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TISDC – World Biggest Student Design Competition

June 1- July 25, 2017



**Total Prize Money is Up to US$160,000
**The largest Student Design Competition Worldwide
**16 International Design Associations Endorse Special Awards
**No Registration &Presentation Fee

There are only 5 days left for registration

TISDC – World Biggest Student Design Competition

June 1- July 25, 2017



**Total Prize Money is Up to US$160,000
**The largest Student Design Competition Worldwide

**16 International Design Associations Endorse Special Awards

**No Registration &Presentation Fee

2017 Taiwan International Design Competition features 4 categories: Product Design, Visual Design, Digital Animation, and Brand Specified. Each category registration response has been very active, thank you all for your support for TISDC.


Online Registration deadline is July 25 (TUE), 2017. (Taipei Time) Due to the registration is extremely active, in order to prevent system crashing due to traffic overload, 2017 TISDC registration deadline is extended to July 27, 2017 24:00 (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

2017 TISDC theme is Opportunity . Organized by Ministry of Education, sponsored by Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation and iSee Taiwan Foundation, endorsed by 16 worldwide partenrs, executed by Asia University. Total Prize Money is Up to US$160,000.TISDC is now one of the prestigious student design competitions worldwide. Thank you for your participation and support for 2017 TISDC. The registration deadline is officially close on July 27(Thur.), 2017. (Taipei time GMT+8)

Once again, thank you all. We value your participation and support for 2017 TISDC.

Let’s look forward to the coming up 2017 TISDC Events! 
September: Preliminary Selection
October: Final Selection/Design Master Serial Seminar
November: Award Ceremony

Thank you and Good Luck! 

Sincerely,

Apex Lin 

Ming-lung Yu

Shin-Fu Lee 

Melvyn Liao

Tien-Chieh Chang

Miirabai Lin and Executive Team

 

Organizer 

The Youth Development Administration, Ministry of Education

 

Executive

Department of Visual Communication Design, Asia University

 

Sponsors

iSee Taiwan Foundation

Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation

 

 

Worldwide Partners

Alliance Francaise des Designers

Brno Biennale Association

Design Business Chamber Singapore

German Design Council

Good Design Australia

Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations

International Council of Design

India Design Council

International Poster Biennial in Mexico

Japan Institute of Design Promotion

Korea Ensemble of Contemporary Design

Macau Designers Association

Thailand Creative & Design Center

The Design Alliance Asia

Taiwan Design Center

The Designers Institute of New Zealand

Organized by Taiwan Ministry of Education, executed by Asia University, sponsored by Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation and iSee Taiwan Foundation, 2017 Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) is headed towards its tenth year. The theme for 2017 is 「Opportunity」. Throughout years of endeavor and effort, 2017 TISDC attracted total 71 countries/region worldwide, 910 schools to join the competition. 2017 TISDC had received 18,932 registration entries among the 4 categories, the data had set a new record to the past and has indicated that TISDC is indeed the most participated, with the highest awards International Student Design Competition in a worldwide scale.

2017 TISDC Preliminary Selection juror team was composed by professionals coming from various fields, leading by Mr. Jimmy Chang, Ms. Chi-Mei Chang, Mr. Pochou Chi, total 20 Taiwanese professional jurors and 2 International professional jurors joined together at the preliminary selection on September 2-4, 2017. As 2017 TISDC registration work entries number has reached to the highest among the past years, the selection is fairly competitive.

After 3 days of discussion, each team had selected: 
Product Design Category: 114 entries
Visual Design Category: 253 entries
Digital Animation Category: 43 entries
Brand Specified Category: 55 entries
Total 465 entries will enter Final Selection Stage to compete for the Grand Prix (400,000 NTD) and other awards. 
 
2017 TISDC Final Selection will be held in the mid October.
In order to show the diversity and authenticity of TISDC, total 27 jurors will be joining at the 2017 TISDC Final Selection. 6 Taiwanese jurors from the Preliminary selection, 16 International Design Worldwide Partners Representative, and 5 International Professionals. For more information, please see www.tisdc.org.
 
*2017 TISDC All Category Final Selection Finalist List, please see: 
Product Design Category: 114 entries Download Final Selection Finalist List
Visual Design Category: 253 entries Download Final Selection Finalist List
Digital Animation Category: 43 entries Download Final Selection Finalist List
Brand Specified Category: 55 entries Download Final Selection Finalist List
 
Taiwan International Student Design Competition Preliminary Selection Jurors and Executive Team Representatives Group Photo
 
Project Director Apex Lin, Pang Soong Chair Professor of Department of Visual Communication Design, Asia University

CEO Don Chen, iSee Taiwan Foundation

Preliminary Selection: Product Design Category and Brand Specified Category

Preliminary Selection: Visual Design Category 

Preliminary Selection: Digital Animation Category 

 *The system is open to upload starting from September 15, 2017 to September 27, 2017, 17:00 (Taipei GMT +8:00)*

1. Finalist must mail Printout(s) and upload Electronic File before September 27, 2017, 17:00(Taipei GMT 8:00). Overdue Submission will be regarded as contestant's abandonment of Finalist Qualification

 
2. Product Design/ Brand Specified Category: No model/ entity work is required. Only Printout(s) is accepted.  Printout(s) and the uploaded electronic file must be the same.
 
3. Visual Design Category: If any type of work is related to packaging, catalog, book, no entity packaging/ entity book is required. Only Printout(s) is accepted. Printout(s) and the uploaded electronic file must be the same.
 
4. Digital Animation: No Printout(s) is required. Please upload the work digital file. 
 
 
I.【Mail Printout(s)】: Product Design/ Visual Design/ Brand Specified Category
1. Printout(s): A2 Size (Portrait Format: L59.4×W42cm or Landscape Format: L42×W59.4cm). Printout(s) and the uploaded electronic file must be the same. 
Product Design– Upmost 3 printouts per entry
Visual Design– Upmost 3 printouts per entry
Brand Specified– Upmost 4 printouts per entry
 
2. Mark Important Information: The printouts need not be mounted on cardboards/paperboards. Please mark your Name, Work Title, Work number, Work Title, (if your work is in serial, mark the order (1,2,3)of your work) at the lower right corner at the back of your printouts with a pencil. 
 
3.Please mail printout(s) to: 
Recipient: 2017 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
 
II.【Electronic File Upload】: Please use your Member account (Email) and Password to log in
A.Product Design/ Brand Specified Category Electronic File: 
1. Product Description Poster: A2 Size (Portrait Format: L59.4×W42cm or Landscape Format: L42×W59.4cm, 300dip, JPG).
Product Design Category-Upmost 3 files per entry
Brand Specified Category-Upmost 4 files per entry 
 
2.Product image (No description): Please upload an image of the product. For example: the Product simulation image or product scenario image, no product description is required.  (A2 size Portrait Format: L59.4×W42cm or Landscape Format: L42×W59.4cm, 300dip, JPG).
 
B. Visual Design Category Electronic Work File:
1. Work File Specification: A2 Size (Portrait Format: L59.4×W42cm or Landscape Format: L42×W59.4cm, 300dip, JPG).
 
C. Digital Animation Category Electronic Work File:
1. Film Poster: A2 Size (Portrait Format: L59.4×W42cm or Landscape Format: L42×W59.4cm, 300dip, JPG). Upmost 5 posters per entry.
2. Full-length Film: The film must be less than 10 minutes (under 800MB,MOV /MP4 format).
 
III.【Important Documents】
1. A scan copy of proof of Student Status: Valid Student ID or Enrollment Letter
2. A scan copy of Identity: Passport or Driver’s License or Identity Card
3. A scan copy of the Affidavit: Print out and signed the Affidavit. Scan the signed Affidavit and upload the electronic file 
4. Clear half-length photos of all designers (above 2MB/ JPG/ 300dpi)
 
***Please make sure you complete the submission steps in order to ensure your eligibility to enter Final Selection. Good Luck! 
 


Final Selection Work Submission】
Online Electronic File Uploading deadline is extended to September 28, 2017 17:00 (Taipei time, GMT+8:00)
 
Overdue Submission will be regarded as contestant's abandonment of Finalist Qualification.
 
Seize the last minute chance and good luck! 
 
TISDC  Executive Team

Thank you for your participation and support for 2017 TISDC. The Final Selection Work Submission deadline is officially close on September 28, 2017 17:00 (Taipei time, GMT+8:00)

Thank you for paticipating in 2017 Taiwan International Student Design Compeition. Winners' lists will be updated on TISDC official website after final selection.
 

Let’s look forward to the coming up 2017 TISDC Events! 

October: Final Selection / International Design Masters Lecture Series

November: Award Ceremony

Thank you and Good Luck! 


TISDC Executive

Organized by Taiwan Ministry of Education, executed by Asia University, sponsored by Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation and iSee Taiwan Foundation, 2017 Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) is headed towards its tenth year. The theme for 2017 is 「Opportunity」. Throughout years of endeavor and effort, 2017 TISDC attracted total 71 countries/region worldwide, 910 schools to join the competition. 2017 TISDC had received 18,932 registration entries among the 4 categories, the data had set a new record to the past and has indicated that TISDC is indeed the most participated, with the highest awards International Student Design Competition in a worldwide scale.
 

2017 TISDC Final Selection was held in the Cultural & Creative Industries Park in Taichung. Among the 4 categories : Product Design, Visual Design, Digital Animation, and Brand Specified. 2017 TISDC Final Selection juror team was composed by professionals coming from various fields, leading by 6 Taiwanese Preliminary Selection conveners, along with 16 worldwide representatives of international design organizations. (Including: Alliance francaise des designers, Brno Biennale Association, Design Business Chamber Singapore, Good Design Australia, German Design Council, Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations, International Council of Design, India Design Council, International Poster Biennial in Mexico, Japan Institute of Design Promotion, Korea Ensemble of Contemporary Design, Macau Designers Association, Thailand Creative & Design Center, Design Alliance Asia, Taiwan Design Center, and The Designers Institute of New Zealand), and 5 Final Selection jurors from various fields. Total 27 final selection jurors have strongly lineup.

International Design Master Series lectures was held on Oct 7 during international jury visit. There are three lectures held at NTUH International Convention Center in Taipei, The Cultural & Creative Industries Park in Taichung and Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in Kaohsiung. Inviting design masters to share the design experience and observation not only providing a different sight in design from all over the world but also bringing out a variety of point of view. We look forward to bringing several perspectives to the audience, and to motiving the creative spark between different cultures.

Taiwan International Student Design Competition Final Selection Jurors and Executive Team Representatives Group Photo

Final Selection : Product Design Category and Brand Specified Category

Final Selection : Visual Design Category

Final Selection : Digital Animation Category 

 
Product Design: Download Winners List 
 
Visual Design: Download Winners List 
 
Digital Animation: Download Winners List 
 
Brand Specified: Download Winners List 

The Taiwan International Student Design Competition, the biggest international student design competition, has announced the winners. This year, the TISDC attracted 71 countries/regions worldwide. There are 910 design colleges and universities joining the competition. 2017 TISDC received 18,932 entries. There are 22 juries in the preliminary selection and 27 in the final selection. The jury members come from 17 countries/regions and together they formed a professional jury panel. After some thought-provoking discussions, they chose 70 awards-winning designs out of the 465 shortlisted works. The Grand Prix of this year, the Water Mask Dispenser, is designed by the students of Kookmin University. It can be easily operated and it has crucial function. Thus, Water Mask Dispenser won the NT $400,000.
 
The Taiwan International Student Design Competition, organized by the Youth Development Administration, Ministry of Education, has entered its 10th year. “Opportunity” is the theme of this year’s competition and there are four categories listed as follows: Product Design Category, Visual Design Category, Digital Animation Category, and Brand Specific Awards Category. In terms of the number of awards, there is 1 Grand Prix winner. In Product Design Category, Visual Design Category, and Digital Animation Category, each category can choose its own winners, the prizes are as follows: 1 Gold Prize, 1 Silver Prize, 3 Bronze Prize, and 24 Honorable Mention Prize. There are 16 International Design Association Special Prize sponsored by Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation. Moreover, the Brand Specific Awards, sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation, has given 1 Gold Prize, 2 Silver Prize, 4 Bronze Prize and 7 Honorable Mention Prize. The theme of this year’s Brand Specific Awards is “Taiwan Teaware Design”. The objective is that students can be more familiar with the traditional culture of Taiwan in the designing process and ultimately show the world the beauty of Taiwanese culture.
 
The jury of final selection is unanimous as to the reason why the awards-winning designs stand out from all other entries, that is to say, the awards-winning works are high-quality designs with a variety of styles and international perspective. This year, the Water Mask Dispenser from product design category seized the Grand Prix. Hyunsu Park, Hyungjun Koo, Jaeyon Kim, Seonggon Jin, Minseop Woo, Hanna Lee, Chanmi Kim, and Wansik Jang are the students who came up with the award-winning design. The Water Mask Dispenser can be used as an emergency gear in fire scene. Whenever a fire occurs, even if there is no source of water on the spot, the mask can filter the poisonous smoke in fire. In short, the design is simple and can be easily operated. It saves lives at critical moments. When disaster happens, the Water Mask Dispenser provides opportunities for evacuees to survive. It fits the theme “Opportunity” perfectly, thus, it has won heart of most juries.
 
Apart from the Product Design Category which gives the Gold Prize to Chiam Yong Sheng Kevin, a student from National University of Singapore, the Gold Prize winners of other 3 categories are all Taiwanese students. The Gold Prize winners of Visual Design Categories are Sheng-Syuan Huang and Cheng-Yu Wu, students from Asia University. Their design “Zi Ji” combines the writing of Chinese characters and the images of Lukang’s attraction sites. The combination of the two elements is sophisticated. Whoever sees the image will be able to immerse themselves in the brilliant combination of Chinese characters and historical sites. The Gold Prize winners of Digital Animation Category are Sz-Yu Pan, Zhou-Ming Chen and Sheng-Hsun Chen, students of National Taiwan University of Arts. Their animation “Neon” uses the concept of neon to reveal the essence of love in modern life. The animation is smooth and rhythmic and it wins the juries over. The novel Taiwanese teaware designed by Chen-Yi Lee, a student of Shih Chien University, wins the Gold Prize in Brand Specific Category. Her teaware design “TeaLab” shows the process of making traditional pastry. Moreover, the teaware allows users to make traditional pastry. TeaLab let people experience the fun in pastry-making process. It also invokes modern people’s memory of the culture about tea and pastry.
 
The winners list is posted on Youth Development Administration’s website (www.yda.gov.tw) and the Taiwan International Student Design Competition’s website (www.tisdc.org). The awards ceremony and design exhibition are expected to be held on 27th Nov. at NTUH International Convention Center. The exhibition is open to visitor. Moreover, in order to increase the visibility of award-winning designs, the plans of joining exhibitions and design week in Taiwan or other countries will be further arranged.
 
The 16 international designs institute are as follows:
1.Alliance francaise des designers
2.Brno Biennale Association
3.Design Business Chamber Singapore
4.Good Design Australia
5.German Design Council
6.Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations
7.International Council of Design
8.India Design Council
9.International Poster Biennial in Mexico
10.Japan Institute of Design Promotion
11.Korea Ensemble of Contemporary Design
12.Macau Designers Association
13.Thailand Creative & Design Center
14.The Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia) 
15.Taiwan Design Center
16.The Designers Institute of New Zealand
 

Grand Prix: Water Mask Dispenser

The deadline for Taiwan International Student Design Competition second stage finalist submission was officially closed on September 28, 2017. Please note that overdue submission or unmatched qualification, participants’ status had been waived.
 
Unmatched Qualification List:Download List
Organized by the Youth Development Administration of the Ministry of Education, 2017 Taiwan International Student Design Competition attracted students from 71 countries and regions worldwide or from 910 school departments/institutes to participate. The total number of submissions amounted to 18,932, which has surpassed that of iF and Red Dot Design Awards in Germany, making TISDC the largest-scale international design competition for students in the world. Today (11/27), the award ceremony took place in the afternoon at NTUH International Convention Center, during which Political Deputy Minister Yao Leehter of the Ministry of Education delivered his remarks and presented the awards, providing young designers with support and encouragement.
 
For this year, the theme of the competition was “Opportunity,” with four categories: Product Design, Visual Design, Digital Animation and Brand Specified. After the preliminary and final rounds of expert selection, 68 entries received the awards, including the grand prix, golds, silvers, bronzes, honorable mentions and international design association special prizes, among all of which 31 were won by Taiwanese students. Regarding the four gold prizes, except for that of Product Design, the other three were all picked up by students from Taiwan. In the Visual Design category, the gold winners, Sheng-Syuan Huang and Cheng-Yu Wu, came from Asia University. Their work “Finding Taiwan Old Street: Three Scenic Views of Lukang” ingeniously combines strokes of Chinese characters and images of some renowned tourist sites in Lukang. In the Digital Animation category, the gold winners were Sz-Yu Pan, Zhou-Ming Chen and Sheng-Hsun Chen from National Taiwan University of Arts. Their work “Neon” depicts love in an urban context, with smooth and rhythmic images. As for the Brand Specified category, the theme assigned by iSee Taiwan Foundation was Taiwan Teaware Design. Eventually, Chen-Yi Lee from Shih Chien University created “TeaLab” by integrating pastry utensils into teaware. She allowed teaware to be used for pastry making as well, therefore inventing a novel design for Taiwan teaware.
 
In addition, “RUKI,” designed by Wei-Chun Lin and Yun-Jen Jang from Tunghai University, was a set of menstrual products specially made for Asian women, including a menstrual cup, outdoor hygiene tools and a record app, which help women overcome inconvenience during menstrual periods due to unhygienic conditions. Through the record app, users can be better aware of the changes in menstrual cycles. Yin-Ling Wang from National Taiwan Normal University, on the other hand, created “Pick and Throw” to address the issue of overfishing and ecological depletion of the oceans in recent years. On the poster, the palm imprints imply that if pollution continues, the damage brought to the oceans will ultimately returns to mankind. These two meaningful works were acclaimed by international design associations. Among the 16 international design association special prizes, students from Taiwan won six.
 
Students from overseas also performed well. The grand prix was won by students from Kookmin University of South Korea. “Water Mask Dispenser” was simple in design and usage yet strong in functionality. It can save lives in emergency, giving life an opportunity when disasters strike, which corresponds to the theme “Opportunity.” This entry received the approval of most jurors and won the reward sum of 400,000 NTD. The gold prize winner of the Product Design category was Chiam Yong Sheng Kevin from National University of Singapore. His work, “Folks Kitchenware for the Blind,” received wide acclaim of the jurors for its innovative design thinking and won 250,000 NTD as a result. Jexter Lim Sen Ye, also from Singapore, won an international design association special prize with his multi-functional tableware, which can be used by the visually impaired of all ages. Asish Mohandas from India, on the other hand, adopted the idea of pinball soda in stretchers. He used easy-to-float materials to facilitate the transfer of patients, so his work also won an international design association special prize with the reward sum of 100,000 NTD. Countries targeted by the New Southbound Policy had won only one prize last year, and this year, the number increased to five (the winners were from Singapore, India, Malaysia and Australia).
 
The exhibition of the 2017 award-winning entries will be held from November 29th to December 8th at Arts & Culture Center Taipei Tech (address: No.1, Sec. 3, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Taipei City) from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. You are welcome to visit it! For details, please go to the official website: www.tisdc.org
 
Address by Dr. Leeh-Ter Yao Political Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education
 
Address by Dr. Ching-Shui Lo Director General of Youth Development Administration, Ministry of Education
 
Adress by Project Director Apex Lin and Introduces the Competition
 
The Gold Prize Winners of Project Design Category, Visual Design Category, Digital Animation Category
 
The Grand Prix Winners
 
Picture of Winners and Guests