The Preliminary Selection in Singapore of 2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition was Rounded Off

Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), the largest-scale international student design competition worldwide, is organized and promoted by the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education of Taiwan, co-organized by Design Business Chamber Singapore, sponsored by iSee Taiwan Foundation and Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation, and executed by the Department of Visual Communication Design, Asia University. This year, TISDC received 20,833 entries from 895 school departments/institutes of 66 countries/regions around the world and collaborated with 21 international design associations, including World Design Organization (WDO), International Council of Design (ico-D), The Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA), the Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia), Association for the Industrial Design (ADI), Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP), Korea Ensemble of Contemporary Design (KECD), German Design Council (GDC), India Design Council (IDC), Good Design Australia (GDA), Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS), Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations (FHKDA), Macau Designers Association (MDA), Taiwan Design Alliance (TdA), Brno Biennale Association (SBB), Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC), Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee (Golden Bee), Lahti International Poster Triennial (Lahti), International Poster Biennial in Mexico (IPBM), The Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ), and Brazil Design Center (CBD). These 21 international design associations have agreed to set up special prizes in their names, delegate representatives to serve as jurors for the competition, and participate in the series events, including the design workshop, industry forum, award ceremony, etc, in order to provide a collaborative platform for the development of creative design of the youth.

 

This year, for the very first time, TISDC divided the preliminary selection into the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan and the Preliminary Selection in 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 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 who are designers from Malaysia, India, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand and Netherlands respectively to deliver a lecture. Around 140 people were attracted to the events.

 

On the first day of the Preliminary Selection in Singapore, Mr. Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang, Republic of China (Taiwan)’s representative to the Republic of Singapore, and Mr. Don Chen, CEO of iSee Taiwan Foundation, delivered their opening remarks, giving recognition to TISDC for the achievements it had made and expressing their gratitude to all the professional designers from around the world for serving as jurors of the competition.

 

Following the Preliminary Selection in Singapore, 2018 TISDC will be holding the Preliminary Selection in Taiwan from September 14th to 16th at Howard Civil Service International House. The jury will consist of 22 design experts from Taiwan and 3 from abroad to demonstrate the credibility and diversity of 2018 TISDC.

To know more about 2018 Taiwan International Student Design Competition, please follow our official website.

 

Pictured Left to Right are Ms. Su-Eing Chee, Vice President of DBCS; Mr. Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang, Republic of China (Taiwan)’s Representative to the Republic of Singapore; Mr. Don Chen, CEO of iSee Taiwan Foundation; and Mr. Apex Pang-Soong Lin, Project Director of TISDC.

 

Picture of the Jury of Preliminary Selection in Singapore and Executive’s Representatives

 

The Jury of Digital Animation Category  (Pictured Left to Right are Mr. Wei-Ming Liao, Mr. Sekhar Mukherjee, Mr. Sean Rogers, Mr. Keng-Ming Liu, Mr. Seah Choon Meng, and Mr. Deddy Syamsuddin.)

 

The Jury of Visual Design Category  (Pictured Left to Right are Mr. Jackson Tan, Mr. Ming-Lung Yu, Mr. Jamie Wu, Mr. William Harald-Wong, Mr. Pete Overy, and Mr. Tarek Atrissi.)

 

The Jury of Product Design Category and Service Design Category  (Pictured Left to Right are Ms. Miira Lin, Ms. Nuttawee Tangnoi, Mr. Brandon Gien, Mr. Kiming Yap, Mr. Bojan Blecic, Ms. Vii Chen, and Mr. Shin-Fu Lee.)