{"id":14361,"date":"2026-03-27T17:17:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/2026\/03\/27\/mcupd1150327\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:31:29","slug":"mcupd1150327","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/2026\/03\/27\/mcupd1150327\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial Design Students \u201cLink\u201d a New Creative Future | KMC International Upcycled Materials Design Competition Wins Gold and Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"520\">To promote the reuse of waste materials and design innovation, the \u201cLinking to a Different Future\u201d | KMC International Upcycled Materials Design Competition, organized by KMC International Co., Ltd., invited students to apply their design expertise to transform discarded materials into functional and creative works, showcasing the diverse possibilities of material regeneration.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"964\">The competition theme focused on \u201cwaste material reuse\u201d and design practice, aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), which emphasizes efficient resource use, and SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), which highlights directions for innovative development. It demonstrated the value of design in addressing issues of resource circulation.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"966\" data-end=\"1128\">Students from the Department of Industrial Design at our university delivered outstanding performance in this competition and were awarded Gold and Silver prizes:<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14351\" src=\"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/2.png 854w, https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/2-500x375.png 500w, https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/2-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/2-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 Gold Award\uff5cLink Blocks<br data-start=\"1152\" data-end=\"1155\" \/>Designer: Hsu Chen-Tsen<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14353\" src=\"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"859\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/3.png 859w, https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/3-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/3-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/3-500x373.png 500w, https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/3-800x597.png 800w, https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/3-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>\ud83e\udd48 Silver Award\uff5cChain Time<br data-start=\"1205\" data-end=\"1208\" \/>Designers: Wang You-Cheng, Chen Yi-Heng, Chang Chih-Hung<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1768\">These awards not only highlight the students\u2019 innovative capabilities but also reflect the successful integration of design education with industry. Through the competition, students were able to bring their ideas into practice and further respond to contemporary sustainability issues. In the future, we aim to cultivate more design talents equipped with innovative thinking and social responsibility, enabling design to truly become a key force connecting industry, the environment, and the future.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1798\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Instructor: Shaio-Chung Chan<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-27T17:17:36+08:00\">03\/27\/2026<\/time><\/div>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To promote the reuse of waste materials and design innovation, the \u201cLinking to a Different Future\u201d | KMC International Upcycled Materials Design Competition, organized by KMC International Co., Ltd., invited students to apply their design expertise to transform discarded materials into functional and creative works, showcasing the diverse possibilities of material regeneration. The competition theme focused on \u201cwaste material reuse\u201d &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/2026\/03\/27\/mcupd1150327\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":14350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"categories":[47,77,38],"tags":[82,83,84],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14361"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14364,"href":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14361\/revisions\/14364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdd.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}