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Golden Pin Design Award

5 best spatial designs from the 2023 Golden Pin Design Award

5 best spatial designs from the 2023 Golden Pin Design Award

From Thailand to Japan, the winning works highlight the importance of sustainability, biophilia and regenerative design.

What’s on at the inaugural Taiwan Design Week 2023

What’s on at the inaugural Taiwan Design Week 2023

Taking place from 1st to 10th December in Taipei, Taiwan Design Week is set to amplify the country’s presence on a global design stage by bridging innovations, sustainability, and global creativity.

The Transformative Colours of the Xiafu Activity Centre by IMO Creations

The Transformative Colours of the Xiafu Activity Centre by IMO Creations

One of the 2017 Best Design winners in the Spatial Design category of Taiwan’s Golden Pin Award, the Xiafu Activity Centre by IMO Creations turns a grey, coal-fueled town into a vibrant attraction.

Golden Pin Design Award 2017 Best Design Winners Revealed

Golden Pin Design Award 2017 Best Design Winners Revealed

A cinema inspired by a meteor shower, a portable printing press and a super lightweight bike are among the 23 winners of Best Design Award from Taiwan’s longest running international design award this year.

Golden Pin Design Award 2017 Ramps Up its Celebration of ‘Huaren’ Design

Golden Pin Design Award 2017 Ramps Up its Celebration of ‘Huaren’ Design

The finalists in this year’s award cycle have been announced, and two Design Marks have been bestowed. Mark your diary for December’s events in Taipei!

JIA Inc.: A Modern Spin On Chinese Design

JIA Inc.: A Modern Spin On Chinese Design

Taiwan- and Hong Kong-based home- and kitchen-ware brand JIA Inc. strikes a careful balance between traditional and contemporary elements to create thoughtful products for the Chinese-speaking community.

JIA Inc.: Learning by Doing

JIA Inc.: Learning by Doing

Spencer Hung tells us how the art of making, and of trying and testing, helps designers find problems – and therefore solutions.

Golden Pin Honours Top Designs for the Chinese Market

Golden Pin Honours Top Designs for the Chinese Market

The winners of this year’s award are shaping the future of huaren design, setting new standards of innovation and relevance in the Chinese-speaking world.

TWO+LAB: Fabric Garden

TWO+LAB: Fabric Garden

A winner of the Design Mark, Fabric Garden by Taiwanese design studio TWO+LAB is now in the running for the Golden Pin Design Awards 2015, to be announced this evening. Tamsin Bradshaw interviews the designers and finds out more about their highly innovative product.

Meet Vanilla

Meet Vanilla

With the Golden Pin Design Award 2015 around the corner, Tamsin Bradshaw speaks to Zhejiang Vision Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd about receiving a Design Mark in the lead-up to the main event.

Silks Place Tainan

Silks Place Tainan

Rich Honor Design Group designs Silks Place Tainan to reflect traditional Chinese architecture in fresh and innovative ways.