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One year have already passed and IFFS 2014 is here once again! This year the trade fair is much smaller as compared to last year's trade fair. But.... the size do not matter as 2014's trade fair was much more better than 2013's trade fair. Based on the layout and design items that were exhibited there.
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| Designers Field |
Came across this booth, the Designers Field. Their booth had gotten bigger as compared to the past year in IFFS. Designers Field is a Thai/Danish company located in Bangkok.
They design, source and produce home interior- and furniture products.
I really love their products, especially those lightings and home decorative products.
I am sure you will love them as much as I do! Take a look at their product in the website,
Designers Field.
Designers Field.
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| Green Pavilion |
The Green Pavilion brings the attention to the concept of sustainability in the business environment, in the form of a “Garden”. It will be a key attraction to inspire and provoke the thinking process of moving towards sustainability in businesses.
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| Do you guys remember the winner for FDA2013? |
Here are the platform exhibition by some of the schools. Its much more interesting as compared to 2013's platform exhibition. Their spaces were much more open compared to the previous years allowing more products and furnitures to be placed in a tight space. I enjoyed walking around looking at what new upcoming designers have created as well as what might be the new furniture trends.
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| Lasalle |
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| Nanyang Polytechnic |
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| Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts |
And of course, our alumni school. Their concept this year was much more playful and brings back memories to the childhood times. I think the product students did a great job with their finishing as it was much better compared to last year's batch. Good job and keep it up!
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| Matter & Matter |
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| Studio248 |
Stepped into Studio248' booth, I was immediately attracted to the quirky and lovely products. Some of their items are also being sold by Air Division, like the shelf you saw in the picture above.
Take a look at the lamps hanging on the wall, it was i think casted in metal and the front cover can be easily removed by just pulling it off as they were attached on by magnets. So it will simply attach back firmly when you place it back. I called it the "Iron Man lamp". HAHAHA...
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| Golf Jakkapun Charinrattana |
Our most favorable piece in the booth was the Three-legged magazine table that can be
used as a side table as well. This really cute and unique piece that can be dismantled and flat
packed. Golf a humble designer from Thailand was the one who designed this magazine
table, you can view more of his designs at Golf-JC.
- Pickers
Labels: Award, Bench, Chairs, Craft, Design, Exhibition, fair, Furniture, Furniture Design Award, IFFS, new, photography, Platform, Product Design, Products, Singapore, store, street picks, Studentworks, Wood
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Went on the first day of Maison & Objet, it was pretty crowded in the afternoon. Unfortunately I wasn't able to speak to any of the designers because I went during the working hours with a few of my colleagues, and was kind of rush. So I could only snapped some of the designs that caught my attention.
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| Here we go!
The first booth that caught my attention. Thai Showcase.
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| In Clay Studio Pottery
The hand-thrown ceramics made from clay soils and glazes native to Chiang Mai. The bottle caps were made out of leather, which made the collection look more interesting.
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| Pana Objects |
Visit Thai Showcase to find out more of their products.
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| Design for young people |
A downsized series of furniture made for children.
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| Concrete Lamp |
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| Rising Asian Talent
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Labels: Design, fair, Furniture, Interior, maison & objet, mbs, Product Design, Products, Singapore, trade
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Street Picks Store is in now! Click it!
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Last Friday night, was the opening night of After 2 +10, a yearly exhibition held by NAFA 3D department to showcase furnitures designed by students during their first year in furniture design and this year event happened to be the 10th anniversary of After 2. So in this year After 2, beside showing works that were done by apprentices of the department. Alumni from the past decade were also invited to display their works once more.
The exhibition was curated in such the current students' works are placed in front and the alumni in the back, it is like a time passage where the audiences get to walk through. Personally we quite like the overall atmosphere of the exhibition. It was quite welcoming, and relaxing. So we urge you readers to take some time to go down and have a look, to see how ideas and thoughts have crystallized into something real.
Don't let self-doubts make you forget how resourceful and resilient you can be. We all have bucket load of creativity within us.
The event is open until 4th of November 2013.
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Labels: After 2, after 2 + 10, Chairs, Design, Division of Industrial Design, Exhibition, Furniture, NAFA, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Product Design, Products, Singapore, Studentworks
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We would like to invite you to the official launch of "after2 – plus 10” a collection of object & furniture prototypes, organised by Department of 3D Design at NAFA Campus 1 @ Lim Hak Tai Gallery on Friday, 25th October 2013 at 6.30pm.
Official Launch
Date I Time Friday, 25th October 2013 at 6.30pm
Venue NAFA Campus 1 Lim Hak Tai Gallery @ 80 Bencoolen Street Singapore 189655
Exhibition dates 26 October – 4 November 2013
Time 12pm to 7pm
Admission Free
Year 2013 is an important milestone, for it marks the 10th Anniversary of this signature exhibition by our furniture design major students from Department of 3D Design at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. It is an unique exhibition that has 10 selected alumni from the past ten years and 19 current students – seniors and juniors come together in a reunion to showcase to you - after2 plus 10. You will see works from alumni that were manufactured for the market place and also works by the current 10th batch that are handcrafted by the students themselves in the workshops.
Date I Time Friday, 25th October 2013 at 6.30pm
Venue NAFA Campus 1 Lim Hak Tai Gallery @ 80 Bencoolen Street Singapore 189655
Exhibition dates 26 October – 4 November 2013
Time 12pm to 7pm
Admission Free
Year 2013 is an important milestone, for it marks the 10th Anniversary of this signature exhibition by our furniture design major students from Department of 3D Design at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. It is an unique exhibition that has 10 selected alumni from the past ten years and 19 current students – seniors and juniors come together in a reunion to showcase to you - after2 plus 10. You will see works from alumni that were manufactured for the market place and also works by the current 10th batch that are handcrafted by the students themselves in the workshops.
- Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Labels: After 2, Alumni, Exhibition, Furniture, idea, Lim Hak Tai Gallery, NAFA, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Product Design, Products, Singapore, Studentworks, Wood
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Bestowed with an Ipad, but we were unsure of its purpose. We were told to look out for barcode and have them scanned for something really special. So we thought it was like searching for Wally but it on a different level.
On the same day, which we went to 8Q to gather information on the plates, which we had posted awhile back, we went to NAFA first to visit an exhibition held by both the Design and Media Department and the 3D Department. It was an exhibition whereby I would describe it as “Art meet Science”. The artistic flair and finesse touch of graphic design cross with the logical and practicality of furniture making. So maybe that was why it was named Alchemy-ism, it required precise measurement, creativity and innovation to cook up a mysterious concoction like those works that were displayed.
When we were given a tour by one of the alchemist, we were awed by that the main part of the exhibition was actually behind the screen.
Ok, ok maybe I was too excited to describe that part but the screen was playing the introduction of what the whole exhibition was about. And it just ended abruptly with a girl running beyond the yonder and we were like what? But it was meant for us to continue with the rest of the girl’s journey.
(Caught us slightly off guard there!)
As we carried on with the journey, we started off with the "Science" part of the exhibition, works made by former apprentices who were still learning the craft of furniture making then. Though they were made years ago, the furnitures were still looking sturdy and fully functional and not to mention that they still look modern despite going through the passage of time.
The petal looking stool was the one that really caught my eye. It reminded me of the Butterfly Stool, by Sori Yanagi (1954-2011). Simple pieces of plywood manipulated to form something beautiful.
The end of "Science" part of the exhibition brought forth the "Art". We were given a treat of the endless ideas inside the mind of the digital alchemists. And also, we had unraveled the true purpose of the Ipad, the moment we scanned the barcode. A video suddenly appeared before us. It was pretty cool. Real high tech stuff there.
Further back in, was short clips and their story boards. Those clips was very interesting, especially the one with the golden gummy bear. And two others that were very deep and intense. They have won several acclaims from the prestigious crow bar award(if I have remembered correctly.)
Overall the entire exhibition was very good, interesting and well curated. Throughout there isn't any drop in climax, we were totally impressed till the very end. Very well worth of our time, and beside this isn't the first NAFA managed to do up something this interesting. Looking forward to their next exhibition in October. Good job NAFA!
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Labels: Alchemy-ism the Wonder Kid, Craft, Design, Exhibition, Furniture, graphic, Interior, NAFA, Product Design, Products, Singapore, Studentworks, Wood
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Minutes before the closing of the shop, we had managed to some sight of the plates that were launched awhile back. It was a competition held some time ago back in March, It was to design icons, culture or anything that Singaporeans can relate to. The winner, will then have his or her design be crafted out into porcelain plates. Apart from the design, those plates were beautifully crafted.
Snow white porcelain plate that were crafted by Japanese craftsmen with so much perfection, patience and pride. Overall with the designs imbued into those plates, it was a sight to behold, much joy for one to look at it.
It was really great that S U P E R M A M A had collaborated with traditional craftsmen to come out with those pieces. We felt that it can and will allow Singaporean to appreciate trades of the old once more. As we all know, Singapore today had developed to a metropolis, crafts like porcelains making or any other crafts are a rare sight these days. Because modern manufacturing methods has overshadowed hand crafts in order to meet the demands of the people, and many has closed down because it was no longer capable of sustaining the business.
Living in Singapore, we all should learn to take a step back to enjoy such simplicity because as we delves further into the next decade. Such things may no longer exist amongst us, but that to of museums or libraries. So interested readers, you may want to take some time off to head to 8Q. it is located on the right hand side of the Singapore Art Museum, directly across the road. A small nice shop which you cannot and should not miss.
Singapore Icons
Curated by S U P E R M A M A
From Another Time / 從新時光
Curated by ampulets
Additional product to share from the shop.
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Labels: Competition, Concept Store, graphic, Product Design, Products, Singapore, Supermama, Tableware, the making, Traditional, X KIHARA