As the top event of the three major international bicycle fairs, the Taipei Cycle Show is the largest bicycle show in Asia. It was held at the Taipei World Trade Center every spring and is also a grand event where the latest technological research and development achievements of the world’s leading bicycle brands come together.
The prize is Taipei Cycle show invited the international top design agency IF and it represents the top of Germany and even the world industrial design level, starting in 1953, the annual the IF award has become one of the most important awards in the world, is known as the “Oscar award”, This is also IF awards industrial design in the bicycle field.
A total of 38 pieces of innovative design won the ” Taipei Cycle d&i Awards “, including six products stand out from all the products, won the highest honor “Gold Award”, and only three vehicles, including Merida, BESV(Darfon) such as the established bicycle companies, and Gmigo, the startup company founded just one year.
As the mainland only a company get the award, Gmigo highlight in the product innovation to break the limitation of the traditional e-bike, combines short-distance travel and leisure, sports, and have the courage to challenge the technical limitations, convey the “modular” multi-functional concept, as common module of front part, by changing the module, can be easily switch between e-bike and e-scooter,
Referring to the winning works, judge Jiang Youchang said, “Forward-looking thinking and innovation are the key things we look for in the innovative design awards. When products enter the market, first and foremost, they should break the boundaries of industry. Some products are starting to think about how they fit together in the system, so that’s a good thing for the industry.”
This is exactly the philosophy of Gmigo in its design and development. The founder of Gmigo, Tian Kuan, believes that users’ demand for “wheels” products is constantly expanding, and bicycles, e-bike, e-scooters and even all kinds of wheels products in the future can create more imaginative products through different combinations just like Lego.