The 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), now celebrating its 12^th year, is one of the largest-scale international student design contests in the world. It is organized by the Ministry of Education and Asia University, and sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation, the Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation, and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). This year’s competition attracted 21,988 works by students at 810 design schools, located in 66 different countries or regions. After the exhaustive preliminary rounds, the final judging panel with members from 20 countries or regions selected the 74 award-winning entries among which 32 are entries by Taiwanese students.

The theme of this year’s competition was Empathy, in response to the increasing importance of people being in harmony with each other and the environment, especially as we face a rapidly changing world, with an increasing focus on holistic development. Young designers are encouraged to call on their hearts and empathy, as they interpret the relationships between people, and between people and the environment, which have become among a most critical issue in recent years. Many of this year’s winners have clearly conveyed related messages, demonstrating their understanding of and reflections on empathy as well as and the social responsibilities that being a professional designer entails.

The award ceremony for the 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition, together with an exhibition of the winning works, will be held on December 6 in the Eslite Performance Hall at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei City. The public is warmly invited to attend.

Seventy-four (74) winning pieces have been chosen to receive one of the following awards: · the Grand Prix, sponsored by the Ministry of Education; the International Design Association special prizes; · 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 ITRI Technique Innovation Award.

The 2019 Grand Prix went to The Dyslexperience, by Zi Fong Yong and Ng Ai Ling from National University of Singapore. Their winning entry sheds light on the general indifference of the public towards the daily challenges faced by people who have dyslexia. They projected enhanced images onto real books to convey and make viewers realize the kind of sensory experiences dyslexics face, and thereby empathize with them. Their entry fully expresses empathy. It received acclaim from the judges and won its creators the grand prix prize of NTD$ 400,000.

The Gold Prize winners in the four categories are from Singapore, Japan, and Taiwan.The Gold Prize winner in the Product Design category is Winny Widodo from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. Her work, NODE Furniture Series, is a furniture—inspired by children’s love of rocking horses and elderly people’s love of rocking chairs—is designed for different generations to enjoy using. Winny has created outstanding, space-saving furniture that is quite 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. This expresses the concept that different people each have their own different experiences and interpretations of love. More than 200 people participated in the creating of this experiential work, and both its creative concept and the techniques used drew praise from the judges.

The Gold Prize in the Digital Animation category went to The Sea Within The Room, a work by Ho Yun-Zhen, Liu Ya-Ching, and Hsueh Fang-Yi from National Taiwan University of Arts. Their work depicts the story of a sexual assault victim’s “freeze responses”. The victim of an assault was so scared that she went blank and could not react or fight back. The calm, highly restrained, and unexaggerated storytelling style and techniques impressed the judges.

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 firefighters’ masks and fire hose nozzles. It enhances firefighting efficiency and at the same time reduces the risks that firefighters face at work. These highly practical features won the designers the gold prize in the ITRI Technique Innovation Award.

The list of all the award winners has been released and it can be viewed on the MOE website (https://depart.moe.edu.tw/ed2200/) and the TISDC (www.tisdc.org) website. The general public is welcome to attend the award ceremony on December 6, and there will also be a further opportunity to enjoy some of the work of these international student designers, at an exhibition of their excellent designs pieces which will be held in the National Library of Public Information in Taichung, from December 3 to December 15.

Picture of Winners and Guests

Address by Mon-Chi Lio Political Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education

Address by Szu-Yao Wu Legislator, Congress of Taiwan

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

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

Address by Ms. Teresa Lin, CEO of Sayling Wen Cultural and Educational Foundation

Address by Mr. Stanley Huang, CEO of Industrial Technology Research Institute

Thanks for the Attendance of Mon-Chi Lio Political Deputy Minister, Hsueh-Cheng Liang Deputy Director, Szu-Yao Wu Legislator, Mr. Don Chen, CEO of iSee Taiwan Foundation, Ms. Teresa Lin, CEO of Sayling Wen Cultural and Educational Foundation, Mr. Stanley Huang, CEO of Industrial Technology Research Institute and Representatives of International Design Associations to the Award Ceremony.

The Winners of Grand Prix

Picture of Winners of International Design Association Special Prizes and Representatives of International Design Associations

Picture of Winners and Guests

The Award Ceremony and Exhibition of the Winning Works

The theme of the 2020 Taiwan International Student Design Competition is “Action.”

“Actions speak louder than words,” says Confucius

“I never worry about action, but only about inaction,” states Winston Churchill, former British prime minister.

If “Action” is associated with the “SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals,” which were advocated by the UN in 2015 as goals to be achieved by 2030, this theme will then serve to remind students worldwide that in order to prevent disasters from happening, immediate actions must be taken, and that they can use design to resolve global sustainable development issues and thus amply fulfill their responsibilities as global citizens.

Cumulus is the only global association to serve art and design education and research. It is a forum for partnership and transfer of knowledge and best practices. Cumulus consists currently of 286 members from 57 countries. Founded in 1990 and Operating as an association since 2001. There are 286 members from 57 countries in 2018. The University of Art and Design in Helsinki Finland (UIAH), today as Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, and Royal College of Art in London UK, in co-operation with Danmarks Designskole, Gerrit Rietvelt Academy, Universität Gesamthochschule Essen and Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Wien initiated Cumulus as a network in 1990. Cumulus offers wide international context for discussion and development in education and research of art, design and media.

In December 2019, when Ms. Mariana Amatullo, President of Cumulus, flew to Taiwan to present Cumulus Special Award to the winning student at TISDC’s Award Ceremony, President Mariana Amatullo signed the MoU with Prof. Apex Lin, Project Director of Taiwan International Student Design Competition, for the great job enabling us to continue together passionately for the success of the Talent of the Youth on this Planet. TISDC and Asia University look forward to future collaborations with Cumulus.

President of Cumulus, Ms. Mariana Amatullo signed the MoU between Cumulus and Taiwan International Student Design Competition (Asia University) with Prof. Apex Lin, project director of TISDC.

 

Led by Taiwan International Student Design Competition’s (TISDC) associate project directors, Prof. Jun-Hong Chen and Prof. Shin-Fu Lee, the execution team of TISDC went to Thailand, to promote 2020 TISDC on February 3rd. Thanks to Creative Economy Agency’s (CEA) continued support and assistance, TISDC gained the precious opportunity to hold the promotional event in Bangkok. TISDC is also honored to invite professors and students from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Rangsit University and Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University and those who are interested in student design competition to join us. Around 45 attendees participated in the promotional event.

The theme of 2020 TISDC is “Action,” a concept derived from the “SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals,” proposed by the United Nations in 2015. These goals address the challenges that human beings are facing when trying to make the world more sustainble. As global citizens, we are expected to achieve these goals by 2030. TISDC’s associate project director, Prof. Shin-Fu Lee, indicated that the key to reaching these goals is taking action immediately. Without action, nothing could be changed. Thus, people should start facing these problems right away, figuring out possible ways to solve problems, and most importantly, using “design” to put thoughts into practice. By choosing “Action” as the theme of 2020 TISDC, TISDC would like to encourage students to pay attention to global issues, look into these issues from different perspectives, and see how design could make the world a better place.

In this promotional event, special thanks are given to CEA’s executive director, Mr. Apisit Laistrooglai, and acting director of Creative City Development, Mr. Pichit Virankabutra, for the strong support. Only with their assistance could TISDC build a connection to Thailand’s central design center to promote the Competition. TISDC’s grateful thanks also go to Mr. Saksiri Koshpasharin, TISDC’s juror of 2019, and Mr. Doonyapol Srichan, TISDC’s juror of 2018, for attending the promotional event to share their experience in selecting works. Therefore, students could have clearer ideas about how to be prepared for the Competition. TISDC also appreciates the attendance of Ms. Lu Hsin-Hui, Central News Agency’s correspondent in Bangkok, and her assistance in helping circulate the information of TISDC in Thailand. Last but not least, it is a great honor of TISDC that professors and students from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Rangsit University, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, and other design schools in Thailand joined the promotional event together to know more about the Competition. TISDC hopes that student designers in Thailand could keep following the news on TISDC’s official website and seize the opportunity to make good use of this Competition as a platform to show the world their excellent design works.

Caption: Promoting 2020 TIDSC at Creative Economy Agency (1)

Caption: Promoting 2020 TIDSC at Creative Economy Agency (2)

Caption: Promoting 2020 TIDSC at Creative Economy Agency (3)

Caption: Promoting 2020 TIDSC at Creative Economy Agency (4)

Caption: Associate Project Directors of 2020 TISDC, Prof. Jun-Hong Chen and Prof. Shin-Fu Lee, Took Picture with 2019 TISDC’s Juror, Mr. Saksiri Koshpasharin, and 2018 TISDC’s Juror, Mr. Doonyapol Srichan

First of all, Taiwan International Student Design Competition would like to express its special thanks to Creative Economy Agency (CEA), one of TISDC’s international collaborators, for its continued support and assistance. Thanks to CEA’s arrangement, TISDC could have the opportunity to join Bangkok Design Week 2020 to exhibit its 2019 winning students works. Design weeks held in big cities around the world are often viewed as important platforms for international designers to have exchange and brainstroming together. Therefore, in recent years, TISDC has made good use of this kind of platform, such as Bangkok Design Week 2019 and Chiang Mai Design Week 2018, to show the world the design power of Taiwan and the emphasis Taiwan puts on design field and design education.

These years, Thailand Government and citizens also focus great attention on design field, developing great design power. In 2020, the yearly Bangkok Design Week is carried out from February 1st to February 9th. Thanks to the invitation from CEA’s executive director, Mr. Apisit Laistrooglai, and acting director of Creative City Development, Mr. Pichit Virankabutra, TISDC’s associate project directors, Prof. Jun-Hong Chen and Prof. Shin-Fu Lee, could lead the execution team of TISDC to participate in such a grand international design event. This exhibition in BKKDW2020 not only presents the execellent design works of students to the world but also raises the visibility as well as enhances the internationalization of Taiwan, which are the golas of TISDC.

Caption: Exhibition of 2019 TISDC’s Winning Works in Bangkok Design Week 2020 (1)

Caption: Exhibition of 2019 TISDC’s Winning Works in Bangkok Design Week 2020 (2)

Caption: Exhibition of 2019 TISDC’s Winning Works in Bangkok Design Week 2020 (3)

Caption: Exhibition of 2019 TISDC’s Winning Works in Bangkok Design Week 2020 (4)

Caption: Exhibition of 2019 TISDC’s Winning Works in Bangkok Design Week 2020 (5)

Promotional Video : 

Sixteenth International Poster Biennial in Mexico (16BICM) – International Poster Competition

Theme

1. It is compulsory for participants in category A and B, to send two printed copies of every poster (in its original size) that will contest.

It is up to every author to donate additional copies to be sold at the auction in our website as contribution to the BICM’s financial aid.

2. To participate in categories C, D, E and F, the participants will only send their files in high and low resolution (see subparagraph 5).

3. A properly filled-in copy of the registration form must also be attached with micropore (not with glue neither masking tape) to all the printed posters.

This can be put on the bottom right corner on the back of the poster. Click here to download the registration form.

Registration Fee

10 USD or you can download the Oyster card.

Qualification

1. Graphic designers, design students, visual artists, photographers and graphic creators in general are allowed to participate, no matter age or nationality.

They can submit posters on any subject. The posters must have been printed between the year 2018 and 2020.

2. Participants should submit a maximum of 6 posters as a total per the whole call.

3. Representation, layout and printing technique are freestyle.

Category

Visual Communication

Call for works 

DIGITAL WORK SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MAY 15, 2020

Contact

hola@bienalcartel.org
Tel.+52 (01 55) 7677 4230

Posters must be sent, without commercial value, as it follows:

By postal mail
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For more information, please visit: 
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On 29th January, 2020, the Bureau of European Design Association (BEDA) introduced TISDC to the world on its official website. BEDA is an international design association, which not only has a deep influence in the field of design in Europe but also all over the world. In 2019, TISDC had a great honor to invite Ms. Päivi Annikki Tahkokallio, president of BEDA, to be the juror of TISDC’s final selection. TISDC also invited Mr. Steinar Valade-Amland to be the representative of  BEDA to present the BEDA Special Award to the winning students in TISDC’s 2019 award ceremony. We’re glad to have these two important people to come to Taiwan. We would like to thank Mr. Steinar Valade-Amland as well for sharing the design power of Taiwan on BEDA’s official website. TISDC hopes that students around the world could keep following us and seize the opportunity to show the world their excellent design power.

More information-> https://www.beda.org/news/to-be-continued-the-taiwan-international-student-design-competition/

The third stop of 2020 Taiwan International Studnet Design Competition’s (2020TISDC) domestic promotion was National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. Thanks to the invitation from the Department of Wood Science and Design, 2020TISC could have the opportunity to introduce this year’s competition to design students. On March 12th, around 40 professors and students joined us together. TISDC’s project manager, Ms. Lin, shared not only 2020TISDC’s regulations but also some of the winning entries of 2019TISDC with the attendees.

The theme of 2020TISDC is “Action,” which is derived from the Sustainable Development Goals proposed by the United Nations in 2015. The United Nations hope that global citizens could take action immediately to face the difficulties occured from the procedure of making the world more sustainable and suitable to live and reach the 17 goals by 2030. Students who are interested in participating in this year’s competition could look into these proposed issues and see how designs could help deal with these obstacles.

For students who would like to participate in product design category, this year, there is one new award for this category. TPCA Environment Foundation is the special award sponsor of 2020TISDC and established the Environmental Sustainability Award, aiming to select entries with significance of environmental sustainability to be the winner of this award. Students could take this opportunity to show the world their excellent works and win the great prizes.

Most importantly,TISDC would like to express its sincere appreciation to Prof. Hou Po-Lun for helping us arrange this promotional event, which was a great success.

Promoting 2020TISDC at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (1)

Promoting 2020TISDC at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (2)

Promoting 2020TISDC at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (3)

Promoting 2020TISDC at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (4)

Promoting 2020TISDC at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (5)

The second stop of 2020 Taiwan International Student Design Competition’s domestic promotional tour was Asia University. On March 11th, about 90 professors and students of Department of Visual Communication Design, Department of Creative Product Design, and Department of Interior Design joined this promotional event together. Thanks for everyone’s active participation. Ms. Winnie Li, project manager of TISDC, introduced the theme and regulations of this year’s competition to the attendees.

The theme of 2020TISC is “Action.” This theme is derived from the SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals proposed by the United Nations in 2015. The United Nations hope global citizens could pay attention to the problems we are facing when trying to make the world more suitable and sustainble to live and start to take action to reach the 17 goals by 2030. Therefore, students are encouraged to focus on the 17 issues when creating their designs and see how to use designs to solve the problems. 

TISDC provides not only a platform for design students to show the world their excellent design but also high rewards. The total prize money of 2020TISDC is up to NTD4,500,000. Most importantly, no registration fee is required. Participants only need to complete their registration and work submissions online in order to participate in the Competition. Thus, hope students could seize this great opportunity to connect to the world.

TISDC also would like to show its special appreciation to Prof. Jung-Hsuan Chan of Department of Interior Design and Prof. I-Tien Chu of Department of Creative Product Design for helping us organize and promote this event. Only with their assistance could this event went so successfully.

Promoting 2020TISDC at Asia University (1)

Promoting 2020TISDC at Asia University (2)

Promoting 2020TISDC at Asia University (3)

Promoting 2020TISDC at Asia University (4)

Promoting 2020TISDC at Asia University (5)

2020 Taiwan International Student Design Competition (2020TISDC) started its domestic promotional tour on March 10th (Tue.). The first stop was Da-Yeh University. Around 70 professors and teachers joined this promotional event. Focusing on the competition regulations of 2020TISDC, Ms. Li, project manager of TISDC, encouraged students to take this opportunity to show the world their creative designs. 

2020TISDC includes three categories, product design, visual design and digital animation. “Action” is the theme of this year’s competition. The online registration and work submissions will start from May 1st to July 15th. Hope students could start working on their designs and take the chance to win the high rewards. The total prize money of this year is up to NTD4,500,000 and no registration fee is required. Such a precious opportunity is something that design students shouldn’t miss.

2020TISDC would like to show its special thanks to Prof. Shih-Cheng Fann of Department of Industrial Design for helping us organizing this promotional envent and inviting other professors and students to join us. With Prof. Fann’s assistance, the promotional event was a success. 2020TISDC looks forward to the participation of design students of Da-Yeh University.

Promoting 2020TIDSC at Da-Yeh University (1)

Promoting 2020TIDSC at Da-Yeh University (2)

Promoting 2020TIDSC at Da-Yeh University (3)

Promoting 2020TIDSC at Da-Yeh University (4)

Promoting 2020TIDSC at Da-Yeh University (5)

The fourth stop of 2020 Taiwan International Student Design Competition’s domestic promotional campaign was Chaoyang University of Technology. On March 12th, the execution team of 2020TISDC introduced its competition to around 60 professors and students from the Department of Industrial Design. Ms. Chen, project manager of TISDC, focuesed on the awards of this year’s competition and sharing the winning entries of 2019TISDC with the attendees. Thanks for everyone’s active participation.

The theme of 2020TISDC is “Action,” which encourages design students to take action and look into how design could help people solve problems in our daily life. Thus, “Action” is also related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations in 2015. The United Nations aims to make the world a better place for humans to live. However, there are 17 goals global citizens must achieve to make the Earth more sustainable. 2020TISDC hopes that design students could take this opportunity not only try to deal with these issues but also show the world their excellent designs.

TISDC would like to thank Prof. Syuan-Lan Shih for helping us arrange this promotional event, which was a great success. Hope design students from Chaoyang University of Technology could actively participate in this year’s competition and stand on the stage to receive the awards at the end of this year.

Promoting 2020TISDC at Chaoyang University of Technology (1)

Promoting 2020TISDC at Chaoyang University of Technology (2)

Promoting 2020TISDC at Chaoyang University of Technology (3)

Promoting 2020TISDC at Chaoyang University of Technology (4)

Promoting 2020TISDC at Chaoyang University of Technology (5)

The seventh stop of 2020 Taiwan International Student Design Competition’s domestic promotional trip was Fo Guang University. Thanks to the invitation from the Department of Product and Media Design and Prof. Yi-Fang Kao, TISDC could have the opportunity to introduce this year’s competition to the professors and students. Aroud 40 of them joined us together. Ms. Lin, project manager of TISDC, not only let the attendees know the achievements that TISDC had reached so far but also introduce this year’s competition regulations and some of the winning entries of 2019TISDC to them. Ms. Lin encouraged the students to brainstorm frequently and try to put their thoughts into practice as well in order to show the world their creativity and uniqueness. TISDC is a great platform for design students to be connected to the world.

The theme of 2020TISDC is “Action.” Since action speaks louder than words, we hope that students could pay attention to the existing issues in our daily life and take action right away to use design to make the world a better place to live. The theme “Action” is also connected to the Sustaainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations in 2015  as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.  Thus, we encourage students to make the best use of design to change the world for better.

This year, 2020TISDC has a newly-established award, called Environmental Sustainability Award, sponsored by TPCA Environment Foundation. The Foundation hopes that designers could always keep in mind the importance of protecting our environment. Thus, jurors will select one entry from the product design category with the significance of environmental sustainability to win this prize. The winner of this prize could receive NT$100,000, a trophy, and a certificate. It’s a gold opportunity that design students shouldn’t miss.

In the end, 2020TISDC would like to express our appreciation to Fo Guang University again for inviting us and helping us arrange this promotional campaign. We really look forward to the active participation of students from Fo Guang University.

Promoting 2020TISDC at Fo Guang University (1)

Promoting 2020TISDC at Fo Guang University (2)

Promoting 2020TISDC at Fo Guang University (3)

Promoting 2020TISDC at Fo Guang University (4)