• Entries must be works that have not yet been manufactured or commercially available on the market, or proposals that have not yet been implemented, as of December 31, 2026.
• Students, designers, or companies may apply as individuals or as teams.
• There is no limit to the number of entries to be submitted, but each entry will generate one entry fee (the same entries may be submitted across different categories).
• Entry categories include: Product Design, Communication Design, Spatial Design, and Integration Design

Please visit the official Golden Pin Design Award website’s member section ( https://goldenpin.org.tw/en/users/sign_in) for online registration to fill out entry details and complete registration.

Preliminary Selection

Online evaluation will be conducted based on the submitted entries to select the recipients of the Golden Pin Concept Design Award Mark winners. From amongst these winners, a shortlist will be determined to advance to the Final Selection round for the Golden Pin Concept Design Award Best Concept Design of the Year.

Final Selection

The winners of the Best of Golden Pin Concept Design Award will be selected based on their presentation during the Final Selection Meeting (date and time to be announced). The winners will be announced at the award ceremony in December.

All Finalists for the Golden Pin Concept Design Award Best of the Year are granted the privilege to attend the Grand Awards Ceremony. The list of Finalists will be announced prior to the event.

The awards ceremony is tentatively scheduled for November in Taipei. Winners of the Best of Golden Pin Concept Design Award will be announced at the ceremony.

1. Certificates and trophies: Each awarded work will receive one certificate. Winners of the Best Design Award and Special Award will receive one customized trophy. (Additional certificates are available for purchase.)
2. Award Mark Usage: Winners are authorized to use the Golden Pin Concept Design Award mark, or the Best Concept Design Award mark, on product packaging, sales platforms, advertisements, and social media, as a token of recognition.
3. Awards Ceremony: A high-profile, globally broadcast ceremony recognizing design excellence, and a networking event for design professionals and rising designers worldwide.
4. Jury Feedback: Entrants will receive evaluation feedback forms from the preliminary selection reviews.
5. Website Gallery: Awarded works will be showcased on Golden Pin’s official website, an exposure opportunity for the products and/or services.
6. Best Designs Publication: Best Concept Design Award winners will be featured in a special publication.
7. Golden Pin Design Award Exhibition: Finalists and winners of the Best Concept Design Award will be exhibited at the Golden Pin Design Exhibition, free of charge.
8. Media Exposure: Extensive coverage through domestic and international media partners.

※ After the announcement of award results, winners will be allowed to re-examine their entry information. Modification, on certain items, is available for an additional fee：

1. Modification Period: September 7–September 14 (after selection results are announced).
2. Editable Items: Applicant company/person information, mentor/advisor information.
3. Modification Fee: NT$500. (Please log in to the registration system and complete payment before editing.)

1. Credit card: Please use credit cards to pay the registration fee online. Accepted credit cards: VISA, MasterCard, JCB
2. WeChat: Use WeChat Pay to pay the registration fee. *Actual amount may vary due to changes in exchange rates.

Complete the form in the online registration system to receive the electronic invoice.

Preliminary Selection (Online Registration)

Please sign up as a member through the online registration system and fill out the required information. Your submissions must follow the formatting requirements of their respective categories.

Please also take note of the following requirements:

Personal information: Please fill out the online registration form as directed. Students are advised not to use their school email address if they are graduating in the current year.

• Proposals : including design inspiration, analysis of issues or problems with the existing design(s) , description of design, references, follow-up development plans , etc.. Description should be written in paragraphs instead of bullet points. Do not exceed the word limit (200 characters for Chinese/1200 characters for English).
• Upload 1–5 photos of your work, preferably horizontal images. The photos should focus on presenting the work, and please put its description in the description field. Every photo should be 21cm×29.7cm in the JPEG format with 300dpi resolution.
• Video link: For entries involving digital content/dynamic images , entrants must provide a video link. For entries involving webpages/interactive design , it is strongly suggested that entrants upload a video showcasing the features and functions of the design. The formatting requirements for videos are as follows:
  • Entrants are advised to upload a video highlighting the features of their design(s). A short clip of approximately thirty (30) seconds is preferred. The length of the clip must not exceed one (1) minute.
  • Video may be uploaded to video sharing platforms (such as YouTube and Vimeo) or personal cloud storage.
  • A valid link to the video should be provided in the Video Link field on the online registration form.
    * Note: Videos will be viewed by the panel of judges during the selection process. It is strongly advised that uploaded videos be set as unlisted to limit access to those who have the link. The video must remain accessible to the award organizer until the end of the current year.

Final Selection (Submission of presentation and pre-recorded presentation videos. Online presentation are required.)

A. Presentation: please deliver PowerPoint or PDF file. (Keynote should convert to PDF)

B. Video: MP4, MPEG, MPG file. Video length one to three minutes most.

C. Subtitle: requires both Mandarin and English 

1. Materials (photographs, documents, etc.) associated with each entry must be provided to the award organizer for promotional and reporting purposes.
2. All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must NOT have been produced, sold on the market, or otherwise in active development during and prior to the year of the award. Should it be discovered that an entrant has violated these rules, the award organizer reserves the right to revoke his or her participation.
3. Entrants must adhere to the deadlines as advised with regard to filling in the required information and uploading the required files. Failure to do so will be considered a withdrawal from the competition.
4. Best of Golden Pin Concept Design Award winners are taxed according to Taiwan’s Tax Act, where 10% of income tax will be deducted from winnings from Taiwanese entrants and 20% from winnings from entrants from countries outside of Taiwan.
5. Best Design winners of the year will be solely responsible for any income taxes, government-mandated withholdings (including but not limited to taxes on income from contests and games and from prizes or awards won by chance), and other expenses which are not covered by the award or the award organizer. Failure to make such payments will result in forfeiture of the award.
6. Articles 2, 3, and 11 of the Standards of Withholding Rates for Various Incomes promulgated by the Ministry of Finance stipulates that residents or profit-seeking enterprises with fixed places of business within the Republic of China shall have 10% of their cash prize withheld by the organizer (with 10% of amounts exceeding but excluding NT$20,000 as tax payable). The withholding rate shall be 20% for non-residents and profit-seeking enterprises without a fixed place of business in the Republic of China or individuals of the People's Republic of China who have resided and stayed in Taiwan under 183 days in a taxable year.
7. In the case that concrete evidence is uncovered which shows that a winner or his/her work is in violation of the regulations of the review process for the award, or which indicates plagiarism or infringement of the works of others or that the entrant is not the actual creator of the work or that the work was already available on the market, the organizer will revoke the winner’s title, cash prize, certificate, and trophy. Should the aforementioned incident result in a copyright claim by a third party against the award organizer (TDRI) or the Industrial Development Administration (IDA), MOEA, the responsibility shall lie solely with the entrant, who shall promptly take action to resolve the issue and who shall bear all litigation, legal, and other related expenses generated by the case. In the event that damages (including but not limited to reputational damage) are caused to the TDRI or the IDA, the winner shall bear all related indemnity and liability unconditionally. In addition, the TDRI and/or the IDA reserve the right to seek punitive damages of up to three times the amount of the original cash prize from the winner in question.
8. Should any dispute arise in relation to the application, selection, usage or abolishment of a Design Mark, an entrant may seek mediation or litigation. Any civil action lawsuit brought against the organizer must first be undertaken in Taipei City (Taiwan).
9. Should a winning work be found to be involved in behaviors that damage the reputation of the Golden Pin Concept Design Award, the organizer reserves the right to cancel the winner’s title and revoke the cash prize, certificate, and trophy.
10. The number of winners will be adjusted according to the quality and quantity of entries. Entrants who win both the Best of Golden Pin Concept Design Award and the Golden Pin Concept Design Award will only receive the Best of Golden Pin Concept Design Award as it is the highest honor of the two.
11. It is deemed necessary that the organizer collect personal information of all entrants for promotional and administrative purposes related to the award. Entrants retain the right to either allow or not allow their personal information to be collected, handled, and used within the scope of the aforementioned needs. However, if an entrant chooses not to allow their personal information to be handled in the aforementioned way, communication with the award organizer and access to any promotional services offered by the award organizer will be affected.
12. The organizer reserves the right to amend the content and conditions stated in this document at any time.

Golden Pin Concept Design Award Project Team

2F No. 133 Guangfu S. Rd, Xinyi Dist., Taipei City 110, Taiwan (Songshan Cultural and Creative Park)
TEL：+886-2-2745-8199 ext.334 丨Ms. Chen   /   ext.340 丨Ms. Chen
E-mail: gpconcept@tdri.org.tw