Co-director of the Taiwan International Student Design Competition Mirra Lin visited Shilin High School of Commerce on May 23rd for the promotional campaign on campus. There was a warm crowd consisted of 200 teachers and students who joined in the session. Lecturer Mirra Lin shared with the attendees the works from previous winners of the competition and took the opportunity to motivate the students to work on their professional skills, broaden their horizon and strengthen the ability to look and think beyond. Lin also encouraged the students to submit their works to the competition, prepare themselves for more momentum to create and design. The session closed successfully thanks to the strong support and detailed arrangement from the two teachers of the Shilin High School of Commerce, Jian Ji Li and Jia Zhen Li.

The warm and welcoming attendees of the Shilin High School of Commerce

Promoting at the Shilin High School of Commerce

The 2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition has launched its promotional campaign tour around all the design schools and colleges in Taiwan. The theme of the competition this year is Breakthrough & Innovation.

Upon the invitation from Tunghai University, the project manager of TISDC was honoured to be promoting the competition on campus, gave a thorough introduction on how to enter the competition and shared with the students the works of previous winners. We would like to thank lecturer Guo Bin Zhang of the department of Industrial Design for inviting and organising the session for us. Lecturer Zhong Xing Wang, Yao Zong Ke and Yong Ting Chen also joined the session. There were around 50 attendees of the session. We are grateful for the warm participation from the teachers and students of Tunghai University.

Thanks to the warm attendees from Tunghai University

Promoting the competition at Tunghai University

Promoting the competition at Tunghai University

On the journey of design learning, students accumulate experience and fundamental skills along the way. But there is still a long way to go for them to become a “master” of design. This year the Taiwan International Student Design Competition joined hands with the A+ Creative Festival and launched the International Creativity Forum in the evening of May 18th. The two invited designers from the countries included in the New Southbound Policy, Tri Anugrah form Indonesia, Ashish Deshpande from India and the Singapore based British designer Federico Fiore to share with the students their first hand experience, the concepts originated from their personal works and design culture in different countries. Through their sharing, we hope the students get to learn how design is applied into the daily life and ponder the nature and meaning of design. 

The New Southbound Policy aims to find new directions and momentum for the society and economic development of Taiwan. Such is also true for soft power, including culture and design, as the ever evolving and innovative design thinking is in need of new direction. We look forward to having more close cooperation with the ASEAN countries, the southern Asia countries, New Zealand and Australia, and establish a stronger and more in depth bound and exchanges with these countries.

Indian designer Ashish Deshpande’s sharing in the forum

Indonesian designer Tri Anugrah’s sharing in the forum

British designer Federico Fiore’s sharing in the forum

The warm attendees of the International Creativity Forum

Co-Director of the Taiwan International Student Design Competition, Professor emeritus Shin-Fu Lee visited Dayeh University in Changhua to promote the competition on campus. 55 teachers and students participated in the session. Professor Lee was delighted to have interacted face to face with the students and shared with them the detail information on this year’s competition.

A special thank you goes to the College of Design and Arts of Dayeh University for the great support, hospitality, and allowing the promotional campaign to run smoothly. Targeting on the theme of this year’s competition “Breakthrough and Innovation”, Professor Lee set forth the detailed information on  how to compete, and shared with the students the work from the winners of last year in hope to motivate the students to submit their work and inspire their creative ideas. Professor Lee also gave his opinions and analysis on the works of the previous winners. He encouraged the students to go for design competitions so that they get to see a wider range of opportunities and choices, as well as showing their talent to the world.

Co-Director of TISDC, Professor emeritus Lee on how to participate in this year’s TISDC

Promoting the competition at the Dayeh University

Thanks to the warm crowd at the Dayah University

Co-Director of the Taiwan International Student Design Competition, Professor emeritus Jun-Hong Chen visited Kun Shan University to promote the competition on June 7th. Around 75 teachers and students joined the session. Professor Chen was delighted to communicate face to face with the students and share with them the information of this year’s competition. A special thank you goes to Dean Ling Ya Huang and the Director of the Department of Visual Communication, Zhi Wei Huang for the support and hospitality. Co-Director Chen revealed the theme of the competition this year, “Breakthrough and Innovation”. Chen gave a detailed explanation on how to enter the competition and shared with the participants of the session the winning works from last year in hope to attract more students to submit their work to the competition and inspire them to have more creative ideas. Professor Chen also illuminated his personal perspectives on the theme of the competition this year and encouraged students not to hesitate in taking part in the competition, have their works seen by the world and broaden their horizon in the discipline of design. We hope the students achieve breakthrough and innovation as they learn and make their own design, and the competition could receive more exceptional works from these emerging talents.

Co-Director, Professor emeritus Chen explaining how to participate in the Taiwan International Student Design Competition this year

Promoting the 2018 TISDC at the Kun Shan University

Promoting the 2018 TISDC at the Kun Shan University

A special thank you goes to Dean Ling Ya Huang for her support and assistance

A special thank you goes to Director Zhi Wei Huang for his support and assistance

Thank you to the teachers and students at the Kun Shan University

Co-Director of the TISDC, Mirra Lin visited Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science and launched the promotional activity for this year’s competition “Breakthrough & Innovation” on June 7th. Around 95 teachers and students joined in the session.

MirraLin gave a detailed introduction on the competition as she shared the works from the previous winners and encouraged students to proactively work on their professional skills, broaden their horizons and increase their ability to predict and perceive. Lin also motivated the students not to hesitate in joining the competition, and seize the opportunity to accumulate their energy in design, enable themselves to make more exchanges with and learn from others. The session had a successful close thanks to the strong support and detailed arrangement of Director Wen Yen Lin at the Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science.

Promoting TISDC at Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science

A big thank you to Director Wen Yen Lin at the Department of Applied Informatics and Multimedia for his strong support

The warm crowd of teachers and students at Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science

Co-Director of the Taiwan International Student Design Competition, Professor emeritus Shin-Fu Lee visited National Taichung University of Science and Technology for the promotional campaign of TISDC on Jun 7th. Lee was delighted to talk face-to-face with the design students of the University and share with them the information on this year’s competition.

The promotional campaign was a success owing to the help and hospitality of the Associate Professor Yu-Yan Zhan. Around 80 teachers and students participated in the session.  Targeting on this year’s theme of the competition, “Breakthrough and Innovation”, Co-Director Lee gave a thorough introduction on how to enter the competition. Lee shared with the attendants the works of the previous winners in hope to motivate more students to submit their works to the competition and inspire their creative ideas.  Professor Lee also emphasised that students need to accumulate their energy in design and hoped to see more students making breakthrough and achieving innovation in the arena of design.  We hope after this we could attract more exceptional design students to join in the competition.

The arrangement and help from the Associate Professor Yu-Yan Zhan is much appreciated. Starting from the left are Associate Professor Shun Yin Qiu, Dean Jia You Xiao, Associate Professor Yu-Yan Zhan, Professor Shin-Fu Lee and Lecturer Zi Yun Xu.

Promoting TISDC at the National Taichung University of Science and Technology

Thanks to the warm participation from the teachers and students at the National Taichung University of Science and Technology

Promoting TIDSC at the National Taichung University of Science and Technology

Creative and design powers are emerging in Southeast Asia, the Taiwanese government launched the New Southbound Policy in recent years to strengthen ties with Southeast Asian countries. And the 2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) held the second New Asia Design Workshop on May 19 and 20 at Asia University in Taichung to encourage design students in Taiwan to have more international exchanges. TISDC is organized by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, executed by the Department of Visual Communication, Asia University and sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation and Sayling Wen Cultural and Educational Foundation. This time, three leading designers based in the countries included in the New Southbound Policy were invited as the lecturers of the workshop: Tri Anugrah from Indonesia, Ashish Deshpande from India and the Singapore based English designer Federico Fiore.  During the two-day workshop, three lecturers enlightened the students with their abundant experiences and innovative concepts in design. The three lecturers helped students strengthen their abilities in collecting ideas from local culture in Taiwan as well as expand international perspectives so that their design could be more dynamic. 

The purpose of the workshop is not only to foster international exchange, but also to create a great opportunity for design enthusiastic students to learn from the international designers in person.  The workshop attracted 85 students from 14 different high schools, colleges and universities around Taiwan to participate.  Director of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Ms. Yen-Yi Lee was also invited to join the event.  The New Asia Design Workshop adopted the theme of the competition this year, “Breakthrough & Innovation”, and the international lecturers guided students to brainstorm and realize their ideas. Lecturers provides the students with perspectives and thinking from different disciplines, and helped students to apply them into their design. 

To bridge the communication gap, interpreters were assigned to help students as they interact with the foreign lecturers. Without the language barriers, students were able to understand and have in-depth discussion with the lecturers. 

We received many positive feedbacks from the participants of the workshop. Many expressed that they were delighted to spend their weekend learning in the workshop, and even though the duration of the workshop was only two days, both the lecturers and the students devoted themselves fully into the event and the result was fruitful and inspiring.  The two-day workshop allowed students to get a hang of the detailed process of design thinking, acquaint with friends from different design discipline, and experience intense teamwork within two days. Participants expressed their gratitude for the Taiwan International Student Design Competition for granting them the opportunity and that wish to participate similar events in the following year. 

A special thank goes to Director Tian Jie Zhang of the Department of Visual Communication for the opening remarks and the encouragement for the workshop attendants

Students listening attentively to the introduction of the workshop in the opening ceremony

Students and the lecturer at the opening ceremony of the New Asia Design Workshop

Indonesian designer Tri Anugrah lecturing at the workshop for the Visual Communication group

Indonesian designer Tri Anugrah discussing with the students of Visual Design group during the workshop

Indian designer Ashish Deshpande lecturing at the workshop for the Product Design group

Indian designer Ashish Deshpande discussing with the students of Product Design group during the workshop

Singapore based British designer Federico Fiore lecturing at the workshop for the Digital Animation group

Singapore based British designer Federico Fiore discussing with the students of the Digital Animation group

Tri Anugrah with the students of the Visual Communication group

Ashish Deshpande with the students of the Product Design group

Federico Fiore with the students and TISDC Executive Team

Students presenting their works at the end of the workshop at the Ando Hall of Asia University Museum of Modern Art

The New Asia Design Workshop had a successful close

On May 31st, Co-Directors of the Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC): Professor emeritus Jun-Hong Chen, Professor Ming-Lung Yu and Lecturer Miira Lin visited Sichuan University Jinjiang College to promote the competition. They gave a detailed introduction to the TISDC and imparted the strategies to compete in the international design competition to the attendees. Special thanks to Dean Hu Shao Zhong of the School of Art of the Sichuan University Jinjiang College for the arrangement, assistance and hospitality for the promotional session. The same gratitude also goes to Deputy Dean Wang Shao Wen, Director Yue Xing Xu of the Department of the Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs, Professor Hong Tu Xie at the School of Literature and Arts of the Southwest University of Science and Technology, Professor Jun Tao Li at the Fine Arts College of the Sichuan Normal University and some 300 teachers and students from the schools and colleges in Sichuan for the warm participation.

Promoting 2018 TISDC at the School of Art of the Sichuan University Jinjiang College

Promoting 2018 TISDC at the School of Art of the Sichuan University Jinjiang College

Co-Director, Lecturer Miira Lin on how to compete in 2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition

Thanks to the warm participation from the teachers and students at the School of Art of the Sichuan University Jinjiang College

There are only 5 days left for registration
TISDC – World Biggest Student Design Competition
May15 – July 16, 2018

**Total Prize Money is Up to US$180,000
**The largest Student Design Competition Worldwide
**No Registration &Presentation Fee

There are only 4 days left for registration
TISDC – World Biggest Student Design Competition
May15 – July 16, 2018

**Total Prize Money is Up to US$180,000
**The largest Student Design Competition Worldwide
**No Registration &Presentation Fee

【Attention】Registration Deadline is Extended to July 20, 2018

2018 Taiwan International Design Competition features 4 categories: Product Design, Visual Design, Digital Animation, and Service Design. Each category registration response has been very active, thank you all for your support for TISDC.

Online Registration deadline is July 16 (MON), 2018. (Taipei Time) Due to the registration is extremely active, in order to prevent system crashing due to traffic overload, 2018 TISDC registration deadline is extended to July 20, 2018 15:00 (Taipei time, GMT+8:00).

To ensure your eligibility in the competition, please make sure you completed the registration steps successfully.

Seize the last minute chance and good luck! 

TISDC Executive Team

The theme for 2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition is Breakthrough and Innovation . Organized by Ministry of Education, sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation and Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation, endorsed by 21 worldwide partenrs, executed by Asia University. Total Prize Money is up to US$180,000. TISDC is now one of the prestigious student design competitions worldwide. Thank you for your participation and support for 2018 TISDC. The registration deadline was officially close on July 20(Fri.), 2018. (GMT+8)

Once again, thank you all. We value your participation and support for 2018 TISDC.

Let’s look forward to the coming up 2018 TISDC Events! 
September: Preliminary Selection
October: Final Selection/Design Master Serial Seminar
November: 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

Worldwide Partners

Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI)

The Bureau of European Design Association (BEDA)

Centro Brazil Design (CBD)

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 Ensemble of Contemporary Design (KECD)

Lahti International Poster Triennial (Lahti)

Macau Designers Association(MDA)

Brno Biennale Association (SBB)

Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC)

Taiwan Design Alliance (TdA)

Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia)

The World Design Organization (WDO)

Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), the largest-scale international student design competition worldwide, is organized and promoted by the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education of Taiwan, co-organized by Design Business Chamber Singapore, sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation and Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation, and executed by the Department of Visual Communication Design, Asia University. This year, TISDC received 20,833 entries from 895 school departments/institutes of 66 countries/regions around the world and collaborated with 21 international design associations, including World Design Organization (WDO), International Council of Design (ico-D), The Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA), the Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia), Association for the Industrial Design (ADI), Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP), Korea Ensemble of Contemporary Design (KECD), 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), Brno Biennale Association (SBB), Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC), 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). These 21 international design associations have agreed to set up special prizes in their names, delegate representatives to serve as jurors for the competition, and participate in the series events, including 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, for the very first time, TISDC divided the preliminary selection into the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan and the Preliminary Selection in Singapore. DBCS was in charge of collecting all the entries from Australia, New Zealand, and 11 countries/regions of Southeast Asia and South Asia and inviting designers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Australia, England, Switzerland, South Africa, Netherlands, and Taiwan to form the jury consisting of 15 members for the Preliminary Selection in Singapore. The Preliminary Selection in Singapore was rounded off on September 7th, which successfully led TISDC to new milestones.

During the Preliminary Selection in Singapore, the organizers also held the International Design Master Lecture Series at National Design Centre on September 6th, inviting 6 members of the jury who are designers from Malaysia, India, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand and Netherlands respectively to deliver a lecture. Around 140 people were attracted to the events.

On the first day of the Preliminary Selection in Singapore, Mr. Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang, Republic of China (Taiwan)’s representative to the Republic of Singapore, and Mr. Don Chen, CEO of iSee Taiwan Foundation, delivered their opening remarks, giving recognition to TISDC for the achievements it had made and expressing their gratitude to all the professional designers from around the world for serving as jurors of the competition.

Following the Preliminary Selection in Singapore, 2018 TISDC will be holding the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan from September 14th to 16th at Howard Civil Service International House. The jury will consist of 22 design experts from Taiwan and 3 from abroad to demonstrate the credibility and diversity of 2018 TISDC.

To know more about 2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition, please follow our official website.

Pictured Left to Right are Ms. Su-Eing Chee, Vice President of DBCS; Mr. Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang, Republic of China (Taiwan)’s Representative to the Republic of Singapore; Mr. Don Chen, CEO of iSee Taiwan Foundation; and Mr. Apex Pang-Soong Lin, Project Director of TISDC.

Picture of the Jury of Preliminary Selection in Singapore and Executive’s Representatives

The Jury of Digital Animation Category  (Pictured Left to Right are Mr. Wei-Ming Liao, Mr. Sekhar Mukherjee, Mr. Sean Rogers, Mr. Keng-Ming Liu, Mr. Seah Choon Meng, and Mr. Deddy Syamsuddin.)

The Jury of Visual Design Category  (Pictured Left to Right are Mr. Jackson Tan, Mr. Ming-Lung Yu, Mr. Jamie Wu, Mr. William Harald-Wong, Mr. Pete Overy, and Mr. Tarek Atrissi.)

The Jury of Product Design Category and Service Design Category  (Pictured Left to Right are Ms. Miira Lin, Ms. Nuttawee Tangnoi, Mr. Brandon Gien, Mr. Kiming Yap, Mr. Bojan Blecic, Ms. Vii Chen, and Mr. Shin-Fu Lee.)

Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) was initiated by the Ministry of Education in 2008, and this year marks its eleventh anniversary. With more and more countries/regions participating in the competition, the international visibility of TISDC has been increasing steadily. This year, TISDC received more than 20,000 entries and for the very first time held an overseas preliminary selection in Singapore, which successfully led TISDC to new milestones.

This year, for the very first time, TISDC divided the preliminary selection into the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan and the Preliminary Selection in Singapore. Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS) was in charge of collecting all the entries from Australia, New Zealand, and 11 countries/regions of Southeast Asia and South Asia and inviting designers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Australia, England, Switzerland, South Africa, Netherlands, and Taiwan to form the jury consisting of 15 members for the Preliminary Selection in Singapore. The Preliminary Selection in Singapore was rounded off at National Design Centre on September 7th, which successfully led TISDC to new milestones. During the Preliminary Selection in Singapore, the organizers also held the International Design Master Lecture Series at National Design Centre on September 6th, inviting 6 members of the jury to deliver a lecture and attracting around 140 people to the events.

In the International Design Master Lecture Series, the Malaysian designer, Mr. William Harald-Wong, discussed the relationships between designs and skin-cultural encounters. The Indian designer, Mr. Sekhar Mukherjee, shared his ideas about the power of cultural collaboration in design education. The Australian designer, Mr. Brandon Gien, talked about why our world needs good design. Mr. Tarek Atrissi, a designer from Netherlands discussed the combination of Arabic typography and graphic design in current designs. Ms. Nuttawee Tangnoi, a designer from Thailand expressed her thoughts about how design influences people’s life. Last but not least, the Indonesia designer, Mr. Deddy Syamsuddin, discussed the diversity between motion and emotion in animation.

The preliminary selection in Singapore of 2018 TISDC was rounded off with the fabulous lectures given by the design experts. Special thanks are given to DBCS for the tremendous assistance and support which made the International Design Master Lecture Series such a successful event. Following the lecture series comes the two-day entry screening. Let’s look forward to the design works that will enter the Final Selection, pursuing the Grand Prix worth NT$400,000 and the awards in each of the categories.

Mr. Andrew Pang, president of DBCS, delivered his opening remarks for International Design Master Lecture Series.

Mr. Apex Pang-Soong Lin, project director of TISDC, delivered his opening remarks for International Design Master Lecture Series.

Pictured left to right (back row): Ms. Sue-Ann Li, Mr. Kimming Yap, Mr. Andrew Pang, Mr. Apex Lin, Pang-Soong, Mr. Brandon Gien, Mr. William Harald-Wong, Ms. Nuttawee Tangnoi, Mr. Tarek Atrissi; (front row): Mr. Sekhar Mukherjee and Mr. Deddy Syamsuddin.

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 of Taiwan, sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation and Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation, and executed by the Department of Visual Communication Design, Asia University. TISDC is now in its eleventh year.

The theme of this year’s competition is “Breakthrough and Innovation.” This year, TISDC received 20,833 entries from 895 schools/departments in 66 countries/regions. With the increase in the number of countries/regions participating in the competition, the international visibility of TISDC has increased as well.

The Preliminary Selection in Taiwan of 2018 TISDC was held from September 14 to 16 at Howard Civil Service International House in Taipei. The selection included the categories of “Product Design,” “Visual Design,” “Digital Animation,” and “Service Design.” The jury consisted of 22 jurors from Taiwan and 3 jurors from abroad, including Mr. Doonyapol Srichan from Thailand, Mr. Chau-Chuen Charles Ng from Hong Kong, and Mr. Yu-Chen Tom Lee from Canada.

After two days of strict and enthusiastic discussion in the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan, 123 pieces of the Product Design category, 350 pieces of the Visual Design category, 39 pieces of the Digital Animation category, and 46 pieces of the Service Design category were finally selected. A total of 558 pieces of works were nominated into the Final Selection, pursuing the Grand Prix which is worth NT$400000 and other awards in each of the categories.

Following the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan, 2018 TISDC will be holding the Final Selection on October 17th at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei. The jury will consist of 23 design experts from abroad and 9 design experts from Taiwan to demonstrate the credibility and diversity of 2018 TISDC. To know more about 2018 TISDC, please visit our official website.

Address by Ms. Hui-Yuan Liu, Specialist of Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education

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

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

Address by Mr. Shinji Yajima, Senior Executive Manager of Japan Institute of Design Promotion

Picture of Jurors of Preliminary Selection in Taiwan and TISDC Executive’s Representatives

Preliminary Selection in Taiwan in Visual Design Category

Preliminary Selection in Taiwan in Product Design Category

Preliminary Selection in Taiwan in Digital Animation Category

Preliminary Selection in Taiwan in Service Design Category

Product Design Category- 148 entries: Download Shortlist of Final Selection

Visual Design Category – 371 entries: Download Shortlist of Final Selection

Digital Animation Category- 46 entries: Download Shortlist of Final Selection

Service Design Category- 53 entries: Download Shortlist of Final Selection

Congratulations to all the finalists of 2018 TISDC Final Selection!!!

All the finalists must complete the 2nd stage of work submission before October 9, 2018, 17:00 (Taipei: GMT +8).

For more details of work submission, please see the Instructions for Final Selection Work Submission

Instructions for Final Selection Work Submission:

A. Mail printout(s): Please submit at most 3 printouts on A2 size (Portrait Format: L59.4cm×W42cm or Landscape Format: L42cm×W59.4cm). The printout(s) need(s) NOT be mounted on cardboards/paperboards. Please download the entry information sheet and fill out the forms. The hard copy 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: 2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition Executive, Department of Visual Communication Design, Asia University, A412 Office

Address: No.500, Lioufeng Rd., Wufeng District, Taichung 41354, Taiwan

B. Upload the electronic file of the work: Please upload the electronic file of the work and clear high-quality half-length photos of all the designers of the work to 2018 TISDC official website: www.tisdc.org 

C. Upload & Mail other important 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.)

2. Upload a scanned file of the 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, 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 so only one copy of the affidavit is needed for each entry.) Please also send the original signed affidavit to TISDC with your printout(s).

Important Notes:

1. As for the starting time to submit the work online for final selection, please pay attention to the announcement made on the official website of 2018 TISDC. 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 competition and congratulations to you 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,

2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition Executive

＊ The work submission, including mailing printout(s) and affidavit and uploading required files, should be completed before 17:00, October 9, 2018 (Taipei: GMT+8).

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

＊ As for the starting time to submit the work online for final selection, please pay attention to the announcement made on the official website of 2018 TISDC.

1. Product Design Category: Please upload at most 3 electronic files of the printouts online and also send the printouts to TISDC. The uploaded electronic file(s) and the printout(s) must be the same. Only printouts are accepted. Any kinds of models and entities are NOT accepted.

2. Visual Design Category: Please upload at most 3 electronic files of the printouts online and also send the printouts to TISDC. The uploaded electronic file(s) and the printout(s) must be the same. Only printouts are accepted. Any kinds of models and entities are NOT accepted.

3. Digital Animation Category: Please upload at most 5 electronic files of the printouts and the full-length film online. NO printouts should be sent to TISDC.

4. Service Design Category: Please upload at most 3 electronic files of the printouts online and also send the printouts to TISDC. The uploaded electronic file(s) and the printout(s) must be the same.

I.【Mail Printout(s)】: Product Design Category/ Visual Design Category/ Service Design Category

1. Printout(s): A2 Size (Portrait Format: L59.4cm×W42cm or Landscape Format: L42cm×W59.4cm). Printout(s) and the uploaded electronic file(s) must be the same.

Product Design Category – At most 3 printouts per entry

Visual Design Category – At most 3 printouts per entry

Service Design Category– At most 3 printouts per entry

2. Paste Entry Information Sheet: The printout(s) need NOT be mounted on cardboards/paperboards. Please download the entry information sheet and fill out the forms. The hard copy 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 remember to mark the order of the printout(s).)

(Example)

3.Please send the printout(s) to:

Recipient: 2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition Executive, Department of Visual Communication Design, Asia University, A412 Office

Address: No.500, Lioufeng Rd., Wufeng District, Taichung 41354, Taiwan

Phone number: +886-4-2331-0066

II.【Upload Electronic File(s)】: Please use your registered email address and password to log into the official website of 2018 TISDC to download/upload files.

1. Product Design Category 
   ※Please compress your JPG files in a zip first and then upload it※

1. Electronic file(s) of the printout(s): A2 Size (Portrait Format: L59.4cm×W42cm or Landscape Format: L42cm×W59.4cm, 300dip, JPG). At most 3 posters could be uploaded for each entry.
2. An image of the product (without description): Please upload an image of the product (e.g. a product rendering) in A2 size (Portrait Format: L59.4cm×W42cm or Landscape Format: L42cm×W59.4cm, 300dip, JPG). But NO description is needed in the image. 

(Example)

3. A one-minute clip of product introduction: This is optional not required. (under 800MB,MOV /MP4 format)

2. Visual Design Category & Service Design Category 
   ※Please compress your JPG files in a zip first and then upload it※

1. Electronic file(s) of the printout(s): A2 Size (Portrait Format: L59.4cm×W42cm or Landscape Format: L42cm×W59.4cm, 300dip, JPG). At most 3 posters could be uploaded for each entry.

3. Digital Animation Category  
   ※Please compress your JPG files in a zip first and then upload it※

1. Electronic file(s) of film poster(s): A2 Size (Portrait Format: L59.4cm×W42cm or Landscape Format: L42cm×W59.4cm, 300dip, JPG). At most 5 posters could be uploaded for each film.
2. Full-length Film: The film must be less than 10 minutes (under 800MB,MOV /MP4 format). Please compress Video in a zip first and then upload it.

III.【Upload Other Required Documents】 
      ※Please compress your JPG files in a zip first and then upload it※

1. Upload a scanned file of valid student ID card or school enrollment certificate (Every designer should upload his/her own student ID card or school enrollment certificate.)

2. Upload a scanned file of the 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.)

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 so only one copy of the affidavit is needed for each entry.) Please also send the original signed affidavit to TISDC with your printout(s).

Download-Affidavit (Declaration & Copyright License Agreement)

4. Upload clear high-quality half-length photos of all the designers of the work (above 2MB/ JPG/ 300dpi) to the official website of 2018 TISDC: www.tisdc.org  
    

***Please make sure you complete the work submission before 17:00, October 9, 2018 (Taipei: GMT+8) in order to ensure your eligibility to enter Final Selection.

STEP 1.

Click the link to WeTransfer (https://wetransfer.com/) and click “I agree.”

STEP 2.

Click “Add your files” and choose the video that you would like to upload to TISDC.

According to the rules of TISDC, the video should be within 1 minute long and smaller than 800MB. Please follow the rules. Thank you.

STEP 3.

1. Please leave TISDC’s email (tisdc.tw2@gmail.com) in the blank of “Email to.”
2. Leave your email address in the blank of “Your email.”
3. In the blank of “Message,” please leave your work title, work number, name of designer(s) to let us know whose work it is.

STEP 4.

Click “Transfer” to upload your video. After you successfully upload the video, you’ll get an email from WeTransfer.

STEP 5.

Please send an email to TISDC (tisdc.tw2@gmail.com) to let us know you have uploaded your video in case that we miss it.

After we successfully download the video, you’ll get another email from WeTransfer as well. Please pay attention to the emails. Thank you.

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), sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation and Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation, and executed by the Department of Visual Communication Design, Asia University. TISDC is now in its eleventh year. The theme of this year’s competition is “Breakthrough and Innovation.” This year, TISDC received 20,833 entries from 895 schools/departments in 66 countries/regions. With the increase in the number of countries/regions participating in the competition, the international visibility of TISDC has increased as well.

The Final Selection of 2018 TISDC was held on October 17 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 “Service Design.” The jury consisted of 9 jurors from Taiwan and 23 jurors from abroad. The international jurors contained 3 design experts recommended by the Ministry of Education (Taiwan), inclusive of Mr. Kazuo Tanaka, Mr. Matthias Lechner, and Mr. Jun Zeng, as well as representatives of 20 International Design Organizations, including Antonello Marega of Industrial Design Association (ADI), Päivi Tahkokallio of The Bureau of European Design Association (BEDA), Fabiane Conselvan of Brazil Design Center (CBD), Andrew Pang of Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS), Jef Wong of The Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ), Leo Chan of Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations (FHKDA), Rachel Wye of Good Design Australia (GDA), Janine Wunder of German Design Council (GDC), Katerina Terekhova of Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee (Golden Bee), Zinnia Nizar of International Council of Design (ico-D), Dhiman Sengupta of India Design Council (IDC), Antonio Castro H. of International Poster Biennial in Mexico (IPBM), Minako Ikeda of Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP), Keun-Yul Son of Korea Ensemble of Contemporary Design (KECD), Pekka Piippo of Lahti International Poster Triennial (Lahti), James Chu of Macau Designers Association (MDA), Andrej Hascak of Brno Biennale Association (SBB), Pichit Virankabutra of Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC), Jieh-Cheng Kuo of Taiwan Design Associations (TdA), and Dongchern Cin of The Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia).

During the international jurors’ visits in Taiwan, the organizer of 2018 TISDC held the “International Design Master Lecture Series” at National Library of Public Information in Taichung and at Da Dong Arts Center in Kaohsiung, inviting 3 international jurors and 3 designers in different fields of Taiwan to give a speech about design. By inviting these design experts to share their experience and observations on design, 2018 TISDC would like to not only benefit the public who are passionate about design but also promote international exchange. The lectures successfully attracted a lot of interest from students and teachers who are learning or teaching design. Every session was remarkable and insightful, and the audience all responded with enthusiasm, taking the opportunity to interact with the international masters.

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

Prof. Apex Lin, Project Director of Taiwan International Student Design Competition introduced the competition

Picture of Jurors of Final Selection and Representatives of TISDC Executive

Final Selection in Product Design Category

Picture of Jurors of Product Design Category

Final Selection in Visual Design Category

Picture of Jurors of Visual Design Category

Final Selection in Digital Animation Category

Picture of Jurors of Digital Animation Category

Final Selection in Service Design Category

Picture of Jurors of Service Design Category

Grand Prix: Download Winners List 

Product Design: Download Winners List 

Visual Design: Download Winners List 

Digital Animation: Download Winners List 

Service Design: Download Winners List 

As the world’s largest-scale international student design contest, 2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition has now released its winners list. This year, there are in total 20,833 participating entries, which come from 66 countries/regions and 895 design schools worldwide. There were 15 jurors in the preliminary selection in Singapore, 25 jurors in the preliminary selection in Taiwan and 32 jurors in the final selection, all of whom constituted a large jury panel with members from 26 different countries/regions. After lively discussion among these design experts, 73 winning entries were picked from the 618 finalists. With regard to the grand prix, it has been won by “A Gong” of the digital animation category and the designers of which are Yen-Chen Liu, Ellis Kayin Chan, Zozo Jhen, Tena Galovic and Marine Varguy, coming from Gobelins, l’École de l’image, France. The setting of this work is the traditional culture of Taiwanese funerals, and the animation depicts the transitions of feelings in the mind of a seven-year-old boy faced with the decease of a close family member. The atmosphere established in the animation is touching, and the storytelling resonates with most watchers. The imagery and artistic style are delicate, and the emotions are subtle and moving. “A Gong,” therefore, has received the acclaim of the majority of the jurors and won the grand prix of the year with the reward of NT$ 400,000.

Organized and promoted by the Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education, executed by Asia University, and sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation and Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation, Taiwan International Student Design Competition has marked its eleventh anniversary this year. The theme for this year is “Breakthrough and Innovation,” and the four competition categories are “product design,” “visual design,” “digital animation” and “service design.” The 73 winning entries include 1 grand prix; 1 gold prize, 1 silver prize and 3 bronze prizes for the three categories of “product design,” “visual design” and “digital animation, respectively;” 23 honorable mention prizes for these three categories altogether. The prizes mentioned above are provided by the Ministry of Education. The 73 winning entries also include 20 international design association special prizes, sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation; 1 gold prize, 2 silver prizes, 3 bronze prizes and 8 honorable mention prizes in the category of “service design,” also sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation. “Service design” is a new category this year, and the aim is to realize diverse, innovative and creative thinking in the Competition with a different form of design.

This year, the gold prizes of the four categories have all been won by Taiwanese students. The gold prize winner of the product design category, Jie-Yu Gu, comes from Shih Chien University, and her entry is titled “Safe Cloak,” which addresses the issue of the global refugee crisis. With her concern about basic human rights as the starting point, the designer’s thorough consideration for human needs can be seen in her design details. This is not just a nice-looking product or a set of equipment with good functions—it aims to put forward a solution to improve the lives of many, which is worth applause indeed. The gold prize winner of the visual design category, Xiang-Xin Wan, comes from National Taiwan University of Arts, with her entry titled “Under 1.0.” This work combines endangered animals from all over the world with eye charts, and the designer uses different illustration techniques to present the diverse styles of numerous countries and species. The concept of this work is simple, yet the techniques involved are highly skillful. This work adopts a new perspective and focus to look at the crisis of endangered and extinct animals, reminding human beings to treat the natural environment well. The gold prize winners of the digital animation category are Jia-Yu Guo, Nien-Chen Wu, Ling Po, Tzu-Yi Liao and Ki-Lung Lee from Chaoyang University of Technology. The theme of their entry, titled “A Mess,” is bullying. In this animation, hairstyle represents the mood and appearance of a person, and the story symbolizes the discrimination and unfair treatment in our society on account of one’s appearance. This work explores multiple social issues, and the technique and style of its storytelling are very innovative and highly appreciated by the jury panel. The gold prize winners of the service design category, Chien-Chih Hsu, Hou-Jun Chen and Hsuan-Tzu Shen, come from National Cheng Kung University, and their entry is titled “Game Creatures.” This is a service system for teachers to teach students how to design games, and it allows instructors and teachers to learn about design thinking and creativity through teaching game design. Hence, the acclaim of the gold prize of the service design category awarded to it.

The winners list has been released onto the official website of the Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education (https://depart.moe.edu.tw/ed2200/) and the official website of 2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition (www.tisdc.org). It is planned that on November 30, the award ceremony and the exhibition of the winning entries will take place in eslite Performance Hall inside Songshan Cultural and Creative Park (No.88, Yanchang Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City 110, Taiwan (R.O.C.)). In order to enhance the visibility of these works and provide the public with more opportunities to appreciate the works, the exhibition of the winning entries will also be held in National Library of Public Information (No.100, Wuquan S. Rd., South Dist., Taichung City 402, Taiwan (R.O.C.)) in December 3 to December 17.

Grand Prix: A Gong