The fact that the IBDC (International Bicycle Design Competition) was staged as a project organized by iF DESIGN TALENTS GmbH for the first time. For the first time, the entries submitted by students and those submitted by young and talented designers were evaluated separately from one another - this was a good and important step in the direction of providing for a more transparent and a fairer comparison. Together with the Cycling & Health Tech Industry R&D Center (CHC), we have received innovative and amazing entries. A total of 590 concepts were entered by students and young designers in this year's IBDC (International Bicycle Design Competition) and 391 of those entries from some 45 countries were admitted to the competition. In the judging session in Taipei on 3 October 2012, a panel of international experts selected 22 innovative works as the prize winners of all the entries submitted. The ten most outstanding ideas share a purse of 600,000 TWD/ 16,000 EUR.

The iF DESIGN TALENTS is a daughter of the prestigious iF International Forum Design and has been created as a non profit organisation to promote young design talents. It is the organizer of one of the biggest international young designers competitions, the iF concept design award, and offers its organizing services also to clients.