The Golden Pin Design Award, one of Asia’s most influential design competitions, is now accepting entries for 2025. Beginning March 17th, designers and businesses worldwide can submit their work for a chance to gain international recognition and exposure.
The award spans four major categories—Product Design, Communication Design, Spatial Design, and Integration Design—celebrating outstanding works across diverse creative fields. Meanwhile, the Golden Pin Concept Design Award, dedicated to pre-market design proposals, is also accepting entries.
Established in 1981 and now organized by Taiwan’s Industrial Development Administration, MOEA, and executed by the Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI), the Golden Pin Design Award has long been committed to promoting outstanding design and driving industrial and social innovation. Since opening to global participants in 2014, the award has drawn entries from leading companies and designers worldwide, including AISIN CORPORATION (Japan), Starbucks Singapore, Architects 49 Limited (Thailand), HP Inc. (USA), ASUS, Pegatron, Baseus, and ZTE etc. Today, it stands as one of Asia’s most influential international design awards.
The Golden Pin Design Award is open to commercially available products and completed communication/spatial/integration design projects. Entries can be submitted by businesses or design teams. Entries passed the Secondary Selection will receive the Golden Pin Design Mark and advance to the Final Selection for a chance to compete for the prestigious Best Design Award and Special Annual Awards in sustainability, social innovation, and more. The winners will be announced at the year-end awards ceremony.
The Golden Pin Concept Design Award is open to unrealized design concepts or proposals, welcoming submissions from students, designers, and companies, either individually or in teams. The top three Best Design Award winners will each receive a cash prize of NT$300,000, supporting the transformation of concepts into reality.
Winning entries will gain international exposure, industry collaborations, and market expansion opportunities. Designers and businesses worldwide are invited to participate—Submit your best work now!
Key Dates (GMT+8 Taipei Time)
• Early Bird Deadline: 17:00, May 20 (Tue.), 2025
• Regular Registration Deadline: 17:00, June 24th (Tue.), 2025
• Award Ceremony: December 2025, at the Taipei Performing Arts Center, Taiwan
Registration Fee - Golden Pin Design Award:
• Early Bird : NT$7,000 per entry
• Regular : NT$9,000 per entry
Registration Fee - Golden Pin Concept Design Award:
• Early Bird : NT$1,000 per entry
• Regular : NT$1,500 per entry
