The International Design Master Lecture Series of 2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition was Rounded Off in Singapore

Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) was initiated by the Ministry of Education in 2008, and this year marks its eleventh anniversary. With more and more countries/regions participating in the competition, the international visibility of TISDC has been increasing steadily. This year, TISDC received more than 20,000 entries and for the very first time held an overseas preliminary selection in Singapore, which successfully led TISDC to new milestones.

This year, for the very first time, TISDC divided the preliminary selection into the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan and the Preliminary Selection in Singapore. Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS) was in charge of collecting all the entries from Australia, New Zealand, and 11 countries/regions of Southeast Asia and South Asia and inviting designers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Australia, England, Switzerland, South Africa, Netherlands, and Taiwan to form the jury consisting of 15 members for the Preliminary Selection in Singapore. The Preliminary Selection in Singapore was rounded off at National Design Centre on September 7th, which successfully led TISDC to new milestones. During the Preliminary Selection in Singapore, the organizers also held the International Design Master Lecture Series at National Design Centre on September 6th, inviting 6 members of the jury to deliver a lecture and attracting around 140 people to the events.

In the International Design Master Lecture Series, the Malaysian designer, Mr. William Harald-Wong, discussed the relationships between designs and skin-cultural encounters. The Indian designer, Mr. Sekhar Mukherjee, shared his ideas about the power of cultural collaboration in design education. The Australian designer, Mr. Brandon Gien, talked about why our world needs good design. Mr. Tarek Atrissi, a designer from Netherlands discussed the combination of Arabic typography and graphic design in current designs. Ms. Nuttawee Tangnoi, a designer from Thailand expressed her thoughts about how design influences people’s life. Last but not least, the Indonesia designer, Mr. Deddy Syamsuddin, discussed the diversity between motion and emotion in animation.

The preliminary selection in Singapore of 2018 TISDC was rounded off with the fabulous lectures given by the design experts. Special thanks are given to DBCS for the tremendous assistance and support which made the International Design Master Lecture Series such a successful event. Following the lecture series comes the two-day entry screening. Let’s look forward to the design works that will enter the Final Selection, pursuing the Grand Prix worth NT$400,000 and the awards in each of the categories.

Mr. Andrew Pang, president of DBCS, delivered his opening remarks for International Design Master Lecture Series.

Mr. Apex Pang-Soong Lin, project director of TISDC, delivered his opening remarks for International Design Master Lecture Series.

Pictured left to right (back row): Ms. Sue-Ann Li, Mr. Kimming Yap, Mr. Andrew Pang, Mr. Apex Lin, Pang-Soong, Mr. Brandon Gien, Mr. William Harald-Wong, Ms. Nuttawee Tangnoi, Mr. Tarek Atrissi; (front row): Mr. Sekhar Mukherjee and Mr. Deddy Syamsuddin.