Yueh-Lin Yang, an ICID doctoral student, presents a solo exhibition at NCKU’s Art Gallery. Combining ceramics, glass and screen printing, his works explore organic forms and traces of time, inviting viewers to reconnect with nature. The exhibition poster, designed by fellow student Dalton Bruyns, reflects international collaboration within the institute.
In September 2026, NOSIGNER founder Eisuke Tachikawa visited NCKU’s ICID, sharing climate adaptation and Evolutional Creativity. Through lectures, workshops and AI experiments, students developed ideas addressing Tainan’s urban challenges while exploring how variation, selection and judgement can guide design in changing environments and strengthen exchanges between practice, education and research.
In September 2026, ICID welcomed Professor Felix Kosok for lectures and workshops on City Design Power. Drawing on World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026, students explored Tainan’s urban systems, identified design challenges, and examined how design can strengthen citizen participation, cross-disciplinary collaboration and collective action towards future urban development.
ICID students joined a five-week arts internship at Loughborough University, exploring “Ecologies” through fieldwork and creative practice. Their exhibition, Unbounded — Coexistence, presented five series of works at MPND Gallery, combining diverse media and Taiwanese cultural elements while building experience in curation, intercultural collaboration and engagement with the local arts community.
