The executive team of Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) visited two universities in Malaysia on 12th March 2019 to promote this year’s competition. One is Jakarta Institute of Arts, and the other is Tarumanagara University. These two promotional campaigns attracted about 320 teachers and students to join us.

Targeting on the theme of this year’s competition, “Empathy,” the associate project directors of TISDC, Prof. Melvyn Liao and Lecturer Miira Lin not only gave an introduction of the competition but also shared some of the winning works with the students. By doing strategic analysis of these excellent works that TISDC received in previous years, Prof. Liao and Lecturer Lin hoped the diverse cultural backgrounds of participants could broaden students’ horizons, lead them to think from different perspectives and evoke creative ideas. The difference is what causes the design to grow. Thus, Prof. Liao and Lecturer Lin encouraged students to accumulate their energy in design in their daily life, hoping this year more outstanding Indonesian students would join TISDC.

Special thanks to the two vice deans of Jakarta Institute of Arts, Mr. Yudi Amboroand and Mr. Adityayoga, and Tarumanagara University ‘s chairman of Department of Visual Communication Design, Mr. Edy Chandra, and secretary of Department of Visual Communication Design, Ms. Mariati, for helping TISDC organize the promotional campaigns. Only with their strong support could the executive team of TISDC have the opportunity to promote the competition at the local schools in Indonesia. The executive team of TISDC would like to encourage all the students in Indonesia to follow the updates of the competition on the official website of TISDC so that they wouldn’t miss the opportunity to link themselves with the world.

Caption: Promoting TIDSC at Jakarta Institute of Arts

Caption: Special thanks to the vice dean of Jakarta Institute of Arts, Mr. Yudi Amboro, for organizing the promotional campaign

Caption: Promoting TIDSC at Tarumanagara University

Caption: Many thanks to the chairman of the Department of Visual Communication Design at Tarumanagara University, Mr. Edy Chandra, for supporting and assisting TISDC

From 10^th to 14^th March 2019, the associate project directors of Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), Prof. Melvyn Liao and Lecturer Miira Lin, led the executive team of the competition to Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, to promote TISDC for the very first time. The five-day promotional campaign has rounded off. Around 650 students and teachers from design colleges and publics from Jakarta attended the promotional campaign.

With this opportunity to visit design schools in Indonesia, TISDC also held a one-week (11^th to 17^th March, 2019) roving exhibition of 2018 TISDC’s winning works at the famous complex space, Kopi Kalyan. Special thanks are given to Ms. Tri Anugrah, the associate of the Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia) and also the lecturer of TISDC’s New Asia Design Workshop last year, and her studio partner, Ms. Rina Renville for assisting us organize the roving exhibition. TISDC hoped this young designer’s frequently-visited place could create more opportunities for design exchanges and let students in Indonesia accumulate more energy in design and learn from other international students’ excellent works. Many thanks also go to the professors and teachers of the design schools that the executive team visited this time in Indonesia for helping us spread the information of the roving exhibition, which resulted in many enthusiastic visitors to the exhibition.

Caption: TISDC’s exhibition at Kopi Kalyan

Caption: Many thanks to Ms. Tri Anugrah and her partner, Ms. Rina Renville for assistance

On 20^th March, the associate project director of Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), Prof. Jun-Hong Chen, led the campus promotional campaign at Kun Shan University. Around 120 teachers and students participated in the campaign. Glad to exchange with students in Kun Shan University, also to promote TISDC competition of this year. Prof. Chen mentioned that it’s TISDC’s great pleasure to have exchange with students at Kun Shan University and share the information about this year’s competition with them.

Special thanks were given to Dean of College of Creative Media at Kun Shan University, Prof. Shei-Hsi Chang and Director of Department of Visual Communication Design, Prof. Chih-Wei Huang, for giving us this gold opportunity to promote TISDC at Kun Shan University and helping us arrange this promotional campaign. Targeting on the theme of this year’s competition, “Empathy,” Prof. Chen not only pointed out some detailed information about the competition but 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. Prof. Chen also gave several examples of how to integrate this year’s theme, “Empathy,” with design in order to give students more directions to create their own works and encourage them to participate actively. TISDC is a platform that provides students with the chance to let the world see their excellent works and to broaden young designers’ horizons. This year, we expect to see more excellent works from Kun Shan University to participate in TISDC.

Caption: Promoting TIDSC at Kun Shan University

Caption: Thanks to Dean of College of Creative Media, Prof. Shei-Hsi Chang, and Director of Department of Visual Communication Design, Prof. Chih-Wei Huang, for the arrangement and assistance

On 20^th March 2019, the project manager of Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), Ms. Jenny Huang, led the campus promotional campaign of TISDC at National Nantou Senior High School with the project manager of Sprout Project of International Design Competition (IDC). Around 100 teachers and students participated in the campaign. It’s our great pleasure to have exchange with students at National Nantou Senior High School and share the information of this year’s competition with them.

Targeting on the theme of this year’s competition, “Empathy,” Project manager Ms. Huang not only pointed out some detailed information about the competition but also shared some of the winning students’ experiences of participating in this competition. 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.

We also gave our great appreciation to Teacher Jia-Jyun Go of National Nantou Senior High School for helping us arrange this promotional campaign and lending her support to TISDC.

Caption: Promoting TIDSC at National Nantou Senior High School

Thanks Thailand Creative and Design Center (TCDC) for introducing Taiwan International Student Design Competition to design schools in Thailand. With TCDC’s recommendation, TISDC gained the precious opportunities to have the promotional event, led by Prof. Apex Lin, the project director of TISDC, at Chulalongkorn University and Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, attracting around 50 teachers and students to join the promotional event and know more about the competition.

The project director of TISDC, Prof. Apex Lin Pang-Soong mentioned that “Empathy” is the theme of this year’s competition and it’s a concept rooted in affective commitment. “Empathy” plays an important role in the relationships between people and between human and the environment. “Empathy” forces people to face problems existing in our daily life and try to come out with ways to solve them. Thus, Prof. Apex Lin encouraged students who would like to participate in this year’s competition to think and design from different perspectives and keep accumulating their design energy. TISDC looks forward to evoking young designers’ infinite possibility and their active participation in this year’s competition.

TISDC really appreciates Mr. Apisit Laistrooglai’s continued support and assistance. As the consultant of TCDC, Mr. Apisit Laistrooglai provided TISDC’s executive team with the chance to promote the competition in the most important design center and get connected with design in Thailand. Special thanks also go to Ms. Nuttawee Tangnoi, Mr. Doonyapol Srichan, and Mr. Pichit Virankabutra, the director of Creative Space of TCDC, for attending the promotional event and sharing their experiences of being the jurors in TISDC’s preliminary selection and final selection last year. Most importantly, TISDC expresses its sincere thanks to the representatives of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand, Mr. Kuan-Fu Chen, the director of Culture Division, and Ms. Tzu-Yi Hung, the secretary of Education Division for visiting the executive team. Last but not least, TISDC offers its thanks to Lecturer Ms. Soamshine Boonyan from Chulalongkorn University and Lecturer Mr. Noppadon Sangwalpetch from Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University for bringing their students to join the promotional event together. TISDC cordially encourages students in Thailand to follow the news on TISDC’s official website and make good use of this competition as a platform to connect with the world.

Caption: Promoting TIDSC at Thailand Creative & Design Center

Caption: Special thanks to Mr. Doonyapol Srichan for attending the promotional event and sharing experiences of being the juror in TISDC’s preliminary selection last year

Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) gave special thanks to Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC), TISDC’s worldwide partner, for its assistance. Only with its help could TISDC hold the roving exhibition of students’ winning works in different cities of Thailand. “Design Week” is always an important platform for designers to brainstorm and interact with each other. Starting from having a roving exhibition in Chiang Mai Design Week 2018 (8^th to 16^th December, 2018) at the end of last year, TISDC has actively participated in this kind of international events to display students’ winning works, hoping to show the world not only young designers’ talent and energy in design but also the great emphasis Taiwan puts on design education.

In recent years, Thailand has been full of design energy. This year, the yearly Bangkok Design Week is held from 26^th January to 3^rd February, 2019. It’s TISDC’s great honor to be sincerely invited by Mr. Apisit Laistrooglai, the consultant of TCDC, to be part of the design week. In such a significant event, the project director of TISDC, Prof. Apex Lin Pang Soong, led the executive team to hold a roving exhibition of students’ winning works from 2008 to 2018, which greatly enhanced Taiwan’s international visibility.

Caption: TISDC’s roving exhibition in Bangkok Design Week at TCDC’s Grand Postal Building

Caption: Special thanks to Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand’s director of culture division, Mr. Kuan-Fu Chen, and secretary of education division, Ms. Tzu-Yi Hung, for visiting TISDC’s roving exhibition

From 2008, Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) is now in its twelfth year. TISDC gets lots of enthusiastic responses and the number of participating entries reaches a new record every year. TISDC is a remarkable competition in design education and has become one of the largest student design competitions in the world. TISDC Encourages international young student designers to show the world their creativity and design power.

The executive team of TISDC visited Multimedia Nusantara University and Binus Northumbria School of Design on 13th, March, 2019 to promote the theme of this year’s competition, “Empathy,” and shared the winning works of previous years with the attendees. The two promotional campaigns attracted about 80 teachers and students to join us. The associate project director of TISDC, Lecturer Miira Lin, said that “Empathy” is a concept rooted in affective commitment. This kind of issue exists not only among people but also in relationships between humans and environment and between humans and animals. “Empathy” plays a vital role in forcing us to face problems and figure out solutions. Thus, students who would like to participate in the competition are encouraged to think from diverse perspectives and make good use of their creativity.

The executive team of TISDC gave their special thanks to the vice president of Multimedia Nusantara University, Dr. Muliawati G. Siswanto, the chairman, Mr. Moh. Rizaldi, the vice chairman, Mr. Gideon K. Frederick, and the lecturers, Mr. Cahya Daulay and Mr. Tolentino, of Department of Visual Communication Design and the chairman of Visual New Media at Binus Northumbria School of Design, Mrs. Novi Dila Kana. Only with their strong support could the executive team of TISDC have the opportunity to promote the competition at the local schools in Indonesia. The executive team of TISDC would like to encourage all the students in Indonesia to follow the updates of the competition on the official website of TISDC so that they wouldn’t miss the opportunity to link themselves to the world.

Caption: Promoting TISDC at Multimedia Nusantara University

Caption: Many thanks to the chairman of the Department of Visual Communication Design at Multimedia Nusantara University, Mr. Moh. Rizaldi, for his assistance and support

Caption: Thanks to the vice president of Multimedia Nusantara University, Dr. Muliawati G. Siswanto for presenting TISDC a medal of appreciation

Caption: Promoting at Binus Northumbria School of Design

Caption: Thanks to the chairman of Department of Visual New Media at Binus Northumbria School of Design, Mrs. Novi Dila Kana, for helping us organize the promotional campaign.

On 22^nd March, the project director of Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), Prof. Apex Lin Pang-Soong and the associate project director, Prof. Shin-Fu Lee, led TISDC’s promotional campaign at the library of Jiangxia University in Fujian area. Around 400 participants, including teachers and students from Fuzhou University, Fujian University of Technology, Minjiang University, Yango University, etc., attended the promotional campaign.

The project director of TISDC, Prof. Apex Lin mentioned that “Empathy” is the theme of this year’s competition and it’s a concept rooted in affective commitment. “Empathy” plays an important role in the relationships between people and between human and the environment and it forces people to face problems existing in our daily life and try to come out with ways to solve them. Thus, students who would like to participate in this year’s competition were encouraged to think and design from diverse perspectives. Prof. Lin also encouraged students to keep accumulating their design energy and get ready for the competition. TISDC looks forward to students’ active participation and hopes to evoke young designers’ infinite possibility.

Prof. Lee also made good use of this opportunity to share previous prize-winning works with the attendees in the promotional campaign and analyzed these works from different creative perspectives and ways of expression, hoping to encourage students to participate actively in this year’s competition.

The campaign had rounded off and special thanks were given to teachers and students who participated in the campaign and those who helped TISDC for organizing everything. Hope to hear good news from students from Fujian area this year!

Caption: Promoting TIDSC at the library of Jiangxia University in Fujian area

On 21^st March 2019, the project director of Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), Prof. Apex Lin, and the associate project director, Prof. Shin-Fu Lee, led the promotional campaign at the concert hall of Xiamen University in Fujian area. The attendees were from ten universities in Fujian area, including Xiamen University, Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College, Xiamen Academy of Arts and Design, Fuzhou University, Huaqiao University, Huaxia University, Xiamen University of Technology, Jimei University, Xiamen Xingcai Vocational & Technical College, Xiamen Institute of Software Technology, and Shantou University. Around 400 teachers and students participated in the promotional campaign.

The promotional campaign was hosted by Prof. Yuec-Hun Qi of the Department of Design at Art College of Xiamen University and Prof. Apex Lin and Prof. Shin-Fu Lee were the invited guests. The project director of TISDC, Prof. Apex Lin Pang-Soong mentioned that “Empathy” is the theme of this year’s competition and it’s a concept rooted in affective commitment. Therefore, for students who would like to participate in this year’s competition, they are encouraged to think and design from diversified perspectives. In addition to pointing out the detailed information about this year’s competition, Prof. Lin also encouraged students to participate in it actively and keep accumulating their design energy, which definitely would evoke young designers’ infinite possibility!

The promotional campaign had rounded off and special thanks were given to all the teachers and students who joined it together. This year, TISDC hopes the number of participating entries from Fujian area could reach a new high again!

Caption: Promoting TIDSC at the concert hall of Xiamen University

On 27^th March, 2019, the project manager of Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), Ms. Luby Chen, led the campus promotional campaign of TISDC at National Taichung University of Education (NTCU) with the project manager of the Sprout Project of Design- International Design Competition (IDC). Around 60 teachers and students participated in the campaign. Ms. Chen mentioned that it’s TISDC’s great pleasure to have this opportunity to share the information of this year’s competition with all the attendees and hope to see students of NTCU join this year’s competition actively.

In the promotional campaign, Ms. Chen not only targeted on the theme of this year’s competition, “Empathy,” but also gave some examples of how to integrate the idea of empathy into design as well as shared some of the winning works from previous years’ competition with the attendees, hoping these excellent works that TISDC received before could inspire students and lead them to brainstorm and come out with their own works.

Most importantly, Ms. Chen, on behalf of the executive team of TISDC, gave her special thanks to Prof. Ming-Lan Kang of Department of Fine Art at NTCU for assisting TISDC to organize this promotional campaign, which had rounded off.

Caption: Promoting TISDC at National Taichung University of Education

On 27th March, 2019, the associate project director of Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), Prof. Jun-Hong Chen, led a promotional campaign at Cheng Shiu University. Around 200 teachers and students participated in the campaign. Prof. Chen, on behalf of the executive team of TISDC, gave his special thanks to Cheng Shiu University for providing TISDC with such a great opportunity to promote this year’s competition with their students. Prof. Chen also presented his appreciation to Prof. Shou-Che Wu, the chairman of the Department of Modern Living and Creative Design at Cheng Shiu University, for assisting TISDC to organize this promotional campaign.

At the beginning of the promotional campaign, Prof. Chen first shared some of the excellent works that TISDC received before with the attendees by playing the showreel of 2018 TISDC’s winning works. Through this video clip, we hope more people could see these brilliant works and get inspired by them. Then, Prof. Chen targeted on the theme of this year’s competition, “Empathy.” He not only provided many good examples of how to integrate the idea of “Empathy” into design works but also encouraged students to observe, think and design from distinct perspectives. At the end of the promotional campaign, Prof. Chen played the edited video recording of 2018 TISDC’s award ceremony to show everyone what achievement TISDC and all the participated students had reached. At the same time, we look forward to seeing students from Cheng Shiu University stand on the stage to receive this year’s awards.

Caption: Promoting TISDC at Cheng Shiu University

Caption: Special Thanks were Given to Prof. Shou-Che Wu, the chairman of the Department of Modern Living and Creative Design at Cheng Shiu University

On 26^th March, 2019, the project manager of Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), Ms. Luby Chen, led the campus promotional campaign of TISDC at the Department of Arts and Design of National Taipei University of Education (NTUE) with the project manager of the Sprout Project of Design- International Design Competition (IDC). Thanks NTUE for providing us such a great opportunity to promote TISDC with their students. On behalf of the executive team of TISDC, Ms. Chen also presented her special thanks to Prof. Thomas Chiang Blair for his assistance and support for the promotional campaign.  

During the promotional campaign, Ms. Chen not only targeted on the theme of this year’s competition, “Empathy,” but also shared some of the winning works from previous years’ competition with the attendees, hoping to broaden students’ horizons. We hope students could actively participate in this year’s competition and seize this opportunity to show the world their works.

Most importantly, Ms. Chen, on behalf of the executive team of TISDC, gave her special thanks to Prof. Ming-Lan Kang of Department of Fine Art at NTCU for assisting TISDC to organize this promotional campaign, which had rounded off.

Caption: Promoting TIDSC at National Taipei University of Education