Design Director

Profile: GIDEON LOEWY, Professor

Born in England 1952
Emigrated to Denmark 1968
Emigrated to Taiwan 2002
Areas of Competence: 
Design-Led Business Development; Design Management, Consultancy and Knowledge Transfer.
Industrial Design; Service Design; Experience Design; Commercial Design & Branding; Communication Design; Architectural Design; Exhibition Design; Interior Design.
National & Regional Development and Design Policy.
Denmark
M.A. Architecture and Design, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Institute of Design, Copenhagen, Denmark 1981 / Own studio since 1982 / Member of Board of Danish Design Association from 1990 – 2002 & Vice-President 1999 – 2002 / Speaker at ICSID congresses since 1995 / Advisor to Danish Government concerning Design Policy.
Taiwan
Professor at Chao-Yang Technical University, & Taichung National Institute of Technology, Taiwan since 2002 / Principle and Design Director of Scandinavian International Design Consultants Co. Ltd. Taiwan since 2002 / Advisor to ICSID Educational Committee 2001-3 / Member of CIDA since 2002 / Consultant to TAITRA since 2003 / Consultant to IEK/ITRI 2009
International Awards
IF- award, Germany
SMAU Prize, Italy
G-Mark, Japan
Hi-Fi Import of the Year, Japan
Brutus Prize, Japan
Taiwan Excellence
Judge
Taiwan National Design Awards 2001
JAMe Design Competetion, Korea, 2003
Korea Industrial Design Awards, 2007
Computex Taipei (iF), 2009
International Bicycle Design Competition, 2009
Research Fields
Design Theory & Philosophy / Thinking Process and Tools / Tools for Managing Design Thinking & Creativity / Methodology for Developing Creativity in Design Practice / Business Development through Design Management / Design as a Cultural & Creative Industry in the Knowledge-Based Economy / Branding / Regional Development in Globalization.