Press Release
Taiwan Terrazzo Calendar by Ying Chen Hsu Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design
Ying Chen Hsu recognized for cultural heritage and culture industry design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ Taiwan Terrazzo Calendar by Ying Chen Hsu, designed for Taiwan Terrazzo, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Taiwan Terrazzo Calendar
The design explores the tactile and emotional resonance of Taiwanese terrazzo, translating its material essence into a diverse design collection. The Taiwan Terrazzo Tales Calendar serves as the primary medium, archiving local textures and their underlying narratives into a visual timeline. By transforming sensory experiences into graphic storytelling, the work invites users to revisit the past through a daily ritual of flipping through time worn yet luminous memories.
About Ying Chen Hsu
Ying Chen, Hsu is a senior student at Ming Chi University of Technology, specializing in Visual Communication Design and project production. Hsu views design as a vital bridge for communication, focusing on translating complex information into functional and aesthetic visual languages. Throughout the academic journey, Hsu has integrated social observation into design practice, aiming to create impactful solutions for everyday life through visual communication. By balancing rational execution with creative thinking, Hsu explores the social value of design while maintaining a professional and pragmatic approach to various design challenges as a student.
Award Record
Ying Chen Hsu is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design Award
The A' Cultural Heritage Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good designs that preserve, protect, and promote cultural heritage. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to cultural heritage designers, culture industry professionals, cultural heritage specialists and museum designers from all countries. Typical entries include cultural heritage projects, cultural conversation, preservation and restoration and protection projects. The awarded cultural heritage designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/cultural-heritage
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/183178
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/183178
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!183178
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/381443
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://8t3.net/1017
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Taiwan Terrazzo Calendar
- Function
- Calendar
- Category
- Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts and Social Impact
- Colors
- Snow, Gainsboro, Linen, Bisque and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Taiwan Terrazzo
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ying Chen Hsu
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #183178
Credits
- Team
- Ying Chen, Hsu, Tzu Han, Weng, Yi Hsuan, Chen and Yi Hsuan, Hung
- Image Credits
- Creator Ying-Chen Hsu / Tzu-Han Weng / Yi-Hsuan Hung / Yi-Hsuan Chen, Terrazzo Calendar, 2026.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The core concept of this work is to show how time is preserved in the unique terrazzo textures of Taiwan, capturing both tactile memories and history within each surface. It archives various terrazzo textures found in Taiwan, along with their underlying stories. Tactile sensations and memories are transformed into visual graphics, arranged along a timeline. Flipping through the pages feels like revisiting dusty yet glistening fragments of the past.
- Inspiration
- This project focuses on "Terrazzo," a distinctive feature of Taiwanese architecture. Drawing from its unique material characteristics and our collective emotional memories, we have translated these elements into diverse design forms.
- Research
- The main challenge lay in the sheer scale of content creation: transforming 365 different terrazzo types into coherent illustrations while incorporating a narrative of Taiwanese history. Beyond the visual impact, the project aimed to shift public perception. Terrazzo is often seen as an "outdated" functional material; therefore, repositioning it within contemporary lifestyles was crucial. Simultaneously, a balance needed to be struck in narrative depth, ensuring the story enriched the user experience.
- Challenge
- The challenge was transforming 365 terrazzo types into illustrations with Taiwanese history. The project aimed to shift perception, repositioning terrazzo from an "outdated" material into a vibrant element of contemporary lifestyle.
- Realization and Technology
- Calendar, Taiwan, Terrazzo, Tales, Postcard
- Operation and Interaction
- The Taiwan Terrazzo Tales Calendar is a tactile, narrative-driven experience. Users engage daily by flipping pages, where each date reveals a unique visual pattern paired with a micro-story. To bridge the gap between digital/print graphics and physical reality, a genuine terrazzo element is integrated into the packaging, offering a multisensory connection that grounds the visual experience in material authenticity.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project ran from Sept 2025 to March 2026 at Ming Chi University of Technology, Taipei. The design is scheduled for public exhibition at the campus and the Young Designers' Exhibition (YODEX), the largest student design fair in Taiwan.
- Specifications
- Calendar, 245 mm x 160 mm x 130 mm Package, 260 mm x 190 mm x 90 mm Swatch book, 170 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
- Keywords
- Calendar, Taiwan, Terrazzo, Tales, Memory, Postcard, Building Materials
