5-2 Muse Design Awards 2021

In 1920, Kaohsiung was renamed from "Takao" to Kaohsiung, and it will be exactly one hundred years in 2020. The Kaohsiung Municipal Government has organized the "2021 Cross Hundred Light Year" to ring in the next hundred years for the New Year's event.

With the theme of "Light", the Kaohsiung City Government and the creative team in the community have adopted a modern approach to sort out the history and culture of Kaohsiung from ancient times to the present, and then integrate and blend them into modern light and shadow art. It is also presented with three important displays such as the mysterious symbol, the centennial mirror ball, and the blessing ceremony, linking the concepts of connection, communication, and ritual.

Taiwan’s first New Year’s Eve event to win the MUSE Design Awards

International MUSE Design Awards aggregates the design concepts across various domains and upholds the mission of uncovering the muse of design in the world. It sets future design trends and is known as the “muse in the world of design”. Kaohsiung City’s “100th Anniversary” series of events stand out among more than 4600 entries from 57 countries, by winning the “Platinum Winner” award, the highest award in the Exhibition & Events sub-category of the Conceptual Design category. It is Taiwan’s first large-scale outdoor event to win the MUSE Design Awards’ Platinum Winner.

Kaohsiung City Mayor, Chen Chi-Mai: You have to remember the “beauty” of the 100th Anniversary!

Kaohsiung City Mayor, Chen Chi-Mai, posted on Facebook, that during the 100th Anniversary events, he could hear the public exclaiming that they couldn’t believe that there are different surprises for every event, and Kaohsiung could be that beautiful. Space, visual design, light show, video art, interactive technologies, music creation and performing art all gather at Kaohsiung’s Love River Bay, highlighting Taiwan’s design soft power.

Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor, Shih Che: Let the world see Taiwan from the ray of light from Kaohsiung Bay!

Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor, Shih Che, posted on Facebook that, based on the “Light”, he led the city government team, together with private creative groups, to shuttle from ancient to modern Kaohsiung, and recalling its history and civilization starting from Wanshan Rock Carvings. They aim to show the world the cultures Kaohsiung has accumulated in the past hundred years.

With the year-end concert, folk rituals, various types of performances, new year symphony concert, light show, drone display, cultural and creative market, exhibition, fireworks at the bay, etc., the city government aims to open a new era of aesthetics for Taiwan’s new year eve activities.