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The Golden Pin Design Award and the Golden Pin Concept Design Award Reveal the 2020 Best Design Winners!
The 2020 Golden Pin Design Award grand awards ceremony was held in Taipei on the evening of December 11, revealing this year’s winners of the Golden Pin’s highest honor. Among the winners revealed are exceptional designs from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Poland, while Taiwanese designers came out on top with 20 award wins.
Tony K.M. Chang is Awarded the Golden Pin Design Award 2020 Honorary Award for his Accomplishments in Promoting Taiwanese Design
The 2020 Golden Pin Design Award has announced today (Dec. 3) that the Honorary Award shall be awarded to the incumbent World Design Organization (WDO) regional advisor Tony K.M. Chang for his contribution to and achievement in the Taiwanese design scene.
2020 Golden Pin Design Award Winners’ Exhibition ‘ZONE’: Resetting Our Focus on New Norms in Creative Design
Titled ZONE, this year’s exhibition offers an innovative, immersive experience that transports the audience into a world of brilliant ideas. The exhibition will last until February 28, 2021 and will showcase 130 winning entries.
The 2020 Golden Pin Design Award Unveils the theme “2020” for the Award Ceremony!
The awards ceremony for the 2020 Golden Pin Design Awards will be held in Taipei on December 11. The theme of this year’s ceremony, “2020,” highlights the challenges of this tumultuous year and symbolizes an opportunity for change.
“VISION 20/21” – Finding Clarity in Uncertainty at Business of Design Week (BODW) 2020
Under the theme “VISION 20/21”, BODW will harness the power of collaborative creativity to provide timely insights into future trends that could help us find clarity in uncertainty.
Demonstrating Taiwan’s Capacity for Innovation via the Interdisciplinary Fusion of Design, TDRI is Awarded the 4th Presidential Innovation Award
Taiwan Design Research Institute is awarded the 4th Presidential Innovation Award. The glory goes to all of our partners!
The Golden Pin Design Award and the Golden Pin Concept Design Award Reveal the 2020 Best Design Winners!
The 2020 Golden Pin Design Award grand awards ceremony was held in Taipei on the evening of December 11, revealing this year’s winners of the Golden Pin’s highest honor. Among the winners revealed are exceptional designs from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Poland, while Taiwanese designers came out on top with 20 award wins.
Tony K.M. Chang is Awarded the Golden Pin Design Award 2020 Honorary Award for his Accomplishments in Promoting Taiwanese Design
The 2020 Golden Pin Design Award has announced today (Dec. 3) that the Honorary Award shall be awarded to the incumbent World Design Organization (WDO) regional advisor Tony K.M. Chang for his contribution to and achievement in the Taiwanese design scene.
2020 Golden Pin Design Award Winners’ Exhibition ‘ZONE’: Resetting Our Focus on New Norms in Creative Design
Titled ZONE, this year’s exhibition offers an innovative, immersive experience that transports the audience into a world of brilliant ideas. The exhibition will last until February 28, 2021 and will showcase 130 winning entries.


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Winning Design Trends in the Golden Pin Design Award and Golden Pin Concept Design Award 2019
Among this year’s award winners, the jury identified a number of winning design trends, which credits the awards’ role in championing the most advanced and innovative designs of the year.
Why “Undefined”? An interview with Hom Liou, the curator for the 2019 Young Designers’ Exhibition
This year, for the first time ever, a curator is taking the reins in organizing the 2019 Young Designers’ Exhibition — and he is going to be making some significant changes.
Trends in huaren design: Golden Pin Design Award & Golden Pin Concept Design Award 2018
The Best Design winners were announced at the Grand Ceremony on November 29. Among the winning designs, this year’s jury found trends in social design, green design, and artificial intelligence, among others.
A Myriad of Creative Excellence in the Golden Pin Design Award 2018
Read on to learn about seven of the winning designs and concepts, dissected in more detail, diving into each designer’s background and the creative journeys behind their winning work.
Kashiwa Sato Praises “Not Just Library 2018 Admission Ticket” from Mistroom
Mistroom, a studio known for its smoothly textured book covers, has won several awards in book design in the past. Their entry, “Not Just Library 2018 Admission Ticket”, also won glowing praise from well-known Japanese designer Kashiwa Sato.
Future Survival: Circular Design
With economies of scale plundering limited resources and the global trends on environmental policies, it is foreseeable that the cost of extracting raw materials will be greater than that of using renewable resources. To keep business for long term success, designers or manufacturers should be involved in circular design as early as possible, as it is unavoidable yet crucial.
Winning Design Trends in the Golden Pin Design Award and Golden Pin Concept Design Award 2019
Among this year’s award winners, the jury identified a number of winning design trends, which credits the awards’ role in championing the most advanced and innovative designs of the year.
Why “Undefined”? An interview with Hom Liou, the curator for the 2019 Young Designers’ Exhibition
This year, for the first time ever, a curator is taking the reins in organizing the 2019 Young Designers’ Exhibition — and he is going to be making some significant changes.
Trends in huaren design: Golden Pin Design Award & Golden Pin Concept Design Award 2018
The Best Design winners were announced at the Grand Ceremony on November 29. Among the winning designs, this year’s jury found trends in social design, green design, and artificial intelligence, among others.