Taipei, Taiwan — The 2025 Golden Pin Design Award Exhibition opened on November 25 at the Taiwan Design Museum in Taipei’s Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, showcasing more than one hundred award-winning works from this year’s Golden Pin Design Award and Golden Pin Concept Design Award. Curated by hidden-domain studio, the exhibition centers on the theme “The Spectrum of Scale,” inviting visitors to explore contemporary design through both the professional lens of the jury and a series of perceptual scales. The exhibition runs through April 26, 2026, welcoming design enthusiasts to experience this year’s outstanding works in person.
The Golden Pin Design Award is Taiwan’s longest-standing and most influential design accolade. Since its international expansion in 2014, more than half of its entries have come from overseas, and its global jury lineup continues to strengthen the award’s credibility and professional standing. The annual Golden Pin Design Award Exhibition, curated by a professional team, presents the year’s most outstanding works and offers the public a comprehensive view of design excellence from around the world.
A New Lens for Reading Award-Winning Design
This year’s curatorial team began with the award’s five evaluation criteria—Integration, Innovativeness, Functionality, Aesthetics, and Communication—and translated jury observations for each winning work into radar charts that visually map its performance across these dimensions. These charts, paired with excerpts from jury comments, allow visitors to intuitively understand the strengths that set each project apart. The exhibition also brings together the distinct interpretations of these five criteria from jurors across the Product, Communication, Spatial, and Integration Design categories, offering visitors deeper insight into this year’s evaluation perspectives.
Venue 01｜Interactive zone works invite visitors to touch and experience the details
Venue 01｜The Scale of Weight explores “weight” as a measure of meaning in design_1
Venue 02｜The Scale of Presence explores how design responds to the world at every scale.
Venue 02｜The Scale of Presence juxtaposes works to reveal design’s impact at different
The curatorial team further extends the exhibition through three perceptual scales—Weight, Presence, and Tempo—inviting visitors to interpret the works in relation to one another. In the Scale of Weight (Venue 01), some projects carry significant social or functional responsibility, while others respond to daily life with lightness and ease. The Scale of Presence (Venue 02) contrasts works that create broad impact through subtle changes with those that explore detail within a grander scope. In the Scale of Tempo (Venue 04), certain works address immediate needs of the moment, while others reveal power that emerges over time.
Venue 04｜In the Scale of Tempo, juxtaposed works show how design engages with time
Venue 04｜The Scale of Tempo reveals how design takes shape across different timeframes
By placing jury perspectives alongside these perceptual scales, the exhibition constructs a multi-layered framework for understanding award-winning design and encourages visitors to reflect on its diverse values. To visualize the theme “The Spectrum of Scale,” the visual identity team Path & Landform draws on the imagery of a star-filled sky—suggesting that each work is a point of light in the design cosmos, forming a radiant constellation within the Golden Pin Design Award.
Design Trends Reflected in This Year’s Award-Winning Works
The Golden Pin Design Award Exhibition is not only a rare opportunity to encounter outstanding works from Taiwan and around the world, but also a lens through which to observe emerging design trends and shifts within the industry. This year’s award-winning works demonstrate a deepening development across four key dimensions—sustainability, technology, society, and culture.
Featured Exhibit｜IRON40
In sustainability, designers are moving beyond eco-friendly materials toward system-level thinking that supports broader industrial transformation. For example, IRON40, developed by eTreego Co., Ltd., reimagines industrial packaging through modular fasteners and reusable panels, reducing waste while offering adaptable configurations for diverse scenarios.
Featured Exhibit｜Mijia Smart Ab Wheel
In technological innovation, human-centered design continues to drive solutions that integrate smart functionality into everyday life. Mijia Smart Ab Wheel by Zhuhai Yunmai Technology Co., Ltd. also expands this category, introducing an innovative one-piece elbow support that enhances stability and comfort compared to traditional ab wheels. The device connects to an app for personalized settings, offering a safer and more efficient home-workout experience.
Featured Exhibit｜Zhenfu Symbiotic Community Center
In the realm of social innovation, this year’s works show how design can enter real-life contexts and respond to genuine community needs. “Zhenfu Symbiotic Community Center,” created through a collaboration between Yonghe Cardinal Tien Hospital, ExE Interior Design Company, UXI Design Co., Ltd. and nessdesign. Co., Ltd., transforms an unused clinic into a community-based support center—bridging medical services, neighborhood care, and the needs of underserved groups often overlooked by existing systems.
Featured Exhibit｜Formosensis
On the cultural front, several projects demonstrate how local heritage can be transformed into brands with global resonance. A standout example is Lion Travel’s “Formosensis” train service, which reinterprets a century of Taiwanese railway culture through its carriage and experience design. The result is a refined, narrative-rich journey that guides travelers from around the world to appreciate the distinctive beauty of Alishan, Taiwan.
More Featured Works of the Exhibition
Featured Exhibit｜Alloy
Featured Exhibit｜Multifunctional Wireless Lectern PA System
Featured Exhibit｜Merrylock MK6070 Household Air-threading Combo Sewing Machine
Featured Exhibit｜ROG Falcata Wireless Gaming Keyboard
The exhibition also highlights the innovative momentum of Taiwan’s industries. Featured works include PEGATRON’s “Alloy,” a finely crafted body shaver designed for women; Chiayo Electronics’ “Multifunctional Wireless Lectern PA System,” which integrates a PA system and lectern into a single, streamlined unit; Tsang Yu Industrial’s “Merrylock MK6070 Household Air-threading Combo Sewing Machine,” designed to make professional-quality sewing intuitive even for non-experts; and ASUS’s “ROG Falcata Wireless Gaming Keyboard,” built for seamless transition between gaming and everyday use.
Featured Exhibit｜Sonnenglas® SOMO Solar Lighting System
Featured Exhibit｜KAY Chair
Featured Exhibit｜Knot Stool
Featured Exhibit｜ARIA
Outstanding international entries add further depth to the exhibition, such as Sonnenglas GmbH’s “Sonnenglas® SOMO Solar Lighting System” from Germany, Exploratory Projects’ “KAY Chair” from the Philippines; Kunakij Industry Furniture’s “Knot Stool” from Thailand, which transforms industrial materials into a strikingly lightweight form through an inventive structural approach; and TROXUS’s high-performance road bike “ARIA” from the United States. Together, these works create a compelling dialogue between Taiwanese and global design excellence.
Exhibition Details and Upcoming Ceremony
The 2025 Golden Pin Design Award Exhibition is now open at the Taiwan Design Museum and will run until April 26, 2026, inviting the public to explore innovative design and experience creativity up close.
In addition, the 2025 Golden Pin Design Award Ceremony will take place on Friday, December 5, at the Taipei Performing Arts Center, where the winners of the Best Design of the Year and the Special Annual Awards—the highest honors of the award—will be officially announced. The ceremony will be livestreamed in both Chinese and English on the official YouTube channel. Design enthusiasts are warmly invited to tune in and witness the celebration.
Exhibition Info.
Date｜2025.11.25 (Tue.) – 2026.04.26 (Sun.) (Closed on Mondays)
Opening Hours｜10:00 – 18:00
Venue｜Hall 01, 02 & 04, Taiwan Design Museum
Ticket Price｜NT 50 (Full Ticket) / NT 40 (Group Ticket) / Free for those who qualify for discount tickets
Organizer｜Industrial Development Administration (IDA), MOEA
Execution｜Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI)
Curation｜hidden-domain studio
Visual Design｜Path & Landform
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