The 2023 Golden Pin Design Award and Golden Pin Concept Design Award are now open for submissions from designers around the world.
Launched in 1981, the Golden Pin Design Award is the oldest and most renowned professional design award in Taiwan. Since the first call for global submissions in 2014, numerous reputable domestic and international enterprises in and out of design have vied for the recognition of this professional and highly credible award, whose international visibility and influence continue to expand with the likes of Japan’s famous office supply brand KOKUYO, century-old cutlery manufacturer KAI Corporation, HP Inc., ASUSTek Computer Inc., Pegatron Corporation, TCL Technology, Shenzhen Baseus Technology Co. Ltd., Guangdong Chinno Industrial Design Co. Ltd., Untitled Design Ltd., Whitelight Motion, Aaron Nieh Workshop, and J.C. Architecture.
The Golden Pin Design Award and Golden Pin Concept Design Award have four main categories: Product, Communication, Spatial, and Integration Designs. Every year, the awards identify outstanding innovative or promising designs by inviting notable global design experts to form the Award’s jury lineup. Past jury members have included German master Werner Aisslinger, British genius Tom Dixon, Chinese interior designer Tony Chi, Francine Houben the founder of transnational architecture firm Mecanoo, Thai graphic designer Tnop Wangsillapakun, as well as Naoto Fukasawa, Koshikazu Sato, Fumie Shibata and Yoshiaki Irobe from Japan.
Two of this year’s impressive final selection jurors include Vo Trong Nghia, the Vietnamese architect best known for his modern bamboo structures and Robert Greenwood, the partner and Asia Pacific Director of Snøhetta, which is a Norwegian architecture firm known for their work on the Shanghai Opera House in China and the Busan Opera House in South Korea. This cycle will also have a wide range of design experts judging preliminary and secondary selections, including Vip Buraphadeja, the editor-in-chief of happening (an iconic fashion media outlet in Thailand), illustrious Thai graphic designer Manita Songserm, Japanese design procurement expert Yu Yamada and Hjalti Karlsson the co-founder and creative director of Karlssonwilker (a top design studio based in New York). More information on the full jury lineup will be announced soon.