“Gala @ 23:59” Serves Up a Feast of Design at the Golden Pin Design Award 2019 Winners’ Exhibition
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From now until March 2020, the Golden Pin Design Award 2019 Winners’ Exhibition showcases more than 100 of this year’s award-winning designs and concepts at Taiwan Design Museum. In keeping with the award ceremony, this year’s exhibition is themed “Gala @ 23:59”, transforming the exhibition space into a banquet hall and inviting visitors to consume design inspiration as they would dine at a gala. Tickets for the exhibition can be purchased at the Taiwan Design Museum ticket booth and discounts are offered to forum attendees.
▲ Chih-Ching Yang (Deputy Director General of Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA) gave the opening remarks.
▲ Chi-Yi Chang (Chairman of Taiwan Design Center) introduced the theme of this year’s award.
Exhibition Preview
At the exhibition preview event, Chih-Ching Yang (Deputy Director General of Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA) gave the opening remarks, praising this year’s winning designs and concepts, which was echoed by Chi-Yi Chang (Chairman of Taiwan Design Center) who introduced the theme of this year’s award. The opening remarks were followed by speeches from Keng-Ming Liu (Founder and Creative Director of Bito), the exhibition curator Jen Chuang (Design Director at Bito), and co-curator Bird Hsu (Founder of One Stone) who explained their concept for the exhibition. The event was also attended by a number of winning designers, including Geng-Hwa Chang and Kun-Ying Lin (Co-founders of Luxury Logi Co.), Joe Fang (Founder of JoeFang Design Studio), Pili Wu (Founder of PiliWu-Design), Gina Hsu (Founder of Dong Hai Hospital Design Studio), and Wei-Jhe Lin (Founder of SSelectLab Co., Ltd.).
▲ Keng-Ming Liu (Founder and Creative Director of Bito)
▲ The curator Jen Chuang (Design Director at Bito)
Exhibition Summary
Curated by Jen Chuang (Design Director at Bito) and co-curator Bird Hsu (Founder of One Stone), the banquet-exhibition space consists of one main hall and two side booths showcasing the award-winning designs and concepts as culinary masterpieces on dining tables. Layers of sleek and futuristic spatial design are mixed together with accents such as neon signage. Visitors can move between the tables and sample different dishes like a buffet, collecting morsels of design inspiration along the way.
In all, there are a total of 139 exhibits including 64 Finalists, 68 Golden Pin Design Award 2019 Design Mark winners, and 7 Golden Pin Concept Design Award 2019 Design Mark winners on display. They include the EC-05 electric scooter designed by Yamaha and Gogoro, JCA Living Lab designed by JC Architecture, The Sound of Blooming designed by Luxury Logi Co., Heping Island Park Brand Identity System Design by We GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIO, and the Sound Lab concept designed by Min-Shuo Hsu and Po-Han Wu.
The opening of the exhibition marks the beginning of this year’s award celebrations, leading up to the forum and award ceremony which take place on December 5. Discounts are offered to those who purchase tickets for both the exhibition and the forum. Tickets for the forum can be purchased via Accupass (https://www.accupass.com/go/gpda2019) for TWD$600.
WHAT: Golden Pin Design Award 2019 Winners’ Exhibition – Gala @ 23:59
WHEN: 14 November 2019 – 19 April 2020 (open daily 09.30-17.30, closed on Mondays)
WHERE: Taiwan Design Museum, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei.
TICKETS: TWD$150 (standard) TWD$100 (students and concessions) *available for purchase at the Taiwan Design Museum ticket booth.
The 2024 Golden Pin Design Award is set to culminate its annual tour across Asia with the much-anticipated “Design Perspectives × Golden Pin Salon” event, returning to Taipei for a grand finale. This year’s Taipei session will be held on June 1st at the “Not Just Library” in the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park.
Registration is open until June 26th, with an early bird discount available for those who register by June 7th. Entries are accepted for commercially available products or designs, as well as completed and operational spatial or integrated design works. Designers and companies worldwide are welcome to participate in, showcasing their design creativity and innovative capabilities alongside international talents.
Following successful events in Shanghai and Shenzhen in April, the salon is now set for its next stops in Kuala Lumpur on May 14th and Bangkok on May 16th. Both salons will offer a blend of local offline events and engaging online live streaming sessions. Registration is now open, inviting enthusiasts and professionals alike to join this enriching experience!