JUDGE INTRODUCTION
The preliminary and final juries consist of approximately 70% international judges and 30% Taiwanese judges, ensuring professionalism and diversity in the evaluation process.
Danha Kim
- Designer, 2025 FW Milan Fashion Week
- Selected as Top 3 Designer by 10 Corso Como, Milan, Italy Official Representative Designer of Korea, Thai Silk International Fashion Week
- Member, Cultural Diversity Committee, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea
- Completed Integrated Master’s and Doctoral Program in Fashion Studies, Sungkyunkwan University
Korea
Amber Ambrose Aurèle
- Founder and Creative Director of Amber Ambrose Aurèle, an avant-garde footwear label blending fashion, art, and sustainability through sculptural, story-driven designs.
- Her sculptural shoe designs have been exhibited internationally, including at the Centraal Museum Utrecht, Kunsthal Rotterdam, and in major fashion cities such as Paris, Los Angeles, Vienna, Shanghai, and Hong Kong
- Featured in publications such as Harper’s Bazaar Hong Kong, VOGUE Netherlands, SHUBA Magazine, MALVIE Magazine, and more
- Guest lecturer and jury member at international design institutions, including Shih Chien University in Taipei.
- Co-curator and writer of No More Shoes and Shoe Fantasies, published by the Virtual Shoe Museum.
Netherlands
Clive Rundle
- (1987) Invited to exhibit at Ecole des Beaux-Arts Paris
- (1997–2020) Showed collections at South African Fashion Week
- (2003) Afridesia collection shown at New York Fashion Week
- (2018) Commonwealth Fashion Exchange design exhibition (Buckingham Palace)
- (2019) Awarded Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
South Africa
Ti-Wei Lai
- (2012–2025) Managed and developed the Stella Lai fashion brand
- (2017) Collaborated with Regent Taipei for Mother’s Day Illustration
- (2016) First Taiwanese illustrator to collaborate with Dior
- (2016) Featured in China Times for fashion illustration
- (2016) Styling analyst for the presidential election
Taiwan
Jean Chang
- Founder of "picupi" sustainable fashion/design and green living promotion platform
- Former Editor-in-Chief of "Bella Taiwan" fashion magazine PhD candidate, Graduate Institute of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, National Taipei University
- PhD candidate, Graduate Institute of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, National Taipei University
- Department of Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM), Los Angeles, USA
Taiwan
Adrien Roberts
- International Director of Education at Accademia Costume & Moda (Rome & Milan), leading internationalisation, academic development, and curriculum strategy at one of Europe’s top fashion academies.
- A visionary international platform developed in partnership with Arts Thread, building on 16 years of work as Chair & International Trustee of the Graduate Fashion Foundation (UK).
- Former Group Director of Education at Istituto Marangoni, with senior academic roles at UAL and UCA; extensive experience in validation, course design, and international academic leadership.
- Launched his own internationally stocked knitwear label before moving into teaching and mentorship.
- Jury member, speaker, mentor, and external examiner across 30+ countries; dedicated to fashion futures, cross-cultural learning, and empowering the next generation through design, innovation, and inclusivity.
United Kingdom
Jung-Sheng Chen
- (2025) iF Award (Interior Architecture)
- (2024) Shortlisted for Good Design Award
- (2021) iF Award (Product – Home Furniture)
- (2020) Good Design Award (Housing)
- Principal of Archlin Studio Ltd.
Taiwan
Takbir Fatima
- (2025) Speaker at Kuala Lumpur Architecture Festival
- (2025) Speaker at Young Architects Festival
- (2024) Included in the book "100 Women: Architects in Practice" published by RIBA
- (2023) Winner of the first generative AI design competition Regenerative Futures by SPACE10
- (2023) Invited by the Ministry of Culture Government of India to exhibit at the first India Art Architecture and Design Biennale
Indonesia
Jeremy Smith
- ((2023) Co-authored Unfinished and Far Far Away. The Architecture of Irving Smith Architects with American critic Aaron Betsky — Runner-up in World Architecture Book of the Year Awards - Practice Monograph, London
- (2023) Awarded John G Williams Visiting Distinguished Practitioner in Architecture by the Fay Jones School of Architecture, Arkansas, USA
- Adjunct Full Professor at the Dunedin School of Architecture, New Zealand, and the University of the Free State, South Africa Has lectured, judged, and taught worldwide
- Practice work and research have been recognised by UNESCO, UN-Habitat and the World Government Summit, World Architecture Festivals, Masterprize Awards, Architizer Awards, Indo-Pacific INDE Awards, Taipei International Design Awards, and as Laureate of the Eurasian International Architecture Prize
New Zealand
