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Registration Open
Registration Open
April 27, 2026
Deadline for online registration and submission of entries
Deadline for online registration and submission of entries
July 20, 2026
11:59 PM
Taipei Time
(GMT+08:00)
Preliminary Round
Preliminary Round
Mid-August 2026
Announcement of Shortlisted Entries
Announcement of Shortlisted Entries
Early September 2026
Final Round
Final Round
Between September and October 2026
Confirmation of Submission Materials
Confirmation of Submission Materials
Mid-October 2026
Award Ceremony and Exhibition of Winning Works
Award Ceremony and Exhibition of Winning Works
Between November and December 2026
April 27, 2026
July 20, 2026
11:59 PM
Taipei Time
(GMT+08:00)
Mid-August 2026
Early September 2026
Between September and October 2026
Mid-October 2026
Between November and December 2026
Purpose of the Event
To encourage international student exchanges in creative design and to discover emerging talents in the next generation of designers.
Registration Fee
No registration fee required.
Competition Theme
Resilience
Resilience is the ability to adapt, recover, and grow stronger through challenges. It represents flexibility, perseverance, and the capacity to turn adversity into opportunity.
Eligibility
Open to current students of senior high schools or higher education institutions worldwide (based on the online registration deadline). Applicants must be born after April 27, 1996, and be under 30 years old. Female applicants who have given birth prior to the application year may extend the age limit by two years per child.
*Graduates of 2026 and newly enrolled students are also eligible to apply.
Submission Requirements
Resilience
As a core value in modern society, students are encouraged to respect differences and treat others with inclusiveness and warmth. The United Nations aims to achieve the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by 2030, emphasizing the central role of diversity in promoting global development. Through the power of design, students can incorporate multicultural perspectives, inspire innovation, foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and inclusiveness, and create more possibilities for society. Diversity is not only a concept but also a practice—respecting each individual’s uniqueness, reflecting the richness of the world, and building a mutually supportive and inclusive society.
CATEGORIES
Five categories: Product Design, Visual Design, Digital Animation, Architecture and Landscape Design, and Fashion Design.
Product Design
Covers digital products, industrial design, and future design, emphasizing human-centered thinking and sustainable innovation. This category encourages designers to integrate smart technology and eco-friendly materials to create products that balance practicality with social responsibility, improving life and driving industrial innovation.
Robot design, autonomous mobile devices, exoskeletons and assistive devices, new and smart materials, bio and nanomaterials, polymers, semiconductors, tactile and intelligent surfaces, others.
Artificial intelligence services (AI), user interface (UI), user experience (UX), mobile applications, wearable devices, smart home and Internet of Things (IoT), others.
Teaching aids, classrooms and learning spaces, educational games and applications, children’s products, learning devices and self-learning tools, adult learning and public education, gaming and entertainment educational equipment, others.
Sports and fitness products, personal care and beauty, medical devices and instruments, surgical and diagnostic tools, rehabilitation devices, wearable health devices, pet and veterinary tools, others.
Furniture, lighting, kitchen and bathroom equipment, electronic devices, tableware and cookware, multimedia and entertainment equipment, home office and storage, tools and gardening equipment, safety and rescue products, others.
Bicycles, electric vehicles, motorcycles, public transportation, water transportation, aircraft and spacecraft, military equipment, parts and interiors, smart transportation devices, others.
Works that do not fall under the main product categories but demonstrate strong creativity, material exploration, or user-experience research—such as interdisciplinary or experimental product concepts.
Visual Design
Focuses on communication design, branding, digital media, and information design. The goal is to make design the core force of cross-cultural communication, conveying values and meaning through images and symbols, promoting information sharing, cultural exchange, and raising public awareness.
Brand identity, visual systems, brand promotion, revitalization of heritage brands, logo design, brand marketing, others.
Book design, illustration, publishing and printing, annual reports, typography design, advertising, others.
Innovative packaging, sustainable packaging, gift packaging, retail packaging, packaging materials, others.
Font creation, typesetting fonts, variable fonts, handwritten fonts, commercial fonts, brand typography design, others.
Posters of any theme, motion posters, sustainable posters, cultural posters, art posters, anti-war posters, event posters, others.
Application interfaces, ticketing, payment, finance, transportation, tourism, maintenance, government service process planning, others.
Urban landscapes, aerial photography, portraits, lifestyle, cultural customs, natural scenery, animals, macro photography, night scenes, event documentation, others.
Projects outside the primary visual-communication fields that present innovative forms of expression, including cross-media works, interactive visuals, or experimental imagery.
Digital Animation
Includes animated films, live-action films, interactive storytelling, virtual reality, and cross-media creations. This category emphasizes breathing new life into stories through creative imagery, combining immersive technologies with cross-industry applications to advance the future of education, entertainment, and cultural communication, while expanding the boundaries of human imagination.
Short animations, feature animations, experimental animations, motion image art, stop-motion animation, 3D/2D animation, title sequence design, new animation art, others.
Feature films, documentaries, short films, full-length films, experimental films, microfilms, music videos, others.
Visual effects, programming, sound design, special editing, scriptwriting, motion graphics design, others.
Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), extended reality (XR), interactive films, immersive installations, mixed media works, others.
Animation-related works that do not fit existing subcategories, such as hybrid mixed-media pieces, immersive animation experiments, or preliminary visual concepts.
Architecture and Landscape Design
Covers architecture, interior, and urban landscape design. This category encourages designers to center on the symbiosis of people, culture, and nature, to realize sustainable cities and livable societies, and to explore how architecture can balance technology, ecology, and culture, becoming a spatial vessel that carries both history and the future.
Residential and commercial buildings, cultural and medical architecture, religious and public buildings, sustainable architecture, adaptive reuse of historical buildings, others.
Residential and commercial spaces, office and work environments, hotels, dining, entertainment spaces, educational and public facilities, retail and shopping spaces, special-purpose spaces, others.
Urban and landscape planning, bridge and infrastructure design, public recreational facilities (playgrounds, parks), streets and urban furniture, transportation and parking facilities, others.
Exhibition and event design, lighting and art installations, wayfinding and information systems, virtual reality spaces, public art installations, others.
Non-traditional architectural submissions, including cross-scale spatial studies, conceptual environment proposals, site-specific narratives, or environmental installations.
Fashion Design
The scope includes clothing, textiles, jewelry, digital fashion, and sustainable materials. This category promotes innovation and responsibility in parallel, fostering the development of sustainable fashion and emerging technology applications. It serves as a pioneer of cultural exchange and industrial transformation, making fashion a language for driving social values and aesthetic innovation.
Menswear, womenswear, childrenswear, bridal wear, lingerie, swimwear, footwear, belts, gloves, hats, scarves, hair accessories, rain gear, luggage and bags, mobile and tablet accessories, and others.
Textile fabrics, fashion prints, functional fabrics, sustainable materials, smart textiles, and others.
Necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings, brooches, cufflinks, anklets, luxury jewelry collections, innovative jewelry design, and others.
Watches (analog and digital watches, wall clocks, table clocks), eyewear (sunglasses and optical glasses, eyewear accessories), luxury accessories (tie clips, cardholders, business card cases), and others.
Smart wearables, smart accessories, technological fashion applications (AR/VR, interactive fashion, health monitoring devices, etc.), and others.
Cosmetics, skincare products, fragrances, hair accessory design, hairstyling tools, professional beauty accessories, and others.
Works beyond conventional fashion categories that explore innovative materials or future-living applications—for example, virtual wearable concepts, functional material experiments, or cross-media fashion creations.
