Taiwan’s

Golden Pin Design Award 2018

Call for Entries is now open. An invitation for international companies to prove their design prowess at the most influential design award in the Chinese-speaking world.

Established in

1981

, the annual Golden Pin Design Award is the longest-running international design award that celebrates products or projects expressly created for and within huaren (

Chinese-speaking

) communities. The global huaren community is the world’s largest diaspora and around 1.2 billion people, which is 16 percent of the world’s population, speak Chinese as a first language (

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2012

). The Golden Pin Design Award offers a chance for international companies to share their greatest designs with the huaren community, both in the Greater China region and worldwide.

There are four award categories:

•

Communication design

•

Product design

•

Spatial Design

•

Integration Design

International and domestic companies selling products and undertaking design projects in this complex arena must couple an understanding of

centuries of civilisation

within a keen sense of

local trends

.

As the gauge for leading design in Chinese-speaking communities, the

Golden Pin

offers entrants an unprecedented opportunity to prove their prowess in the world's largest market.

Entry fee starts from 55 USD (

early bird entrants can benefit from a discounted registration fee before April 30

. Regular entry fee is 70 USD.

Eligibility

Open to individuals or companies that are selling, manufacturing, or designing products or projects in a

Chinese-speaking country or region

. International companies must have a subsidiary company or official dealer registered in a Chinese-speaking country.

Prize

Entered products and projects are assessed in three stages by an expert international jury. Second stage winners receive a

Golden Pin Design Mark

, an indicator of innovation that they can use to market their product or design project.

Of these winners, just 15 to 20 receive a

Best Design Award

. All winners benefit from increased brand exposure through the public and media relations efforts of the

Golden Pin

team.