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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

The 21st Taiwan Design Expo, held in New Taipei City for the first time, wrapped up its 17-day run with an impressive turnout of 6.58 million visitors. The vibrant and creative design personality test captivated both local and international audiences, amassing over 200 million online views and attracting more than 11 million participants to take the test.

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.

These exceptional design works, hailing from Taiwan, China, Macau, Hong Kong, Japan, Lithuania, the United States, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, will compete for the highest honors at the award ceremony scheduled for December 1st at the Taipei Performing Arts Center. The prestigious winners will be officially revealed during the event.

In the recently announced lists of Design Mark recipients for both two awards (by Sep 13th), we’ve discovered remarkable designs. Before the announcement of the finalists for the Best Design Award, let’s take an early look at these outstanding Design Mark recipients!