Online International Design Masters Lecture Series held by 2022TISDC has come to a perfect end!

The International Design Masters Lecture Series was held online on Saturday, July 9^th, 2022. Themed on sustainable development goals (SDGs), the event was graced by the lectures of three professional designers: designer Irfan Kachwalla from India, designer Yi-Yu Shen and designer Chen Corn from Taiwan. The event started with opening remarks by Professor Hui-Ping, Lu, the associate project director of TISDC and the Chairperson, followed by a speech by Simon Chen, the president of TPCA Environment Foundation, which is the sponsor of the Environmental Sustainability Award in this year’s Taiwan International Student Design Competition.

Caption : Opening remarks by Simon Chen, the president of TPCA Environment Foundation

Caption : Presenting certificate of appreciation to three lecturers

The first lecturer of the event was the senior product designer of Logitech, Mr. Irfan Kachwalla from India. The topic was “Design for Sustainability at Logitech”. During his speech, Irfan shared his design experiences in JBL and Steelcase and problems in design. He mostly talked about the designs and products in sustainability at Logitech and guided audience to different design mindsets by thinking “WHAT”, “WHY” and “HOW”. He talked about the importance of DFS (Design for Sustainability) in product design. Including reduce the negative impacts the solution might have on the environment in the periods of beginning, during the usage and end of product life. To reduce the plastic by recycled material to give a second life to use plastics and reduce the CO2 footprint by using low carbon aluminum. Products became lighter and more convenient and also meet the requirements for people.

Caption : Lecture I – “Design for Sustainability at Logitech”

After that, we welcomed the designer Yi-Yu Shen, the co-founder and creative director of InBloom with her speech “Good for us, good for the earth”. Director Shen talked about the brand concept of InBloom and also shared the concept of social values and issues by thinking of the design results. She created the printed fabric by using the image of unique scenery of Taiwan. She  told that if you want to create a touching design work, you should have more experiences in the real life to get the inspiration. InBlooom also worked together with NGO to train the resident of Xiaolin village to overcome the difficulty in printed fabric production and create a good aspect. She encouraged people to find out the social needs. The concept of common good is not large or high, but it is the best way to put yourself into practice from usual life.

Caption : Lecture II – “Good for us, good for the earth”

Last but not least, Mr. Corn Chen, the director of MUTEAN WORKSHOP CO., LTD. enlightened us with the topic “Stories about the local environment”. He talked about the local features, ecological environment and natural resources of Kenting, Tao-mi village Hualien, Jibei Islet and Hu-Ben village by picture book. Also, he shared the animation story creation of “Butterfly Hunter” and the concept of AR in picture book by using interesting technique to bring the issue of habitat destruction and Taiwan’s ecology. It’s full of educational value. Director Corn Chen attempted to design different cartoon animation. He hoped that his animation could inspire children and let them know the importance of environment. In the end of the speech, director talked about the project of Taichung world flora exposition. It took a lot of imagination to come up with such an ingenious animation in character setting and the moral of story.

Caption : Lecture III – “Stories about the local environment”

The International Design Masters Lecture Series successfully came to an end after the inspiring lectures of these design masters. Thank you to all the participants for their attendance. We would also like to extend our appreciation to the distinguished guests, teachers and students. Their efforts and participation were what made this event possible.

Caption : Q&A