"Twelve and a Half Months"--the 2020 graduation exhibition of the Department of Creative Product Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, was launched on the 1st and 2nd floors of Building X of Taiwan University of Science and Technology. The theme of the graduation exhibition--"Twelve and a Half Months"—came from the fact that the graduation production took a total of twelve and a half months, with "brewing" as its main axis. It was hoped that students would have a taste of sweet wine while they worked together with the teacher during the production.

[A representative of the student team of the Department of Creative Product Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, took a photo with their work "Fairytale Visual Land."]

The Department of Creative Product Design, South Taiwan University of Science and Technology, won a total of 28 prizes this year, including the 2020 German iF Design Rookie Award, 4 Excellence Awards, 10 finalists for the German Red Dot Design Award, 3 finalists for the American Outstanding Industrial Design Award, 1 Silver Award and 2 Bronze Awards in the 17th YuShiu Cup, 1 finalist for Golden Point Rookie of the Year Design Award, 1 finalist for Golden Point Rookie Circular Design Special Award, 4 finalists for Golden Point Rookie Sponsor Special Award. Among them, the most distinctive work was "C-DRIVE," directed by Prof. Ya-Lin Chen of the Department of Creative Product Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, which won the Winner Award in the category of Transportation. Another work of the team—“U-DOC”—won an Excellence Award. The works "T³Monster," "Fairytale Vision," and "HanDo," under the guidance of Prof. Kun Ouyang, were all given an Excellence Award for their outstanding performances. All these works demonstrated innovativeness and strengths of international-level design along with their outstanding and eye-catching performance.

[The student team of the Department of Creative Product Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, took a group photo with their work "C-DRIVE."]

The winning team of the German iF Design Rookie Award in the category of Transportation was made of students of the Department of Creative Product Design, including Kai-Jun Hong, Gui-Ru Liu, He-Shuan Gao, and Guan-Yu Lin. In designing their work "C-DRIVE," they took into consideration the ergonomics for the elderly and integrated it into a three-wheel structure, making it possible to lift the chassis of the car body and allow the elderly to get on the car easily. The design assists the elderly with handles, armrests, and a ride-sharing cushion to help them get on and off the car. A shopping basket is integrated into the body of the car to make it easy for seniors to shop. After shopping, they just place the shopping basket behind the car when they leave. The purpose is to create a safe, friendly vehicle that is easy for seniors to drive.

[The student team of the Department Creative Product Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, took a group photo with their work "HanDo."]

In the 17th Yushiu Cup Creative Award, the Department Creative Product Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, performed very well. The student teams stood out among many competitive teams in the finals. The work "Souter," which won the Silver Award in the Industrial Design Category, came from a team directed by Prof. Jia-Hui Feng of the Department of Creative Product Design, including Min-Shi Hsu, Jing-Yi Huang, Peo-Tsi Tseng, and Pei-Ti Zhuo. The work "HanDo," which won the Bronze Award in the Industrial Design Category, was directed by Prof. Kun Ouyang from the Department of Creative Product Design. The team included students Shuan-Yan Li, Feng-Jia Zheng, Kai-Rrong Peng, and Wei-Ming Gao. The work “Muscle Market,” directed by Prof. Jia-Hui Feng, won the Bronze Award in the Software Design Category. The team was composed of students Wen Ouyang, Bing-Chen Wu, and Yun-Shuan Lin from the Department of Creative Product Design.

[The student team of the Department of Creative Product, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, took a group photo with their work "T³ Monster."]

Jia-Cheng Chang, Director of the Department of Creative Product Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, said that the department has been focused on the combination of theory and practice. It encourages teachers to lead students to close communication with the industry. The education of product design is people-oriented, focused on empathy and friendly care. Therefore, this graduation project exhibition aimed to show the accumulation and refinement of students during their four years of college and to apply what had learned. With "brewing" as the main axis of the exhibition and through twelve and a half months of thematic discussion and refinement, teachers and students turn their knowledge brewing into friendly design for the benefit of the general public. In this international competition, many works of the department won awards and prizes as a result of their competitions with multi-national design teams in the world arena. The fact that they have achieved very good results shows that the teaching of the Department of Creative Product Design is very effective and has strong competitiveness, which can help students quickly get connected with the world.

[List of winners from the Department of Creative Product Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology-1]

Deng-Maw Lu, President of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, affirmed the excellent performance of the participating teams and the hard work of the instructors. He said that the university attaches great importance to the combination of theory and practice, and hopes that students will develop practical ability and correctness during all the competitions. The guidance of teachers can enable students to have an international level of design standards and cultivate great competitiveness for the following generations in Taiwan.

[List of winners from the Department of Creative Product Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology-2]