The theme of the 2021 Taiwan International Student Design Competition

The theme of the 2021 TISDC was recently revealed to be Regenerate – building upon the foundation of the past and adopting a new perspective to forge a path into the future and give rise to a new paradigm.

“There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction,” said renowned novelist Franz Kafka.

Best-selling French Sci-fi author Bernard Werber has said, “The best way to renew thought is to go outside the human imagination.”

In 2015, the UN proposed the Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved by 2030, which inspires the theme of 2021 TISDC – Regenerate. Students from around the world are encouraged to look back to what has been created and think outside the box, starting anew and digging deep within themselves in order to forge a new path with rich design thinking.