Now in its 15th edition, the Taipei Design Award is an open call for outstanding international designs and an effort to shape Taipei into a convergence platform for creative designs, thereby to discover creative designs with business potential, and further still, to encourage practices of social design in an advocacy that design as a medium can bring humans a better, more pleasant and convenient life.

There are three categories:

• Industrial Design - design works that can be mass-produced, including general and digital application, transportation tools, equipment and instruments, daily utilities and household goods, IT and home appliances, etc.

• Visual Communication Design - designs of digital graphic creations, identity, posters, packaging and printing.

• Public Space Design - Open space provided for public use, government buildings and private establishments that are partially provided for public use.

Entries must be original creations completed after 15 April 2020.

There is no entry fee.

Eligibility

Everyone worldwide is welcomed to participate individually or as a group (each group is limited to five members).

Prize

This year’s total prize money is up to 3.8 million NTD (approx. 127,600 USD) including 600,000 NTD for the grand prize, the Taipei City Mayor Award.