2008 YODEX: The first-ever "Wow! Taiwan Design Competition" announced

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Top 3 Designers from Professional Group.
Image: Rico Shen.

On the opening day of the 2008 Young Designers' Exhibition (May 15), the Council for Cultural Affairs of Executive Yuan announced the first-ever "Wow! Taiwan Design Competition" at the Taipei World Trade Center. It will take place in conjunction with the main show (2008 YODEX). The winners from the Professional and Student classes were announced and awarded in an ceremony yesterday.

According to official information from the Taiwan Design Center (TDC), this first-ever design competition was designed for local participants to construct creative products with internationalizations and traditional cultures, and market them worldwide.

"EasTea / WesTea" and "Window & Box" also won the championship in the professional and student groups in this competition.

Highlights in images

Final results

Ranking Product Name Designer
Professional Group
  EasTea / WesTea Jen-feng Chen.
  Bamboo USB Driver Ying-da Lu
  As Water Wish Wen-chun Chung
Student Group
  Window & Box Chun-shan Yu
  Roll of Chinese Top Shaw-yu Huang
Wang-ting Liao
  Festival Hsiao-yau Hwang


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