Students of National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) displayed their innovative designs on Tuesday at a graduation show at the school, which topped the International Forum (iF) Design Hannover’s world ranking of universities.
The creative designs included a coral-shaped sofa that can be adjusted to different positions and a tissue box that allows for more convenient access.
The graduation project show by the Department of Industrial and Commercial Design as well as the Design Undergraduate Honors Program presented more than 70 industrial and commercial designs and animations, said Wang Wei-yao (王韋堯), head of the department.
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Tsai Han-lun (蔡涵綸), who along with Tseng Yi-ju (曾奕儒) designed the coral-shaped sofa Coraline, said that unlike other similar types of furniture, it can be adjusted to three different positions to provide more comfort.
Another student, Lu Chu-yung, (盧鉅湧) said his “tissue press” design was of chain mail material, which he chose because it was soft, weighty and beautiful.
Lu said that many tissue boxes make it hard for users to reach the tissues, but the “tissue press” automatically collapses each time a tissue is removed, which makes it convenient to use.
Other designs featured at the show included a tumbler garbage can that prevents garbage from spilling, a baby carriage that can be raised or lowered and a specially designed shower seat for seniors.
NTUST produced 14 of the 100 winning designs at the iF design awards this year, the highest number ever won by a single school at the event. This pushed NTUST into the top place worldwide in the iF rankings.
More than 8,000 entries from 52 countries were in the competition this year.
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