The Golden Pin Design Award, Asia’s premier accolade for design excellence, officially opens its 2026 global call for entries. The award invites designers, enterprises, and cross-disciplinary teams from around the world to showcase innovative works across four categories. The Golden Pin Concept Design Award is also accepting submissions concurrently for forward-looking concepts. Every winning entry will be awarded a certificate. The winner of the Best Design of the Year will also receive a specially crafted trophy, symbolizing the highest honor.

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The Golden Pin Design Award is now open for entries for 2025. The Golden Pin Concept Design Award is also accepting submissions for innovative proposals. The Golden Pin Design Award, is one of Asia’s most influential design competitions. It is open to global teams and companies, targeting commercialized works on the market. Each year, the award certifies the quality of outstanding designs and highlights their role in driving R&D, innovation, and brand value. 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.

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Taiwan’s Golden Pin Design Award 2019 call for entries is now open. The Golden Pin Design Award is the most influential design award in the huaren (Chinese-speaking) world. As the longest-running international design award that celebrates products or projects expressly created for Chinese-speaking communities, the annual Golden Pin Design Award offers entrants an unprecedented opportunity to prove their prowess in the world’s largest market. The award is a golden opportunity for companies, design teams, and individuals from all around the globe to demonstrate design excellence in Taiwan, Asia, and beyond.

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Taiwan’s Golden Pin Design Award 2018 Call for Entries is now open and for the first time, international companies, are also eligible to enter and prove their design prowess at the most influential design award in the huaren (Chinese-speaking) world. Previously, entrants needed to be a registered company in a Chinese-speaking country or region in order to participate. This year, the Golden Pin Design Award encourages more international companies to take part by opening the annual competition to companies from anywhere in the world. Golden Pin Best Design winners are invited to attend the exciting award ceremony in Taipei, where they are presented on stage with a bespoke trophy. Winners may also be eligible to access free networking, exhibition, sales, and promotion opportunities provided by the Taiwan Design Center.

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The international call for entries for the 2017 edition of Taiwan’s Golden Pin Design Award has begun. The competition represents a chance for companies and brands around the world to test the viability of their products and projects in the dynamic Greater China region. Entries are accepted until in four award categories: Product Design, Visual Communication Design, Packaging Design, and Spatial Design. Golden Pin Best Design winners are invited to attend the exciting award ceremony in Taipei, where they are presented on stage with a bespoke trophy. Winners may also be eligible to access free networking, exhibition, sales, and promotion opportunities provided by the Taiwan Design Center.

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Тhe 2015 Golden Pin Design Award competition, seeking to celebrate the world’s most innovative designs for the huaren market, is now open for entries. This year, as the design world turns its sights on Taipei, the city which will host the World Design Capital in 2016, Taiwan’s Golden Pin Design Award hopes to attract more entries from international companies keen to prove their prowess in the huaren (Chinese-speaking) market. Projects or products can be submitted in four award categories: Product Design, Visual Communication Design, Packaging Design, and Interior Design.

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The Golden Pin Design Award (GPDA), the longest-running design award that celebrates products expressly created for the Chinese-speaking market, is currently open for entries for 2014 from designers and companies. In 2014, participating individuals and companies will be judged on their ability to innovate in this dynamic economy. As the gauge for leading design in Chinese-speaking communities, the Golden Pin offers entrants an unprecedented opportunity to prove their prowess in the world’s largest market. This year, individuals or companies that are selling, manufacturing, or designing products or projects in a Chinese-speaking country or region are eligible to enter the Golden Pin Design Award. International companies must have a subsidiary company or official dealer registered in a Chinese-speaking country.

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