2025 Trendy Taipei Wins Award; Cultural Bureau: Validates City Curatorial Aesthetic Height
'2025 Trendy Taipei,' a festival integrating concerts, forums, and markets, has won the Platinum Winner at the MUSE Creative Awards in the US. This recognition affirms Taipei's aesthetic heights in urban curation and its competitive cultural energy.
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(Central News Agency, Taipei, 22nd) The Taipei City Cultural Affairs Bureau stated today that '2025 Trendy Taipei,' which integrates concerts, forums, creative markets, and performances, has won the Platinum Winner at the MUSE Creative Awards in the US. This honor affirms Taipei's aesthetic height in urban curation.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau explained that the 'MUSE Creative Awards' are influential in the creative design industry. In the latest award list, '2025 Trendy Taipei' stood out among thousands of international entries due to its curatorial thinking, visual impact, digital media integration, and support for the pop music industry, winning the highest honor, the Platinum Winner.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau told CNA that the MUSE Creative Awards are essentially an online competition. The winners were announced on April 10, and the trophy is expected to be delivered by mail after mid-May.
The Bureau stated that last year's '2025 Trendy Taipei' gathered 349 performances and forums from 21 countries, spanning art, audiovisual, technology, and fashion. It attracted over 130,000 participants, demonstrating Taipei's cultural and creative energy and international competitiveness, making Taipei a new hub for music in Asia.
The Bureau said this honor affirms Taipei's aesthetic height in urban curation and its energy in promoting cultural and creative development. The 2026 'Trendy Taipei' will use 'TAIPEI IN VIBES' as its call, emphasizing that music is a vital force leading the city's rhythm and gathering young energy, weaving a unique city image through 'alley grids' and 'tech neon.'
The Bureau previewed that the series of activities will take place in arts venues as well as parks downstairs from citizens' homes, inviting citizens and tourists to participate and jointly constitute Taipei's cultural landscape. This will be not only a music performance platform but also a city stage for cross-disciplinary cultural exchange, allowing audiences from different fields at home and abroad to find resonance, embodying the open, diverse, and innovative spirit of Taipei City.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau explained that the 'MUSE Creative Awards' are influential in the creative design industry. In the latest award list, '2025 Trendy Taipei' stood out among thousands of international entries due to its curatorial thinking, visual impact, digital media integration, and support for the pop music industry, winning the highest honor, the Platinum Winner.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau told CNA that the MUSE Creative Awards are essentially an online competition. The winners were announced on April 10, and the trophy is expected to be delivered by mail after mid-May.
The Bureau stated that last year's '2025 Trendy Taipei' gathered 349 performances and forums from 21 countries, spanning art, audiovisual, technology, and fashion. It attracted over 130,000 participants, demonstrating Taipei's cultural and creative energy and international competitiveness, making Taipei a new hub for music in Asia.
The Bureau said this honor affirms Taipei's aesthetic height in urban curation and its energy in promoting cultural and creative development. The 2026 'Trendy Taipei' will use 'TAIPEI IN VIBES' as its call, emphasizing that music is a vital force leading the city's rhythm and gathering young energy, weaving a unique city image through 'alley grids' and 'tech neon.'
The Bureau previewed that the series of activities will take place in arts venues as well as parks downstairs from citizens' homes, inviting citizens and tourists to participate and jointly constitute Taipei's cultural landscape. This will be not only a music performance platform but also a city stage for cross-disciplinary cultural exchange, allowing audiences from different fields at home and abroad to find resonance, embodying the open, diverse, and innovative spirit of Taipei City.