of Applied Arts, Prof. Chia-Yin Yu, Prof. Kuo-Jen Chen and Prof. Pu Chen of Fu Jen Catholic University for helping us arrange this promotional campaign and lending their support to TISDC.

Promoting TISDC at Fu Jen Catholic University (1)

Promoting TISDC at Fu Jen Catholic University (2)

Promoting TISDC at Fu Jen Catholic University (3)

Promoting TISDC at Fu Jen Catholic University (4)

JAGDA International Student Poster Award 2019 

Call for works 1 May – 22 July 2019

Accepted Works

B1 size poster works (width 728mm, height 1,030mm) produced between August 2018 and July 2019, portrait orientation only. Works that express a theme. In addition to independent works, classroom assignments, graduation projects, and works submitted for other awards are also accepted.

Theme

Line

Application Fee

1,000 yen per work (For a work in a series, this would be the number of pieces × 1,000 yen / ex. 3 pieces in one series would be 3,000 yen).

More information->https://jagda-gakusei.jp/en/

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 18^th and 19^th 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)

Established in 1981, the Young Designers’ Exhibition has become one of the most important joint exhibitions for design students in Taiwan to show their creativity. It is also a grand event that brings together the design students of Taiwan on an annual basis. Every year, over 4,000 entries and 9,000 young designers from 140 departments of over 60 schools participate in the exhibition. Each work shows the exuberant ideas and energy of the young designers to.

This year is the 38^th Young Designers’ Exhibition. Since both Young Designers’ Exhibition and Taiwan International Student Design Competition aim at exploring young designers’ talent and works and providing them with an international stage to show the world their designs, TISDC seized this precious opportunity to promote this year’s competition right at the exhibition on May 5th. TISDC also took the chance to visit the young designers from different schools and their works at the exhibition. Through this visit, TISDC hoped to attract more students to join the competition and see them on the stage of 2019 TISDC’s award ceremony.

Promoting TISDC at Young Designers’ Exhibition (1)

Promoting TISDC at Young Designers’ Exhibition (2)

On 24^th May 2019, the project manager of Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), Ms. Luby Chen, led a promotional campaign at Tainan University of Technology with the project manager of Sprout Project-International Design Competition (IDC). Around 55 teachers and students participated in the campaign. It’s TISDC’s great pleasure to have the opportunity to have exchange with students of College of Design and share the information of this year’s competition with them. We also gave our great appreciation to Dean Wei-Shao Hsu and Prof. Chiao-Fei Hsu of Department of Visual Communication Design for helping us arrange this promotional campaign and lending their support to TISDC.

Targeting on the theme of this year’s competition, “Empathy,” TISDC’s project manager, Ms. Chen, not only pointed out some detailed information about the competition but also shared some of the winning students’ experiences of participating in this competition with the attendees. Special emphasis was also put on this year’s ITRI Innovation Award of Brand Specified Category, sponsored by Industrial Technology Research Institute, which will provide winning students of this category with both the rewards and the opportunities to cooperate with the best research and development team of the industry. Thus, TISDC hoped students could seize this great opportunity to show the world their excellent works.

Promoting TISDC at Tainan University of Technology (1)

Promoting TISDC at Tainan University of Technology (2)

Promoting TISDC at Tainan University of Technology (3)

Promoting TISDC at Tainan University of Technology (4)

2019 Design Competition for the Youth

Theme

None

Registration Fee

Free

Qualification (Those who meet the criteria of 1 or 2)

1. Those who are registered at an elementary, middle or high school and are currently attending or are on leave, regardless of age.

2. Teenagers between 8-19 years of age (Elementary school category: Ages 8-13, Middle school category: Age 1-16, High school category: Ages 17-19)

*Graduate school students are nor eligible for participation

Category

Product Design, Visual Communication Design, Digital Media/contents Design, Space/Environmental Design,

Fashion/Textile Design, Service/Experience Design, and Craft Design.

Accepted Works

1. Image size: The longer side of the length or width must be fixed at 1,000 Pixels and each file may be a maximum of 3MB, JPG, RGB

2. Video size: 1,280*720 Pixels or greater (with a screen ratio of 16:9 or 4:3) and Maximum 50MB, MP4, with a replay time of up to 5 minutes

3. The background description to the design may be written in Korean or English.

Call for works 1 June – 30 June 2019

More information->http://youth.kidp.or.kr/user/index.asp 

Only 3 days away from the submission deadline of 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition!! 

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** Kind Reminder **
Participants must complete online registration and work submissions by June 30th, 2019 (24:00) (GMT+08:00) and get the letter of confirmation in the email.

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** No registration fee!!
** No entry fee!!
** The Grand Prix is worth US$13,000.
** The total prize is up to US$180,000.

Seize the opportunity to show the world your works.
Come and sign up Now!

【The Submission Deadline of 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Comeptition is June 30th, 2019.】

It’s less than 3 days away from the submission deadline of 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Comeptition.

Online registration and work submissions will end on June 30th, 2019 (23:59) (Taipei: GMT+8:00).

This year, Taiwan International Student Design Comeptition will NOT extend the submission deadline.

Don’t forget to seize the opportunity to show the world your works and submit on time!!!

More information regarding online registration and work submissions, please visit https://www.tisdc.org/news/1160 & https://www.tisdc.org/en/registration/participationAndSubmission.

│ About 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Comeptition │

Theme：Empathy

See Things through Others’ Eyes;

Put Yourself in Their Shoes.

Categories：Product Design; Visual Design; Digital Animation; Brand Specified

Qualification：Students who currently enroll in senior high schools or above (Based on the internet registration deadline, and the participant must be born after April 28, 1989, and be younger than 30 years of age. For females who have given birth before year of 30 may have 2-year extension per birth.).

│ Awards│

Product Design Category; Visual Design Category; Digital Animation Category

Grand Prix (1 winner)：NT$400,000 (approx. US$13,000)，a trophy，and a certificate

Gold Prize (1 winner for each category): NT$250,000 (approx. US$8,000), a trophy, and a certificate

Silver Prize (1 winner for each category): NT$150,000 (approx. US$5,000), a trophy, and a certificate

Bronze Prize (3 winners for each category): NT$60,000 (approx. US$2,000), a trophy, and a certificate

Honorable Mention (several winners for each category): NT$10,000 (approx. US$330), and a certificate

International Design Association Special Prize（several winners）：NT$100,000 (approx. US$3,300), a trophy, and a certificate

Brand Specified Category（sponsored by Industrial Technology Research Institute）

Gold Prize (1 winner for this category): NT$100,000 (approx. US$3,300), a trophy, and a certificate

Silver Prize (1 winner for this category): NT$50,000 (approx. US$1,700), a trophy, and a certificate

Bronze Prize (3 winners for this category): NT$30,000 (approx. US$1,000), a trophy, and a certificate

Honorable Mention (several winners for this category): NT$10,000 (approx. US$330), and a certificate

│Contact│

Executive of 2019Taiwan International Student Design Comeptition

TEL: +886-4-2331-0066

E-mail: tisdc.tw@gmail.com

Website: www.tisdc.org

Facebook: Taiwan International Student Design Competition

Only 1 day away from the submission deadline of 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition!! 

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** Kind Reminder **
Participants must complete online registration and work submissions by June 30th, 2019 (24:00) (GMT+08:00) and get the letter of confirmation in the email.

=====================

** No registration fee!!
** No entry fee!!
** The Grand Prix is worth US$13,000.
** The total prize is up to US$180,000.

Seize the opportunity to show the world your works.
Come and sign up Now!

Only 2 days away from the submission deadline of 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition!! 

=====================

** Kind Reminder **
Participants must complete online registration and work submissions by June 30th, 2019 (24:00) (GMT+08:00) and get the letter of confirmation in the email.

=====================

** No registration fee!!
** No entry fee!!
** The Grand Prix is worth US$13,000.
** The total prize is up to US$180,000.

Seize the opportunity to show the world your works.
Come and sign up Now!

The theme for the 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition is Empathy. Organized by Ministry of Education, sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation, Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, endorsed by 22 Collaborators, executed by Asia University. Total Prize Money is up to US$160,000. TISDC is now one of the prestigious student design competitions worldwide. Thank you for your participation and support for 2019 TISDC. The registration deadline was officially close on June 30(Sun.), 2019. (GMT+8)

Once again, thank you all. We value your participation and support for 2019 TISDC.

Let’s look forward to the coming up 2019 TISDC Events! 
September: Preliminary Selection
October: Final Selection/Design Master Serial Seminar
December: Award Ceremony

Thank you and Good Luck! 

Sincerely,

Apex Lin 

Jun-Hong Chen

Ming-lung Yu

Shin-Fu Lee

Melvyn Liao

Miirabai Lin and Executive Team

Organizer

Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education

Executive

Department of Visual Communication Design, Asia University

Sponsors

iSee Taiwan Foundation

Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation

Industrial Technology Research Institute

Collaborators

New York Art Directors Club Annual Awards (ADC)

Association for the Industrial Design (ADI)

The Bureau of European Design Association (BEDA)

Centro Brazil Design (CBD)

Cumulus

New CEA Introduction (CEA) 

Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS)

The Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ)

Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations (FHKDA)

Good Design Australia (GDA)

German Design Council (GDC)

Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee (Golden Bee)

International Council of Design (ico-D)

India Design Council (IDC)

International Poster Biennial in Mexico (IPBM)

Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP)

Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP)

Lahti International Poster Triennial (Lahti)

Macau Designers Association(MDA)

Taiwan Design Alliance (TdA)

Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia)

The World Design Organization (WDO)

In 2015, XX Wu’s submission “Power” was selected by the visual design category of Taiwan International Student Design Competition. The work was reported in October, 2018 and found to be highly similar to the design entrusted to Taiwan’s Chulu Art x Design by 101 Tea in 2014. The executive team of TISDC reviewed the similarity of the two posters and the timing of both design, ruled to cancel the qualification of Wu’s submission as herein stated.

Caption 1: XX Wu’s submission “Power”

Caption 2: The entrusted design of Chulu Art x Design by 101 Tea

Caption 3: The application of the entrusted design of Chulu Art x Design by 101 Tea

Organized by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (Taiwan), sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation, Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, and executed by the Department of Visual Communication Design, Asia University, 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) received 21,988 entries from 810 school departments/institutes of 66 countries/regions around the world.

The world’s largest-scale international student design competition, TISDC, collaborated with 22 international design associations this year, including World Design Organization (WDO), International Council of Design (ico-D), The Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA), International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media (Cumulus), New York Art Directors Club Annual Awards (ADC), The Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia), Association for the Industrial Design (ADI), Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP), Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP), German Design Council (GDC), India Design Council (IDC), Good Design Australia (GDA), Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS), Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations (FHKDA), Macau Designers Association (MDA), Taiwan Design Alliance (TdA), Creative Economy Agency (CEA), Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee (Golden Bee), Lahti International Poster Triennial (Lahti), International Poster Biennial in Mexico (IPBM), The Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ), and Brazil Design Center (CBD). All the 22 international design associations agrees not only to endorse a special prize for this year’s competition in their names but also to delegate representatives to serve as jurors for the competition as well as to participate in the design workshop, industry forum, award ceremony, etc in order to provide a collaborative platform for the development of creative design of the youth.

This year, TISDC still has two preliminary selections as it did last year. One is held in Singapore; the other, in Taiwan. Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS) again gave TISDC great support, co-organizing the Preliminary Selection in Singapore with TISDC. The Preliminary Selection in Singapore was rounded off on 24th August at PIXEL Labs. TISDC and DBCS co-collected the participating entries from Australia and New Zealand, and 11 countries/regions of Southeast Asia and South Asia and invited 15 professional designers from Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, and Thailand to form the panel of jurors for the Preliminary Selection in Singapore. After strict screening, 69 entries from The New Southbound Policy countries entered the final selection. These works will enter the final selection with the selected works from the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan, which is going to be held next week, to compete for 2019 TISDC’s awards in late October.

On the first day of the Preliminary Selection in Singapore, Mr. Steven Tai, Deputy Representative of The Taipei Representative Office in Singapore and Ms. Chi Yuan Tsai, Director of Information Division, Taipei Representative Office in Singapore gave a welcome remark to all the jurors, expressing their gratitude to all the professional designers for serving as jurors for TISDC. Mr. Tai and Ms Tsai also showed their recognition to TISDC for the achievements the Competition had made.

Following the Preliminary Selection in Singapore, 2019 TISDC will be holding the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan from August 31^st to September 2^nd at Taipei New Horizon. 24 jurors will form the panel of jurors, consisting of 14 design experts from abroad and 10 from Taiwan. 6 of the Taiwanese jurors will be the conveners. The jurors will demonstrate the credibility and diversity of 2019 TISDC. To know more about 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition, visit TISDC’s official website https://www.tisdc.org/en.

Group Photo Taken with All the Jurors for 2019 TISDC’s Preliminary Selection in Singapore

Photo Taken with Prof. Apex Lin, Project Director of 2019 TISDC, Ms. Su-Eing Chee, Vice-President of DBCS, and Mr. Steven Tai, Deputy Representative of The Taipei Representative Office in Singapore

Lecturer Meng-Chih Lin Introduced Taiwan Internatinal Student Design Comeptition at the Opening Ceremony of the Preliminary Selection in Singapore

Group Photo Taken with All the Jurors for 2019 TISDC’s Preliminary Selection in Singapore

Organized by Ministry of Education (Taiwan), sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation, Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, and executed by Asia University, Taiwan International Student Design Competition is now in its twelfth year. The theme of this year’s competition is “Empathy.” This year, the Competition attracted 21,988 entries from 810 schools and departments in 66 countries/regions around 5 continents, which had an all time high record of submissions received.

The Preliminary Selection in Taiwan of 2019 TISDC took place on August 31^st and September 1^st at Taiwan New Horizon. 24 experts in design from Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, India, and Korea were invited to form the panels of jurors for Product Design Category, Visual Design Category and Digital Animation Category. Owing to the great amount of entries the Competition received, it took the jurors two days to finish screening all the entries. After rounds of strict and enthusiastic screening and discussion, 523 entries were eventually on the shortlist, which included works from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Korea, the USA, Canada, Turkey, Iran, United Kingdom, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Netherlands, and Russia. These finalists will pursue the Grand Prix, which is worth NT$400,000, and the other awards in each category in the Final Selection.

Regarding the entries that became the finalists, the conveners of the three categories, including Mr. Lance Han for Product Design Category, Mr. Chia-Chang Yang for Visual Design Category, and Mr. Muh Chen for Digital Animation Category, all agreed that“Empathy,”the theme of this year’s competition, is a concept rooted in affective commitment. Thus, they saw many participants demonstrate the relationship among people and the relationship between human and the environment in their selected works. This indicated that young participants did pay attention to this international social issue and tried to express their thoughts and find a way to solve problems in their entries, which impressed the jurors a lot.

The shortlist will be announced and posted on the official website of 2019 TISDC this week. Following the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan, 2019 TISDC is going to hold the Final Selection on October 24^th at the Multi-Showcase Exhibition Hall of Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. 10 domestic designers and 26 international ones will form the panels of jurors to demonstrate the diversity and credibility of TISDC and come out with the winners of this year’s competition. On October 25^th, TISDC will hold an International Design Masters Lecture Series, inviting international design masters to give a talk and share their design experiences with the audience. For those who are interested in design shouldn’t miss the golden opportunity to have design exchange with international masters. To know more about 2019 TISDC, visit https://www.tisdc.org/.

Group Photo Taken with All the Jurors of 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition’s Preliminary Selection in Taiwan

Prof. Apex Lin, Project Director of 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition, Introduced the Comeptition during the Opening Ceremony of the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan

Screening in the Product Design Category during the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan of 2019 TISDC

Group Photo Taken with Jurors of Product Design Category

Screening in the Visual Design Category during the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan of 2019 TISDC

Group Photo Taken with Jurors of Visual Design Category

Screening in the Digital Animation Category during the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan of 2019 TISDC

Group Photo Taken with Jurors of Digital Animation Category

Product Design Category – 150 entries : Download Shortlist of Final Selection

Visual Design Category – 399 entries : Download Shortlist of Final Selection

Digital Animation Category – 43 entries : Download Shortlist of Final Selection

Brand Specified Category : All the participants of Brand Specified Category should complete the second stage of work submission.

Congratulations to all the finalists of 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition!!!

All the finalists and participants of Brand Specified Category must complete the 2nd stage of work submission before 16:00, October 8, 2019 (Taipei: GMT+8:00).

For more details of work submission for Final Selection, please see the instructions below.

Instructions for 2nd stage of work submission:

A. Mail printout(s) — (Finalists of Digital Animation Category do NOT need to mail printout.)

Please mail at most 3 printouts of your entry on A2 size (Portrait Format: L59.4cm×W42cm or Landscape Format: L42cm×W59.4cm). The printout(s) should NOT be mounted on cardboards/paperboards. The content of the printout(s) should be the same as the content of the electronic files you uploaded for 1st stage of work submission. 

Please download the entry information sheet and fill out the forms. The hardcopy of the entry information sheet should be pasted in the lower right corner at the back of your printout(s.) Every printout should be pasted with one entry information sheet. 

Please mail the printout(s) to: 

Recipient: Ms. Luby Chen (2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition)

Address: Office A412, No.500, Lioufeng Rd., Wufeng District, Taichung 41354, Taiwan (Department of Visual Communication Design, Asia University)

Contact Number: +886-4-2331-0066

B. Upload the electronic file(s) of the work: Please upload the electronic file(s) of the work and clear high-quality half-length photo of each designer of the work to the official website of 2019 TISDC: www.tisdc.org 

C. Upload & Mail other required documents:

1. Upload a scanned file of student ID card or school enrollment certificate (Every designer should upload his/her own student ID card or school enrollment certificate.) *For participants who just graduated this year, please upload a scanned file of your certificate of degree/diploma with month and year of graduation on it instead.

2. Upload a scanned file of proof of date of birth (e.g. Passport/ Driver’s License/Identity Certificate) (Every designer should upload his/her own proof of date of birth.)

*If the designer could not provide any of the documents mentioned above before the due date of 2nd stage of work submission, he/she will be regarded as abandoning his/her qualification for being the finalist.

3. Upload a scanned file of signed affidavit. Please download the affidavit, fill out the form, and upload the scanned file of signed affidavit (PNG/JPG format). (All the designers should sign on the affidavit personally (do NOT use electronic signatures) so each entry only needs one affidavit.) Please also mail the original signed affidavit (NOT a photocopy) to TISDC with your printout(s).

*Both the mailed printout(s) and the original signed affidavit should arrive at the office of 2019 TISDC before 16:00, October 8, 2019 (Taipei: GMT+8:00). (For finalists of Digital Animation Cateogry, only the original signed affidavit should be mailed to TISDC’s office.)

Important Notes:

1. An overdue submission will be regarded as the abandonment of the participant’s qualification for being the finalist.

2. Please use your registered email address and password to log into the official website of TISDC to download/upload files.

3. If the submitted work is involved in plagiarism or infringement of copyrights or other laws or is proven to be unoriginal design, or to have fraudulently copied ideas from other person’s work, the organizer of TISDC shall have the rights to disqualify the participant from participating in the competition.

During the processes of final selection, award ceremony, exhibition and portfolio editing, we may contact you through emails or phone calls. Your patience and kind cooperation will be highly appreciated. Thank you for your participation in this yea’s competition and congratulations to all the finalists again!!

Please feel free to contact us via email (tisdc.tw@gmail.com) or phone calls (+886-4-23310066) if you have any question.

Best Regards,

2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition

Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), the largest-scale student design competition worldwide, is organized and promoted by the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education (Taiwan). This year, TISDC is sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation, Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation, and Industrial Technology Research Institute and executed by the Department of Visual Communication Design, Asia University. TISDC is now in its twelfth year. The theme of this year’s competition is “Empathy.” This year, TISDC received 21,988 entries from 819 schools/departments in 66 countries/regions. The number of participating entries again reaches a record high.

The Final Selection of 2019 TISDC was held on October 24 at the multi-showcase exhibition hall of Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei. The selection included the categories of “Product Design,” “Visual Design,” “Digital Animation,” and “Brand Specified.” The jury consisted of 4 conveners, 3 vice conveners and 2 design experts from Taiwan, 5 international design masters in different fields and 22 representatives of  the international design associations that 2019 TISDC is collaborating with, including Anthony Gulisano from The One Club for Creativity / ADC Awards (ADC), Antonella Andriani from Industrial Design Association (ADI), Päivi Tahkokallio from The Bureau of European Design Association (BEDA), Juliana Buso frm Brazil Design Center (CBD), Pichit Virankabutra from Creative Economy Agency (CEA), Jenz Großhans from International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media (Cumulus), Khai-Seng Hong from Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS), Sarah Melrose from The Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ), Che-Ying Lo from Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations (FHKDA), Kate Elton from Good Design Australia (GDA), Wang Lei from German Design Council (GDC), Ekaterina Golotvina from Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee (Golden Bee), Johnathon Strebly from International Council of Design (ico-D), Praveen Nahar from India Design Council (IDC), Sergio Vega from International Poster Biennial in Mexico (IPBM), Kimitaka Kato from Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP), Junggi Sung from Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP), Ville Tietäväinen from Lahti International Poster Triennial (Lahti), Sio-Leong Chao from Macau Designers Association (MDA), Chi-Mei Chang from Taiwan Design Associations (TdA), and Ashwini Deshpande from The Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia), World Design Organization (WDO).

During the international jurors’ visits in Taiwan, the organizer of 2019 TISDC held the “International Design Master Lecture Series” at Taipei New Horizon in Taipei and at National Library of Public Information in Taichung on October 25. The lectures successfully attracted a lot of interest from students and teachers in design. Thanks to the 7 design experts, the audience learned a lot from their observation and experiences in design. Their unique perspectives also facilitate design exchange. Every session was remarkable and insightful, and the audience responded with enthusiasm, taking the opportunities to interact with the international masters.

Address by Mr. Don Chen, CEO of iSee Taiwan Foundation

Address by Prof. Apex Lin, Project Director of Taiwan International Student Design Competition

Picture of the 36 Jurors for 2019 TISDC’s Final Selection and Representatives of TISDC Executive

Final Selection in Product Design Category

Picture of Jurors in Product Design Category

Final Selection in Visual Design Category

Picture of Jurors in Visual Design Category

Final Selection in Digital Animation Category

Picture of Jurors in Digital Animation Category

Final Selection in Brand Specified Category

Picture of Jurors in Brand Specified Category

The International Design Masters Lecture Series in Taichung was held at the National Library of Public Information on October 25, which attracted more than 280 attendees. The director of National Library of Public Information, Mr. Zhong-Cheng Liu, also attended the lecture series to support this event. This session, Taiwan International Studnet Design Competition invited president-elect of International Council of Design (ico-D), Mr. Johnathon Strebly from Canada, art director and designer of FLAME inc., Designer Masayoshi Kodaira from Japan, and director of Macau Designers Association (MDA), Designer Sio-Leong Chao from Macau, to be the speakers.

Mr. Johnathon Strebly focused his speech on how globalization influences design and on what designers should equip themselves with in the era of globalization. Designer Masayoshi Kodaira directly showed his posters in his lecture and shared how he came out with all the posters in a humorous way. Designer Sio-Leong Chao shared how he integreated Macau’s traditions, characteristics, and snacks into his design products to introduce and promote Macau.  

Thanks again for everyone’s active participation, which made the Internatioanl Design Masters Lecture Series round off successfully. On December 6th, TISDC is going to hold this year’s award ceremony at the eslite Performance Hall in the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. We welcome everyone’s attendance. See you in December.

(Left to Right) Photo with Mr. Johnathon Strebly, President-Elect of International Council of Design (ico-D), Designer Masayoshi Kodaira, Art Director and Designer of FLAME inc., Mr. Zhong-Cheng Liu, Director of National Library of Public Information, Designer Sio-Leong Chao, Director of Macau Designers Association, Prof. Jun-Hong Chen, Associate Project Director of TISDC, and Mr. Tsang, Representative of Sayling Wen Cultural and Educational Foundation

Mr. Zhong-Cheng Lio, director of National Library of Public Information, gave a welcome remark.

Prof. Jun-Hong Chen, associate project director of TISDC, hosted the International Design Masters Lecture Series in Taichung.

Group photo with all the audience and honored guests.

Speech given by Mr. Johnathon Strebly, president-elect of International Council of Design (ico-D).

Speech given by Designer Masayoshi Kodaira, art director and designer of FLAME inc.

Speech given by Designer Sio-Leong Chao, director of Macau Designers Association (MDA).

The International Design Masters Lecture Series held by Taiwan International Student Design Comeptition was rounded off on October 25. The lecture series took place at 11 different places, including Taipei New Horizon, National Library of Public Information, and 9 design high schools and universities in Nothern, Central, and Southern Taiwan.

As for the International Design Masters Lecture Series in Taipei, TISDC invited design masters from Japan, Denmark, Australia, and Germany to be the speakers, including Mr. Kimitaka Kato, executive director & CDO of Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP), Designer Thomas Bef Flygenring, designer of The LEGO Group, Denmark, Prof. Troy Innocent, founder and director of Urban Play Lab, and Mr. Jenz Großhans, co-founder of Design Studio-Großhans Und Arsad.

The central theme of this year’s International Design Masters Lecture Series is “Empathy,” which is also the theme of this year’s TISDC. Designer Thomas Bef Flygenring shared his experiences in being the designer at Design without Borders Uganda. When he was in Uganda, he not only discovered the needs of people there but also designed tools that could improve their daily lives. Prof. Troy Innocent led the audience to explore his city by integrating design with technology and self-learning, hoping that people could pay more attention to the places they are living. Mr. Kimitaka Kato is an experienced judge in many international design competitions. During his lecture, he shared the winning works of this year’s Good Design Award (Japan), which also strongly related to the issue of “Empathy.” By sharing their experiences in design, the speakers inspired the audience to think more about how designs influence people than to just focus on the designs themselves. In the Q&A session, the audience also seized the great opportunity to learn from the speakers and have design exchange. 

Thanks again for all the audience’s attendance and enthusiastic participation. Only with your great support could TISDC made the lecture series so successfully.

(Left to Right) Photo with Ms. Andrea Chu, Administration Associate Professional Manager of iSee Taiwan Foundation, Mr. Kimitaka Kato, Executive Director & CDO of Japan Institute of Design Promotion, Mr. Thomas Bef Flygenring, Designer of The LEGO Group, Denmark, Mr. Troy Innocent, Founder and Director of Urban Play Lab, Mr. Jenz Großhans, Co-Founder of Design Studio-Großhans Und Arsad, Mr. Chien-Kuo Teng, Associate Professor of the Department of Design in National Taiwan Normal University, and Prof. Wei-Ming Liao, Associate Project Director of TISDC.

Internatioanl Design Masters Lecture Series in Taipei at Taipei New Horizon

Lecture Given by Mr. Kimitaka Kato

Lecture Given by Mr. Troy Innocent

Q&A Session of the Lecture Series

The International Design Masters Lecture Series in Northern, Central and Southern Taiwan were held at 9 campuses on October 25, which attracted more than 1,080 attendees. The 9 campuses include Hsing Wu University, Shilin High School, Fu-Hsin Trade & Arts School, Taibei High School, Tunghai University, Ling Tung University, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tungfang Design University, and Cheng Shiu University. 17 lecturers from the International Design Associations that Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) is collaborating with and 1 designer from Thailand gave a lecture in these schools.  Thanks to the directors and teachers of these school for co-executing the lecture series with TISDC.The representatives from iSee Taiwan Foundation and Saylin Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation also attended the lecture series to support this event.

TISDC invited Mr. Ville Tietäväinen, designer of Lahti International Poster Triennial (Lahti) and Ms. Kate Elton, designer of Good Design Australia (GDA) to be Hsing Wu University’s lecturers. The lecturers of Shilin High School of Commerce are the global chief growth officer, Mr. Anthony Gulisano, from The One club for Creativity & ADC and the director of National Institute of Design, Mr. Praveen Nahar, from India Design Council (IDC). The lectures of Fu-Hsin Trade & Arts School are Mr. Junggi Sung, designer of Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP), and Mr. Panop Koonwat, international designer from Thailand. The lecturers of Taibei High School are the director of Creative City Development in Creative City, Mr. Pichit Virankabutra, from Creative Economy Agency (CEA) and the international affairs manager, Ms. Juliana Buso, from Brazil Design Center (CBD). The lecturers of Tunghai University are the president of World Design Organization (WDO), Mr. Srini R. Srinivasan, and the president of The Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA), Ms. Päivi Tahkokallio. The lecturers of Ling Tung University are the director of svegadesign graphic study, Mr. Sergio Vega, from International Poster Biennial in Mexico (IPBM) and the director of Elephant Design, Ms. Ashwini Deshpande, from the Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia). The lecturers of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology are the steering committee member of Association for the Industrial Design (ADI), Ms. Antonella Andriani, and the designer of Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS), Mr. Khai Seng Hong. The lecturers of Tungfang Design University are Mr. Che Ying Lo, designer from Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations (FHKDA) and Ms. Ekaterina Golotvina, designer of Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee (Golden Bee). The lecurers of Cheng Shiu University are Ms. Sarah Melrose, designer of The Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ) and Mr. Wang Lei, chief representative China, Hong Kong and Taiwan of German Design Council (GDC).

Thanks the 9 campuses for supporting and helping TISDC promote the exchange between international designers and the students. Special thanks were given to Prof. Jeff Wong from Hsing Wu University, Prof. Martin Chen from Shilin High School of Commerce, Prof. Vincent Huang from Fu-Hsin Trade & Arts School, Prof. Ching Hui Hong from Taibei High School, Prof. Li Hui Lee from Tunghai University, Prof. Yi Chun Fu from Ling Tung University, Prof. Kuo Li Huang, Prof. Bryson Chang and Assistant Ms. Hsin Yi Su from Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Prof. Hsiao Wei Fang and Assistant Ms. Yi Chia Tseng from Tungfang Design University and Prof. Shou Che Wu and Assistant Ms. Pin Chia Huang from Cheng Shiu University. Thanks again for everyone’s active participation, which made the Internatioanl Design Masters Lecture Series round off successfully. On December 6th, TISDC is going to hold this year’s award ceremony at the Eslite Performance Hall in the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. We welcome everyone’s attendance. See you in December.

《International Design Masters Lecture Series》Hsing Wu University

《International Design Masters Lecture Series》Shilin High School of Commerce

《International Design Masters Lecture Series》Fu-Hsin Trade & Arts School

《International Design Masters Lecture Series》Taibei High School

《International Design Masters Lecture Series》Tunghai University

《International Design Masters Lecture Series》Ling Tung University

《International Design Masters Lecture Series》Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology

《International Design Masters Lecture Series》Cheng Shiu University

《International Design Masters Lecture Series》Tungfang Design University