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“Who is going to raise the questions? The questions are designed in Taiwan” Taiwan design showcased at Milan Design Week
On display at the first Taiwan Pavilion in Milan, fifteen Taiwanese studios and brands are confronting global issues from the point of view of local material culture and reflections. Through their projects, they examine the role of design in contemporary society and the value of design thinking in asking questions correctly. The questions, in fact, are designed in Taiwan.
Taiwan Design Research Institute 2024 Summer Internship Recruitment Program is Now Open!
We welcome students from various colleges and universities to experience workplace life, explore future career directions, understand themselves, and thus have more expectations and plans for life, inspiring those interested in the field of design research to join us.
The Best Dutch Book Designs in Taiwan
Curated by the Sasson Kung – an expert and enthusiast of European graphic design and hosted by the TDRI with the support of Netherlands Office Taipei and the Sichting De Best Verzorgde Boeken (SDBVB), the exhibition will bring the 33 books selected in 2021 to the public in Taiwan.
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.
The Most Beautiful Taiwan Books: 2020-2024 Golden Butterfly Award Winners Exhibition
Organized by the Taipei Book Fair Foundation and Not Just Library, the 2020-2024 Golden Butterfly Award Winners Exhibition collects the most beautifully designed books in Taiwan, allowing the audience to take a close look at the winning books of the Golden Butterfly Award from recent five years and enjoy the unique charm of Taiwanese book designs.
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.