The 2025 Golden Pin Design Award today (November 4) announced that Apex Lin, Pang-Soong, Chair Professor at the Department of Digital Media Design, Asia University, and Emeritus Professor at the Department of Design, National Taiwan Normal University, has been named the recipient of this year’s Honorary Award.

Step into the restrooms at Taichung Wenxin Forest Park, and you will have a completely different experience. With a crisp white exterior, this renovation overturns stereotypes and shows that public toilets can do more than meet basic needs: they can respond to expectations for aesthetics, friendliness, and safety—the closest, everyday expression of urban aesthetics in public space.

To enhance patient convenience and peace of mind, TDRI has been in collaboration with the Hospital and Social Welfare Organizations Administration Commission, Ministry of Health and Welfare, and Taipei Hospital, introducing a design-driven service innovation project. The two parties jointly announced today (Oct. 20) the results of the signage optimization project.

Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI), in partnership with the Hospital and Social Welfare Organizations Administration Commission,  Ministry of Health and Welfare, and Taipei Hospital, has developed a set of signage system design guidelines applicable to medical institutions under the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

The renovation of Beidou Township Health Center and the Ageless Gym in Changhua County is a vivid example of human-centered design within the Design Movement for Public, a national project led by the Taiwan Design Research Institute that promotes design-led improvements in public spaces.

Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI) and the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) have jointly launched two initiatives — the “Changhua Station Micro-Renovation” and the “Industrial Landscape Renewal of the National Monument Roundhouse.”

Thai designers made a remarkable showing at last year’s Golden Pin Design Award. To spotlight their success, official media partner Creative Thailand sat down with five Thai winners of the Best Design Award of the Year, offering an inside look at their creative journeys and reflections on the competition.

The first Taiwan Design Week (TDW) was held from December 1st to December 10th at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park this year. Over ten days, over 100 designers and experts presented fascinating designs, creative ideas, as well as latest trends and concepts. With 220,000 visitors in total, it indicated high interests in design in Taiwan.

Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI) launched “Public Service Research: Five Classes Before Design” to share its public service experience and methodology over the four years since its upgrade through actual case studies, guiding people to understand the different research methods in a simple and straightforward manner.

The 2023 Hakka Expo, the largest international cultural festivities in Taiwan this year, officially concluded on October 15th. Over the course of 66 days, the expo drew in over 11 million in attendance.

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.

Wouldn’t it be even better if the classroom could also be aesthetic to complement what the students hear with what they see? New Taipei City Kuang Jen Catholic High School, which has long focused on music education, has such an aesthetic music classroom—“Resonance Valley.”