Category: Press Release
IASDR 2025 Officially Launched! Announcing Conference Theme “Design Next”
Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI) and Chinese Institute of Design (CID) have joined forces to earn recognitions of international design research community, winning the right to host the 2025 annual conference of the world-renowned design research association International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR).
Central Election Commission Joins Forces with TDRI to Upgrade Electoral Aesthetics! Full Disclosure of the Three-Stage Optimization Process
Election is a highly public issue across the entire country. Thus, TDRI upholds the basic spirits of rationality, fairness, and objectivity. With such systematic integrated thinking, Taiwan’s election administration has gained a high level of trust of its people through over four decades of development, and this stable state marks the perfect timing for introduction of aesthetic thinking.
Public Pictogram Available as Open-Source: TDRI Unveils Public Pictogram System that is Gender-Neutral, Straightforward and Internationally-Aligned!
After over a year of intensive research, design planning, and validation, a new public pictogram system has been launched. This system is internationally-aligned, gender-neutral, and compliant with regulations. It offers nearly 300 open-source pictogram files and a guidebook for public pictograms to the public, setting a foundational example for Taiwan’s public pictograms.
2023 Golden Pin Design Award and Golden Pin Concept Design Award “Best Design” Winners Revealed
On the evening of December 1st, the winners of the Best Design Award, the most prestigious accolade of the Golden Pin Design Award and Concept Design Award, were revealed during the award ceremony. Taiwan’s 3D Vein Viewer Locator, Lithuania’s Electric Guitar, Thailand’s NANA Coffee Roasters Bangna, Japan’s Social Design Project Shibuya Font Among the Winners
The Inaugural Taiwan Design Week Offers an International Occasion to Bridge Design Communities In Taiwan And The World
The design week to be held at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in December represents the first time such an event will take place in Taiwan. With “Elastic Bridging” as the theme, it will showcase how Taiwan adapts and increases its impacts by bridging wisdom and resources across fields.
2023 Golden Pin Design Award Exhibition ‘Multidimensional Hyperplasia’ Featuring 100+ Winning Works at Taiwan Design Museum
Helmed by the rising exhibition curator Atelier SUPERB, this year’s exhibition, titled Multidimensional Hyperplasia, promises an immersive spatial experience featuring more than a hundred award-winning works. The exhibition will run until March 17, 2024 at the Taiwan Design Museum.
Taiwan Design Week invites nearly 70 speakers from nine countries to present local and international design trends at Design Forum! Registration is open now
Design forums at Taiwan Design Week are the most anticipated creative event in 2023. International speakers will attend and engage with top designers, architects, and experts in Taiwan. Register for free now to recharge and inspire for 2024.
Taiwanese Architect Joshua Jih Pan Took Home the Golden Pin Design Award 2023 Honorary Award
The Golden Pin Design Award organizer announced the Taiwanese architect Joshua Jih Pan as the recipient of its 2023 Honorary Award. Pan will officially receive the award, which is a token of recognition for his achievements in and contributions to contemporary architecture in Taiwan, on the evening of Friday, December 1st, 2023 at the annual award ceremony.
2023 Golden Pin Design Awards Ceremony Key Visual Unveiled: A Virtual Character on the “Superload” of Design
The 2023 Golden Pin Design Awards Ceremony will be held at the Taipei Performing Arts Center with a live-stream in both Chinese and English on the GPDA’s official YouTube channel. The evening will culminate in the announcement of the recipients of the highest honors—Best Design and the Special Annual Awards!
Taiwan Design Research Institute Announcing First City Design Index Research in Tokyo, Japan, for World Design Assembly
In order to promote the international use of the power of design to solve economic, social and environmental problems at all levels, TDRI cooperated with WDO to develop the city design index research and published the research results at this membership meeting.