About TINTA
Objective /
The TINTA Award, Taiwan Interior New Talent Award, was founded in 2011 by My Home under the belief that design has the power to change the world. It is an award for young interior designers in Asia under the age of 40 years old (inclusive).
TINTA seeks to find new designers, introduce new designs, and promote new creativities through competition. Starting in 2022, the TINTA Award will develop a deeper connection with young designers through long-term service for member designers. Young designers of the new generation will provide innovative space experience through unique communication methods, novel designing strategies, and by solving problems from the beginning.
Eligibility /
- Works should be those actually completed and used in the last two years (2023.01-2025.03). Works that have won the TINTA Award before cannot sign up for competition again.
- Interior designers under 40 years old (inclusive).
- Participants can sign up for the competition individually or in a group.
Definition of a Group: A group with more than 2 participants (inclusive) and fewer than 10 (inclusive). Each participant should be qualified as interior designers under the age of 40 years old (inclusive).
CompetitionProcess /
- Early Bird Period: From January 2, 2025, to February 16, 2025 (ending at 23:59)
- Regular Registration Period: From February 17, 2025, to March 20, 2025 (ending at 23:59)
- Extended Registration Period: From March 21, 2025, to March 31, 2025 (ending at 23:59)
- Entrants who are eligible for Presentation Meeting would announced on the official website in May 2025.
- Ppresentation Meeting: June 2025
- Announcement of Annual Winners: August 2025
- Annual Awards Ceremony: September or October 2025
- *Please refer to the TINTA website for any change concerning the abovementioned schedule.
- *The shortlist and the winners' list are the final results , the latest announcement on the TINTA's official website shall prevail.
Categories /
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Living Space
- Residential (Floor Area ≤66 sqm):non-profit residential spaces with an indoor area limited to less than 20 pings (including) / 66 square meters (including).
- Single-story Residence (Floor Area ≤ 198 sqm):non-profit residential spaces such as single-story houses, vacation homes, dormitories, and apartments with an indoor area limited to less than 60 pings (including) / 198 square meters (including).
- Single-story Residence (Floor Area >198 sqm):non-profit residential spaces with an indoor area greater than 61 pings (inclusive) / 199 square meters (inclusive).
- Multi-story Residence:non-profit residential spaces designed with a duplex or multi-level layout.
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Commercial Space
- Leisure:hotels, inns, lodges, resorts, bed and breakfasts, clubs, guesthouses, leisure farms, and other long-term or short-term non-residential recreational spaces.
*Note: Submissions must include photographs of public social spaces.
- Retail:generally refers to department stores, shopping centers, complex stores, selection stores, hand shops, retail stores, clothing stores, markets, supermarkets, etc., covering various types of commodity display spaces. If the space involves the sale of service-related products, it is also classified under the retail category.
- Food Space:restaurants, cafes, taverns, food courts, and beverage shops as dining spaces.
- Entertainment:bookstores, KTV (karaoke), cinemas, galleries, entertainment venues, or other types of leisure and entertainment spaces.
- Healthcare and Beauty:generally refers to health, beauty, or sports spaces such as hospitals, clinics, fitness centers, medical cosmetology, beauty salon centers, long-term care centers, and tattoo parlors.
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Real Estate Space
- Exhibition and Sales Offices:temporary reception centers, sales offices, and other exhibition and sales spaces.
- Show flat:exhibition and sales spaces such as sample apartments and show homes in real estate, as well as temporary property display spaces that showcase complete cases and simulated unit types.
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Others
- Work Space:offices (including shared workspaces), factory offices, factories, warehouses, various types of studios, customer service centers, training centers, and more.
- Public Space:public space such as religious venues, community centers, medical centers, airports, public transport stations, etc.
- Educational and Cultural:educational and cultural venues such as libraries, tutoring centers, kindergartens, art galleries, museums, and similar spaces.
- Furnishings and Decorations:residential or commercial spaces primarily focused on furnishings and decorations (floor plans are not required).
- Innovation space:entries that differ from the aforementioned categories refer to innovative conceptual spaces related to new business models, new cultural issues, new digital technologies, and new forms of aesthetic expression. The design concept must explain the uniqueness of its innovative thinking.
- Sustainable space:entries must incorporate innovations related to sustainability and propose specific designs for "environmental sustainability." Materials and data can be listed for supporting explanations, and relevant documents or image files may be provided as evidence.
Note 1: The above entries may not be submitted twice in one draft, except for furnishings, innovative space and sustainable space projects.
Note 2: Entries for temporary exhibition Spaces are not accepted.
Registration Procedure /
- Submission is open to the public. Registration fees are required.
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Submission method: Online registration: www.tintaward.com/member.aspx#Signup
- The TINTA Award is open for submission now through 23:59, March 31 2025 (GMT +08:00). Please pay for the registration fee and upload the required documents and files online within the designated period (based on the registration time online).
- After submission and payment is completed, participants will receive a letter of confirmation. The organizer will review the registered information.
- The organizer will inform participants of overdue or incomplete documents for document compensation and correction within the review period. Registration by those who fail to submit complete documents in time will not be accepted, and their registration fees will not be refunded.
- To ensure your rights in the competition, the organizer reserves the right to adjust/change/amend the category of the works to keep the works in the correct group/category.
Online Submission Work Specifications /
In addition to basic text, the photos of the submitted work should follow the following specifications:
- Chinese Design Concept: Write the design concept in Chinese, limited to 2000 characters. The content should include design inspiration, core concepts, and the intended expression of the work.
- English Design Concept: Write the design concept in English, limited to 5000 characters. The content should align with the Chinese concept to facilitate understanding by international judges.
- Images requirements: A minimum of 8 and a maximum of 12 images should not contain information about the company, the designer, or any identifiable symbols. Don't use any text, lines, hand-drawn drafts (except for innovation space, sustainable space projects), concept sketch, and renderings.
- Format: JPEG
- Size: No more than 3 MB
- Color format: RGB
- Requirement for the first image: Horizontal. By default, it will be the cover photo.
- Pixel: The longest length of each photo shall be no less than 1500 pixel, 300dpi.
- Requirment for Floor plan: The uploaded images could not contain any identifiable marks with them. . Please indicate the floor on the floor plan if it is a multi-level space.
- Name of Exposure: The winner's award, medal, certificate, company and designer are based on the information provided by the participant in registration system, and cannot be changed. If the change is required after the registration deadline, the cost of reproduction will be borne by the participant. For details, please contact TINTA Award team.
Registration Fee /
The registration fee covers participation in the annual TINTA Award, later delivery of the winner’s prize, the rights to join in award forums for free, monthly newsletter for international creativity awards, and other services.
Registration Fees:
Early Bird Registration: NT$3,200 (Chinese Yuan ¥750) per entry.
Regular Registration: NT$4,500 (Chinese Yuan ¥1,100) per entry.
Extended Registration : NT$6,000 (Chinese Yuan ¥1,500) per entry.
Each item of work is charged separately. Please pay for the early bird discount registration fee before 23:59, February 16, 2025.
For more information and further cooperation /
- If this is your first time registering, we recommend reviewing the Q&A section beforehand.
- For cross-industry collaboration inquiries, feel free to contact the TINTA Gold Awards team.
- E-mail:tinta@hmg.com.tw
- Contact number: +886-2-2500-7578 ext. 3471 or 3305
Notices /
- Participants should guarantee that all submitted works are original. Plagiarism, counterfeiting, and similar activities are strictly prohibited. If a winner is reported and verified to have violated the relevant regulations of the event or engaged in plagiarism or counterfeiting, the organizer reserves the right to not only revoke their winning qualifications but also to retain any fees paid and reclaim the benefits. Cancelled or vacant awards will not be re-filled.
- The participant assumes responsibility for any expenses (including but not limited to legal charges, attorney’s fees) if a third party claims their right on the organizer or other related personnel and units for the participant’s violation of the aforementioned conditions.
- No submitted works will be returned, regardless of whether they win the award or not. The participant agrees that the organizer has the rights to exhibit the work in public and publish the work in a magazine, webpage, and book for the purpose of promotion and exhibition without additional payment.
- The winner should cooperate with the organizer for related campaigns, such as publication, demonstration, public propagation, etc.
- Registering for the Award means the participant understands and agrees with all the regulations for the Award and may not make any objection.
- For any changes regarding the Award, please refer to official announcements by TINTA Award. The organizer reserves the right to amend any matters not covered in the registration form at any time and will announce such changes on the official website www.tintaward.com