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 

Yung-Chu Tu: Skin That Remember

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: