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Taiwan Region Student Design Competition

2025


Taiwan Competition now closed

The 2025 Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competition – Taiwan has completed its preliminary judging round, marking another exciting milestone in this annual showcase of creativity and sustainable thinking. The competition received a total of 268 submissions from students across Taiwan, covering apparel, footwear, accessories, and design categories. 

After an in-depth review in May, the judging panel has selected 19  finalists—five from each of the four categories: Apparel, Footwear, Accessories, and Design. The selected students are now developing their prototypes, expected to be completed by the end of August. 

Congratulations to the 2025 Finalists

Apparel 


You Jia Fu: Re: Collected — A Reconstructed Second Skin 

Shang Hsuan Tsai: Different Love 

Yu Ting Shen: HumanGod 

Shao Bo Yang: Topology of Illustrator 

Accessories 

Ruo Yi Wu: Pressure Lines Between Head and Shoulders 

Yi Fu Chen: Social Protection Device 

Te Fan Liu: Soft Hours 

Yin Yu Chen: Skin and Bone 

Yen Chieh Liu: The Ten Minutes After Class 

Footwear  

Zong Nan Chen: Urban Module 

Yu Ching Cheng: The Walking Table 

Yi Shiuan Hsu: One Pair, Infinite Faces 

Tsai Ju Hsiao: Firewalk to the Heavens 

Po Yu Lin: Re: act 

Design 

He Yu Shao: SymBridle 

Yu Kai Chen: PELLITENSIO – Rawhide Tension Sculptural Lighting 

Ting Yi Ai: Leather in Tension, Light in Motion 

Yu Kai Chen: PELLINFLATUS-Rawhide Expansion Sculpture Furniture 

Shortlisted Designs:

Re:Collected — A Reconstructed Second Skin

You Jia Fu

Shih Chien University

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Apparel

不同的愛

SHANG-HSUAN TASI

Ling Tung University

Costume Design BFA

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Apparel

HumanGod

Shen Yu-Ting

Shih Chien University

Costume Design BFA

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Apparel

Topology of illustrator

Shao-Bo Yang

Shih Chien University

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Apparel

PRESSURE LINES BETWEEN HEAD AND SHOULDERS.

若儀 吳

Shih Chien University

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Accessories

社交保護裝置

YI-FU CHEN

National Taiwan University of the Arts

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Accessories

Soft hours

Te-Fan Liu

Shih Chien University

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Accessories

Skin and Bone

Yin-Yu Chen

Shih Chien University

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Accessories

The ten minutes after class

YEN CHIEH LIU

Department of Fashion Design, Shih Chien University.

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Accessories

Urban Module 城市模組休閒鞋

ZONG NAN CHEN

Shih Chien University

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Footwear

The Walking Table

YU CHING CHENG

Shih Chien University

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Footwear

One Pair, Infinite Faces

Yi-Shiuan Hsu

Shih Chien University

Fashion Design BFA

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Footwear

Firewalk to the Heavens

TSAI-JU HSIAO

Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Footwear

扮相 / Re:act

伯昱 林

Shih Chien University

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Footwear

SymBridle

HEYU SHAO

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Design*

PELLITENSIO – Rawhide Tension Sculptural Lighting

Yu Kai Chen

Shih Chien University

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Design*

皮革拉伸 光線形塑 Leather in Tension Light in Motion

亭儀 艾

Shih Chien University

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Design*

PELLINFLATUS-Rawhide Expansion Sculpture Furniture

Yu Kai Chen

Shih Chien University

Competitions: Taiwan Region

Design*

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