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

Grand Prix

Work Number : V61506016

Work Title : The Dyslexperience

Designers : Zi Fong Yong,Ng Ai Ling

Location of School : Singapore

Name of School : National University of Singapore

Concept of the Work : The Dyslexperience is an empathy book specially designed in response to indifference to dyslexia in our society. With the enhancement of projection mapping on a physical surface of a book, we designed a sensory experience to communicate the emotional ordeal faced by dyslexics everyday, allowing those who do not understand to see from the lens of those with dyslexia, making the invisible diagnosis visible. 

Grand Prix : The Dyslexperience

Gold Prize of Product Design Category

Work Number : P52501789

Work Title : NODE Furniture Series

Designers : Winny Widodo

Location of School : Singapore

Name of School : Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

Concept of the Work : Node is a series of furniture designed to bring people from the opposing stage of life to interact with each other. This series starts with a simple inspiration from the elderly’s lifestyle of spending their day sitting on a rocking chair and kid’s interest in riding a rocking horse.Besides providing a nesting feature to save space in a home environment, the conceptual aim is to create a sense of togetherness between two generation.

 

Gold Prize of Product Design Category : NODE Furniture Series

Gold Prize of Visual Design Category

Work Number : V63016424

Work Title : Forms of love

Designers : Fumio Kajitani

Location of School : Japan

Name of School : Tokyo University of the Arts

Concept of the Work : Forms of love is an experiential work that expresses what kind of feelings you have when you fall in love. I think everyone has a different definition for love. I thought that I needed a place where everyone could know various feelings for love. participant express their feelings using objects and cards. They expressed the love they own felt. And more than 200 people participated this experiential work.

 

Gold Prize of Product Design Category : Forms of love

Gold Prize of Digital Animation Category

Work Number : D61002943

Work Title : The Sea Within The Room

Designers : Yun-Zhen Ho,Ya-Ching Liu,Fang-Yi  Hsueh

Location of School : Taiwan

Name of School : National Taiwan University of Arts

Concept of the Work : Rape victims sometimes have “Freezing behavior” at the moment, it let them feel emotionally detached and unable to control their body to resist. We hope we can convey that the victims are inability to resist of sexual assault through this film. Let the public try to understand the mental state of victims instead of blaming the victims.

 

Gold Prize of Digital Animation Category : The Sea Within The Room

Gold Prize of Brand Specified Category

Work Number : B62309806

Work Title : AI Oculur

Designers : Zhi-Fan Chen,Hui-Ping Hu,Wei-Chung Chang

Location of School : Taiwan

Name of School : Ming Chi University of Techology

Concept of the Work : Oculur is a fire-fighting equipment that integrates the sensor into the mask and the water jet nozzle. The collected data is displayed by AR, and the mode will switch from AR to VR when the visibility is poor, providing all-terrain 3D depiction. It can also do AI calculations by collecting the temperature and high temperature distribution data to predict flashover. The thermal imager can recognize the position of the waterline, the angle of the water jet nozzle and the trapped people. 

 

Gold Prize of Brand Specified Category : AI Oculur

The 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition, now in its 12^th year, is the largest-scale international student design contest in the world. It’s organized by the Ministry of Education and sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation, the Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation, and the Industrial Technology Research Institute. The theme this year was Empathy and the competition attracted 21,988 works by students at 810 design schools, located in 66 different countries or regions to compete for prizes in four categories: Product Design, Visual Design, Digital Animation, and Brand Specified.

The preliminary selections were held in Singapore and in Taiwan, and 612 entries were shortlisted for the final round. A jury panel with members from 20 countries or regions then selected the 74 award-winning entries, among which 32 are entries by Taiwanese students.

The awards comprise: · the grand prix, sponsored by the Ministry of Education; the international design association special prizes; · the gold, silver, and three bronze prizes in each of the categories Product Design, Visual Design, and Digital Animation; · 25 honorable mentions, and 22 international design association special prizes, distributed to entries in these three categories. There were also · a gold, a silver, three bronzes, and six honorable mentions for the newly established ITRI Innovation Award (Brand Specified), set up by the Industrial Technology Research Institute.

This year’s grand prix winners are Zi Fong Yong and Ng Ai Ling from National University of Singapore. Their winning entry, The Dyslexperience, is a book design that fully embodies a spirit of empathy and sheds light on the general indifference of the public towards people who have dyslexia. Enhanced images were projected onto a physical book to give readers an experience that makes them realize the daily challenges that dyslexics face, and thereby empathize with people who have this disorder. This entry received acclaim from the majority of the jurors and won its creators the grand prix prize of NTD$ 400,000.

The major prize winning entries are all mature and fascinating works that stood out among the enormous number submitted. Two of the four gold-prize winning entries were designed and created by students from Singapore and Japan respectively, and the other two gold-prize winning entries were designed and created by students from Taiwan.

The gold-prize winner in the Product Design category is Winny Widodo from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, for her work titled NODE Furniture Series. This series of furniture pieces—inspired by children’s rocking horses and the elderly people’s rocking chairs—crosses generations, allowing children and the elderly to use it together. Winny has created fine, space-saving furniture that is different from conventional designs.

The gold-prize winner in the Visual Design category is Fumio Kajitani from Tokyo University of the Arts, for the entry titled Forms of Love. Its concept is that everyone has their own experience and interpretation of love. The designer invited more than 200 people to participate in the creating of this piece by reflecting on themselves and their feelings about love, and different profiles and portraits of love are integrated into the design.

The gold prize in the Digital Animation category is shared by Ho Yun-Zhen, Liu Ya-Ching, and Hsueh Fang-Yi from National Taiwan University of Arts. Their work, The Sea Within The Room, addresses the issue of sexual assault and depicts the “freezing behavior” of victims during such incidents. In the animated story, the protagonist witnesses as the assault on her is occurring yet, out of fear, she cannot control her body and resist. The highly restrained method and style of the storytelling won acclaim from the jurors.

The gold prize in the Brand Specified category is shared by Chen Zhi-Fan from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and Hu Hui-Ping and Chang Wei-Chun from Ming Chi University of Technology. Their entry, AI Oculur, is a form of firefighting equipment that integrates sensors into masks and water-jet nozzles. It provides firefighters with an efficient way of firefighting and can largely reduce the risks that firefighters face at work. This highly practical entry won the gold prize in the ITRI Innovation Award (Brand Specified).

A list of all the winners can be found on the website of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education (https://depart.moe.edu.tw/ed2200/) and on the website of the Taiwan International Student Design Competition (www.tisdc.org). The award ceremony and an exhibition of the winning works will take place on December 6, in the Eslite Performance Hall at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park (88 Yanchang Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City). The public is warmly invited to attend.

 

Grand Prix List of Winner

Product Design Category List of Winners

Visual Design Category List of Winners

Digital Animation Category List of Winners

Brand Specified Category List of Winners

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

The award ceremony and the exhibition of the winning works are scheduled on December 6^th at Eslite Performance Hall in Songshan Cultural and Creative Park (Address: No. 88, Yanchang Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City).

TISDC welcomes all the winners’ visits.

Grand Prix

Title

The Dyslexperience

Designers

Zi Fong Yong, Ng Ai Ling

School Location

Singapore

Name of School

National University of Singapore