【Shopping Design】2025 BEST100 Magazine—Design Wanted

Design Wanted Featuring 2025's Top Designs & Trending Topics! Design — Showcasing 100 exceptional design works/teams, including over 10 standout international and domestic creations. Topics — Gen Z! The New Design Generation & Our Generation's Taiwanese Sensibility. ● Contents Special Features... James Chan. Kung Chi-hsun 006 Special Feature... Taichung Green Library 014 Cover Story: What Kind of Design Are You Looking For?........................................................024 Kuo Kuo-jui. Hsu Hsiang-han. Lin Wei-che. Yin Kuo-hsien. Cheng Tsung-chieh. Wu Ting-an. Tseng Ling-li. BEST100 Trophy Design Chapter 1: New Generation Design Compendium........................................................044 People of the Year. Experimental New Classics. Design of the Year. Concept Exhibition Event of the Year. Local Culture Reimagined. Architectural Space Planning of the Year. Original Brand of the Year. Social Care & Eco-Friendly Design of the Year. Arts & Design Promotion Platform of the Year. New Power Discovering Special Features... Lin Kun-ying. Hsu Li-hsin 084 Chapter 2: Gen Z! The New Design Generation........................................................092 Breaking Free from Preconceived Notions: Rediscovering Freedom in Creation... Jiusi 094 Brewing Passion into Work in the Back Room of an Izakaya... Bagua Youth Studio 098 A Room Full of Whimsy: Because We Don't Want to Be Like Anyone Else... apāto Founder Gui Yu Chen 102 XYZ Intergenerational Design Chat 108 Letting Design and Aesthetics Blossom from the Smallest Details... Aesthetic Cell 114 Chapter 3: Our Generation's Taiwanese Sensibility........................................................118 Taiwanese Sensibility Through the Eyes of an Outsider... Sasaki Taku. Li Long. Jae Huh 120 Seeking Identity: From "Heard It Said" to "Their Home"... Riverbed Theatre Co. × Taiwan Commute Brand 122 Baseball Spirit: Designing Those Heart-Pounding Moments... Bito 126 New Taiwanese Vibe: Rooted in People, Fueled by Creativity... Xin Chao Xian Gong 130 Voices of the Crowd: Literature Remembers, Design Sees... "Why Do We Believe Literature Has Power?" Chu Yu-hsun ╳ Nieh Yung-chen 136 New Streetscapes: It's Unlikely for a Designer to "Not Look Closely"... Coastal Production 140 Appendix........................................................ 144 Where Art and Craftsmanship Meet at the Summit... Sasaki Taku 144 From the Gaps of Youth to the Echoes of History... Gao Yan 148 Good Product Design Sparks Imagination for Everyday Creativity... Sasaki Taku 156 Creating More Authentically Through Analog Experiences... Steidl 172 Editorial Girls' Talk... My Favorite Taiwanese Designs 176