The 2025 Taipei Design Award Ceremony was held on 21 November 2025 at the Regent Taipei. The highest honour, the Grand Prize, was awarded to the Japanese firm NOIZ for Yoichi Ochiai’s design, “null²”, which received a prize of NT$600,000.
Curated by media artist Yoichi Ochiai and designed by NOIZ Architects, “null²” is the theme pavilion for the Osaka Expo 2025. The building is composed of steel structures and a group of cubic voxels, covered with a highly reflective metallic membrane that undulates with the wind, creating a dynamic, breathing effect. Inside, sound and mechanical installations combine to create a living architectural entity that interacts with the environment and people, symbolizing the intersection of parallel worlds and exploring new relationships between humans and technology, the physical and the virtual.
The gold winners of the three categories of the Taipei Design Awards — industrial design, visual communication design, and public space design — are respectively: The Beginning of Communication: Typing…_Taipei Museum of Fine Arts Recreation Space Planning by PiliWu-Design (Taiwan); Jingisukan Anbe by Lightsdesign (Japan); and FFB Convent by Mixtura (Italy). The gold, silver, and bronze awards for the Taipei Impact Design Award are respectively: Jin-Rui Tshân-enn Multifunctional Classroom by the Hydraulic Engineering Office of Public Works Department of Taipei City Government and Pu-Ming Architect Associate; The College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan University by Chien Architects & Associates; and Nanmen Building and Market Renovation by Bio-Architecture Formosana and KEDGE Construction.
The gold winners of the four categories of the Taipei Design Awards included projects from the fields of industrial design, visual communication design and public space design as well as the Taipei Impact Design Award. Credit: Taipei Design Award
The Department of Economic Development of Taipei City Government stated that the Taipei Design Award, with its theme of Empower Design, Beyond Limits, symbolizes the cross-disciplinary integration and sustainable innovation of design. The winning works this year demonstrate that design is not only an extension of aesthetics but also a vital force driving social progress and urban transformation. The Taipei Design Award is the only design award in Taiwan to be endorsed by three major international design organizations, including World Design Organization (WDO), the International Council of Design (ICoD) and International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI). It also collaborates internationally with the German iF Design Award, earning widespread international recognition.
This year’s Taipei Design Award received 4,772 entries from 62 countries and regions. The award received enthusiastic support and sponsorship from companies such as Far Eastern Department Store, MiTAC-SYNNEX Group., SANYANG MOTOR, and B.D. CHA, providing more resources for outstanding design talents and teams to shine.
For more information on outstanding works, please visit the Taipei Design Award website.
