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Vice Economic Minister Lien Ching-chang (front, fifth left) is joined by designers, business representatives and other officials at a banquet Dec. 12 during Taiwan Design Week in Taipei City. (Courtesy of MOEA)
 

Taiwan Design Week drew to a close Dec. 15 at the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei City, spotlighting the country’s creative landscape and its commitment to exploring international cooperation opportunities.

Organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Industrial Development Administration and executed by Taipei-based Taiwan Design Research Institute, the event was themed around “The Gateway,” symbolizing a path to the combination of artificial intelligence and creative design. Exhibitions, seminars and design nights throughout the week were attended by a total of 34 design teams.

The main exhibition was also entitled “The Gateway” and showed work by Taiwan artists who made use of AI technology. The 2024 Golden Pin Design Award exhibition took place on the sidelines, and Poland’s “Letters and Symbols—Stories of Designers” also proved popular with visitors, the MOEA said.

One highlight of the week was a banquet held Dec. 12 at the park, during which a trilateral memorandum of understanding was inked by TDRI, the Polish Graphic Design Foundation, and two groups from South Korea. The dinner event brought together over 100 designers, business representatives and officials, including the MOEA Vice Minister Lien Ching-chang, the ministry said.

The MOEA said that the MOU signed during the design week deepens Taiwan’s cooperation with the international design community while promoting cross-border exchanges and innovative development. Other activities during the week included seminars attended by experts from Japan, Poland, South Korea, Thailand, the Netherlands and the U.S. to discuss topics spanning AI applications and future city designs, among others, as well as a design-themed book fair and online film screenings, according to the MOEA. (YCH-E)