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Updated Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:49 am TWN, CNA

Taiwan designer wins red dot awards' 'best of best'

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan -- Taiwan visual designer Lin Horng-jer has won a “best of the best” prize in the communication design category of the 2009 red dot design awards — the world's largest and most prestigious design competition — Kaohsiung City's Bureau of Cultural Affairs said Monday. Lin, the first Taiwanese to have won the title in the competition, was recognized for his project “Save Me,” which advocates nature conservation, the bureau said.

The piece is made up of three different images: a man embracing the Earth, a polar bear with melting icebergs in the background, and three Formosan landlocked salmon, an endangered species and national treasure of Taiwan.

Lin is currently an associate professor in the Department of Visual Communication Design of the Tainan University of Technology and president of the Taiwan Poster Design Association. He is also a member of the Kaohsiung City Government's public art screening committee and the logo designer of the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung.

The red dot design awards are presented by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany in three different categories: product design, communication design and design concept. This year's communication design competition drew more than 6,000 submissions from more than 40 countries, according to the bureau.

The winning works will be exhibited at the red dot design museum on the premises of the Zollverein World Cultural Heritage site in Essen.

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