Chu Ping, who hosted the Golden Pin Design Award for the first time this year, hopes more young people can join this competition in the future "because the day you receive this award, is the the day you get seen by the world," he said. Jury Chairman Naoto Fukusawa shared his thoughts on the award via a pre-recorded video. "If the aim of design is to design for a lifestyle or a way of life, then the submissions for architecture and interior design this year are of a high standard," he said.
 
As they collected their Best of Golden Pin Design Award trophy, winning company, China Airlines, said, "[Award ceremony host] Chu Ping says that everyone should have dreams. Working in your favorite job is not necessary, but at least that job should be your favorite city. As an airline company, we have our dreams, too. We want to bring out the best of Taiwan through our airlines." Ray Chen, the designer behind China Airlines 777-300ER Cabin Interior Design, says, "Designs that are easy to create on the ground becomes very difficult when they're translated into the air. However, through perserverance, I overcame the challenges." Another Best Design winner from Taiwan, Gearlab, who won the award for their espresso urban bike, said, "A bike is a combination of aesthetics and engineering. This is the biggest challenge for designers. Taiwan is a huge bicycle manufacturing company, but not many people ride bicycles. I hope our product can have the power to change this situation."
 
Hong Kong company HOUR25 Production talked on stage about their Best Design winning book project, HOUR25: HKU Architecture Papers Vol. 1: "Three years ago, when we were making this book, we were still architecture students at Hong Kong University. Now, we are architects in the industry. I hope next time we will have new creations to share with all of you." Jay Lim of Malaysia's Tsubaki Studio, who won a Best Design award for their design magazine, CUTOUT, said, "It took us six years to produce this magazine. We put a lot of effort into this project. It's possible to say that CUTOUT is the only dedicated Malaysian graphic design magazine, and we're grateful that the jury members appreciate the Malaysian design industry."

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Award Concept
Chinesespeaking consumers demand products and designs tailored to their needs and desires. Given the variety of economic classes, lifestyle choices, and business opportunities in Chinesespeaking countries, astute design is crucial if brands want to remain competitive. International and domestic companies selling products and undertaking design projects in this complex arena must couple an understanding of centuries of civilization within a keen sense of local trends.
The annual Golden Pin Design Award is the longestrunning design award that celebrates products expressly created for the Chinesespeaking market. Participating individuals and companies are judged on their ability to innovate in this dynamic economy. As the gauge for leading design in Chinesespeaking communities, the Golden Pin offers entrants an unprecedented opportunity to prove their prowess in the
world’s largest market.
 
Award Program
The Golden Pin Design Award is an annual award that accepts entries from individuals or companies that are selling, manufacturing, or designing products or projects in a Chinesespeaking country or region.
There are four award categories:
-Product Design
-Visual Communication
-Packaging Design
-Interior Design
 
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
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GOLDEN PIN DESIGN AWARD EXHIBITION
 
Visitors to Taipei’s Songshan Cultural and Creative Park between now and March 2015 will have the rare opportunity to experience all sections of China Airlines’ latest cabin interior design without having to buy a plane ticket, and peruse the 416 Golden Pin Design Award 2014 Design Mark and 21 Best Design winning products and projects. Entry to the exhibition is FREE until 31 December.

The Golden Pin Design Award 2014 Exhibition, which features the most innovative huaren (Chinese-speaking) market products and projects from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, and Malaysia, has been designed as a multimedia experience. Videos and projections of large industrial design products and interior design projects sit alongside real winning design objects. Design works are accompanied by information on the history and future direction of the Golden Pin Design Award.
?China Airlines, who is one of just 21 Golden Pin Design Award 2014 Best Design winners, will provide a special display worth US$700,000 of genuine cabin components from their most recent carrier, the 777-300ER, including the Sky Lounge–a unique Business Class feature that includes a library and three cafe-style bar areas–as well as First, Business, and Economy Class seats. China Airline’s Chief Designer, Ray Chen, led the innovative interior design project.
?VVG Lifestyle Village, another local 2014 Design Mark winner, will recreate one of their heartwarming restaurant and retail businesses inside the exhibition space, allowing visitors to experience the company’s successful interior design concept in miniature.

A new video by experimental design brand, I’MPERFECT, which is the brainchild of Hong Kong-based CoDesign Ltd and CoLAB, will premier at the exhibition. Visitors will also be able to see some of the company’s “imperfect” products, such as their I'MPERFECT MUG, which celebrates rather than covers up the black dots or scars in glaze that are the result of the mass manufacturing process. The company also took home a Golden Pin Design Award 2014 Best Design trophy on 11 December.

The exhibition opened on December 11, 2014 and closes on March 1, 2015 at the Taiwan Design Museum in Taipei’s Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. Members of the public can visit the exhibition for FREE until December 31.

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