Satellite Events

Step inside Taiwan’s creative world! As part of the IASDR 2025 International Design Conference, the co-organizer Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI) invites participants to join the special half-day tour offering an inside look at how design shapes Taiwan’s industries, cities, and everyday life.

Choose from three inspiring routes — Sustainable Circular Design, Technology in Practice, or Public Service Redesign — and visit leading companies and innovative design projects that are driving change. From green innovation to digital creativity and public design solutions, each route offers a hands-on experience of Taiwan’s design power in action.

Date

December 5 | 12:30–18:00 (right after the IASDR 2025 closing ceremony; lunch included)

Fee

TWD 1,200 (≈ USD 40) | Online payment
Eligibility: IASDR 2025 participants only | 30 seats per route

Spots are limited — register early to secure your place!

Registration

Reserve Your Spot Now: https://tdri.surveycake.biz/s/Pr9r7

Led by Stanford d.school educators Nadia Roumani and Thomas Both, and hosted by the Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI), this full-day, in-person workshop introduces an Integrative Design approach that blends design thinking, systems thinking, strategy, and equity frameworks to help address tough, real-world issues.

Date

December 3, 2025 (Wed.)

Designing the Next

Mobility, Intelligence, and Sustainability

Join global design leaders at the 2025 Design Industry Forum, hosted by the Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI). This full-day event explores how design reshapes mobility, intelligence, and sustainability through three sessions — Future Mobility Design, Intelligent Green Practice, and Co-Creating Sustainable Cities. Discover how emerging technologies, modular systems, and circular design redefine our relationship with industry and the environment.

Design weeks connect creative forces worldwide, and Taiwan Design Week continues expanding its global network, strengthening the identity of "Design in Taiwan."

This year joins forces with the IASDR, creating a cross-disciplinary, cross-industry, and cross-border platform through forums, exhibitions, and industry exchange.

The theme "DESIGN NEXT" extends from "DESIGN NOW," prompting audiences to envision the next phase of design and future living.

Contemporary design goes beyond function and aesthetics, addressing sustainability, society, and global challenges while shaping future ways of living.

"DESIGN NEXT" is not only an exhibition but an invitation to reimagine how design can shape the world we aspire to create.

Generative AI × Immersive Content × Digital Ecosystem

Evolving from "Individual Creation" to a "Co-creation Ecosystem," Redefining the Cultural Technology Value Chain!

In this fast-evolving era of Generative AI, immersive content, and digital ecosystems, design is no longer just about aesthetics; it has become the strategic core connecting creativity, technology, and industry. This forum will explore how design evolves from individual creation to a sustainable co-creation ecosystem within the cultural technology value chain, positioning itself as a key driver of the new content economy.