Professors of NTUST Design Department did it again - leading students to win 20 awards from Red Dot

2011/11/30

    Design Department did it again. They set another record of winning the most awards from Red Dot Design Award by a single school. Red Dot Design Concept Award announced the final winners of the 2011 competition and NTUST won 20 of the awards granted. It's a new record for a single school to have such a convincing win. In this year, over 3,500 design works from 49 countries and areas were entered and 296 of them were honored. Red Dot Design Award is one of the four most prestigious awards in the design world, with iF of Germany, IDEA of US, and G-Mark in Japan as the other three.  Among the 20 NTUST winners, Fruit Crayon and Little Explorer were awarded as Best of the Best.

    Behind the overwhelming victory, students' advisors are the real heroes who kept pushing them to think more and work harder. They are Profs. Cheng Jin-Dean, Tung Fang-Wu, Chang Wen-Chih, Fan Jeng-Neng, Chen Chien-Hsiung and Liang Rung-Huei. They set a good example of how to balance between research and doing creative work and navigate across disciplines. 

Cheng Jin-Dean  Tung Fang-Wu  Chang Wen-Chih Fan Jeng-Neng  Chen Chien-Hsiung  Liang Rung-Huei

    Among the 20 winners this year, 5 of them have already been patented and 3 more are in the process of patent application. In NTUST press conference on November 18, President Chen Shi-Shuenn, who spares no efforts in building the best design training house, was happy to reveal that NTUST is planning to maximize our school's energy in design, research and providing services for the industry. We will continue to strive for innovative and creative education and enhance students' competitiveness in the whole world. Vice President Perng Yeng-Horng, concurrently Dean of the Design College, said that the College of Design is going to offer new courses of design marketing and design agency to benefit design works most.　　

    In addition to the two Best of the Best Award winners in Fruit Crayon and Little Explorer, the others award winners are Coral (Tsai Han-Lun/ Tzeng Yi-Ru), Easy 2 handle (Wang Kuo-Chieh), TAPE EASY, TAKE EASY (Peng Chun Ya), YoYo Mouse (Chiu Shih-Chan), Peanut Sofa (Chiu Shih-Chan), Inflatable Bathtub (Su Pin Chia), Wax Vase (Yeh Ming Hong, Lai Chung Ping, Chen Po Ho, Huang Pin Chen), Standing Broom (Poh Liang Hock), Concave Lock (Poh Liang Hock), Hold Chair (Poh Liang Hock), Clothing Frame (Wang Yue-Chi and Wang Yu-Jung), Plug Label (Feng Cheng-Tsung/Cheng Yu-Ting ), Pedal Lock (Feng Cheng-Tsung/Cheng Yu-Ting), (Chao Shao-Lun, Tsui En-Chuan, Lin Hung-Jung), After Turn Off (Chao Shao-Lun, Tsui En-Chuan, Lin Hung-Jung), BabyQ (Su Pin Chia, Chen Lu An of Chang Gung University), In Out Bottle (Chen Yan-Ting, Yeh Hsin), NEXT Chair (Chen Yan-Ting, Chen Yung-Hsun), Red Hazard (Chen Yan-Ting, Chao Shao-Lun, Lin Hung-Jung), etc.

    Dr. Regina Wang, Head of the Design Department, said that NTUST's design force has already left an imprint on the world of design and we plan to send a team to the awarding ceremony to secure our visibility. They are our nation's Grass Roots Ambassadors to promote our image in the design world. To keep updated with new awards and future information, go to websites of Design Department and Center of Design Creativity. Please go to http://www.ntust.edu.tw/files/14-1000-19710,r11-1.php for more information on the Red Dot Award.