The work "Small Daily Characters" designed by Jiu-Jun Lin, Ze-Dong Yang, and Yatsu Yang, a group of students from the Department of Visual Communication Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, won the Bronze Award in the category of Visual Design of Taiwan International Students Creative Design Competition held by the Youth Development Department of the Ministry of Education. The competition this year attracted students from 910 universities and colleges in 71 countries and regions, with a total of 18,932 entries. The number of entries surpassed other international competitions, such as Germany's IF and Red Dot Design Awards, making the competition become the world's largest international student design competition. Among them, there were more than 17,000 entries registered in the category of Visual Communication Design. A total of 226 entries entered the preliminary selection and only 17 could win awards. Therefore, winning the Bronze Award was indeed not easy.

【Deputy Minister of Education Li-De Yao (first from left) and the winners Jiu-Jun Lin (second from left), Ze-Dong Yang (second from right), and Ya-tsu Yang from the Department of Visual Communication Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology】

As a graduation project for 2017, the work "Small Daily Character" is co-directed by Assistant Professor Pei-Chi Su and Associate Professor Ding-Jun Tong of the Department of Visual Communication Design. Its creative concept is mainly drawn from daily life and redefined through calendar design. With the traditional chamfer, mottled feeling as the element, the characters were designed to have the beauty of the defect "small daily fonts." Based on the design of a unique "word definition" for each day, the characters convey the "temperature of writing," the "touch of printing," and the "memory of ink," which have been gradually forgotten by science and technology. In addition, the two works "Neko" and "Yao WISH," directed by Lecturer Zhao-Chi Huang and lecturer Chian-fan Liu, were also selected as excellent works for the Digital Animation Award.

【The work "Small Daily Characters" designed by Jiu-Jun Lin, Ze-Dong Yang, and Yatsu Yang, a group of students from the Department of Visual Communication Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology】

【The poster of "Small Daily Characters" by the Department of Visual Communication Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology】

In his speech, Deputy Minister Li-De Yao of the Ministry of Education first congratulated all the highly competitive works that stood out from the contestants. He pointed out that Taiwanese students often win prizes in their international competitions, and he hoped that this program could grow into a complete design network so that the design industry in Taiwan would have a greater impact, no longer limited to competitions and that it could be expanded to more industries, out of college and with international links. It is expected that Taiwan International Students Creative Design Competition will be renamed, like such international competitions as the German IF and Red Dot Design Award, becoming an impressing brand name.

【Award Winning Team (from left to right) Ze-Dong Yang, Jiu-Jun Lin, Yatsu Yang Assistant Professor Pei-Chi Su, and Associate Professor Ding-Jun Tong】

【Director Jia-Zhang Yang (Convener of the category of Visual Design, third from right) and Award Winning Team (from left to right) Assistant Professor Pei-Chi Su, Jiu-Jun Lin, Associate Professor Ding-Jun Tong, Ze-Dong Yang (second from right) and Yatsu Yang】