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Singapore Design Festival 2009

Singapore Design Festival 2009Singapore Design Festival 2009

In its third year running, the Singapore Design Festival has visibly increased in scale and depth. This year’s theme ‘Design 2050’ attempts to project the future of design, while bringing the best of local design together with the international design scene. With an emphasis on celebrating local design across various disciplines, coupled with hosting the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) World Design Congress 2009, the highlight of the festival has to be hints of Singapore’s future design scene through the showcasing the portfolios of its local upcoming design talent - the design students.

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Events this year came in all forms and sizes, and were contained across a variety of spaces littered across the city. Festival hubs acted as the key anchors for events while the remaining electrifying line up were held in an assortment of spaces, ranging from galleries, museums, stores, embassies to convention centres.

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ION Orchard, the city’s newest shopping mall, was one of the festival hubs. The winners of the President Design Awards 2009 were on showcase, as members of the public were invited to sit on Paperfold by Kelvin Teo, PC Ee and Exit Design, flip through the creative works of creative director Tham Khai Meng or explore models of Henderson Waves, designed by RSP & IJP, Singapore’s latest lookout point on the southern ridges. Korea Good Design Selection showcased Korea’s forefront industrial design at ION Art, a new public art space in the heart of Singapore’s premiere shopping street.

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Singaporean’s often lament their lack of identity and presents for foreign friends can never seem to go beyond Bak Kua (sweet meat jerky) or pineapple tarts. Over at another festival hub, The City Hall, which is slated to be revitalised as a new art museum together with the adjacent Supreme Court, a collective of young local talent, armed with a tongue in cheek attitude, transform everyday elements ranging from plastic bags to car park coupons into quirky uniquely Singapore souvenirs.

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Throw in events such as the Red Dot Awards over at the Red Dot Museum where over 200 international designers from both professional and student levels vie for the accolade and the vibe of the Singapore Design Festival catches on you and makes you anticipate what Singapore Design Festival 2050 will bring.

Singapore Design Festival 2009
Date: 20th - 30th November, 2009
Place: Various locations
http://www.singaporedesignfestival.com

Text and photo: Fann ZJ

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