In case you nonetheless want proof that Singapore is quietly remodeling itself right into a regional design and artistic dynamo, Singapore Design Week 2024 (26 September to six October) is exhibit A.
This 12 months’s theme, ‘Folks of Design’, presents an perception into what occasion organiser DesignSingapore Council describes as ‘the on a regular basis visionaries who form our society via design… and improve how we expertise life’.
The remit is as broad as it’s formidable, however even a cursory scan of the programme exhibits there’s loads of respiratory house for the designers, curators and artists to discover the pageant’s three pillars: Design Futures (the way forward for design and designing that future), Design Market (life-style developments considered via a Southeast Asian lens), and Design Impression (modern options for a greater world).
As Aric Chen, the creative director of Het Nieuwe Institut and one of many audio system on the week’s marquee occasion, Design Futures Discussion board, places it, ‘Singapore has a thriving design [scene], alongside authorities insurance policies – particularly round regenerative practices – which are among the many most progressive on the earth. And that makes Singapore Design Week a unbelievable platform for bringing them collectively.’
On condition that a lot is on present over the 11-day occasion, we sifted via the choices to current our high picks.
What to see at Singapore Design Week 2024
EMERGE@FIND
‘Peek a Window’ divider by Threadapeutic
(Picture credit score: Sharon Joetama)
Emerge showcases South-East Asian modern design below the aegis of satellite tv for pc occasion FIND – Design Honest Asia. Curator Suzy Annetta’s deal with 50 rising and established designers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – with their works up on the market at on-line artwork gallery, The Artling – builds on her commentary that Asian designers are ‘considering the state of the world and desirous about how they’ll remark, mirror, contribute and produce about change by way of a variety of artistic approaches. My take is that id, tradition and the atmosphere are high of thoughts.’
Headlining the crop are Thai designers Saran Yen Panya whose ‘Vainness Assortment’ of mirrors dissects id in an period of social media influencers; and Indonesian collective Threadapeutic, whose ‘Peek a Window’ – room dividers constructed of lace and brocade – wonders what sort of design deserves our consideration.
26-28 September at Marina Bay Sands Conference Centre.
Future Impression 2: Homecoming Showcase
‘Good Gourd – Hybrid Basketry’ by Gabriel Tan at Future Impression 2, offered by DesignSingapore Council
(Picture credit score: Mark Cocksedge)
Recent from its displaying at Milan Design Week 2024, Future Impression 2’s debut on residence turf has been a lot anticipated, not least for its exploration of modern design options to social issues. Gabriel Tan’s ‘Good Gourd – Hybrid Basketry’, as an illustration, options vibrant desk lamps handwoven round 3D-printed resin shells as an indication of how conventional crafts may be preserved whereas lowering human labour.
David Lee takes the same tack, his laser-cut ‘Monolith’ chair and desk addressing not simply environmental issues but in addition the sustainability of resource-intense manufacturing practices.
Asian Civilisations Museum
Marina Design District
Render of design pavilion at Marina Central
(Picture credit score: Courtesy of Marina Central)
Three Singaporean districts – Bras Basah/Bugis, Orchard and Marina Bay – have been picked to highlight particular design commissions and exhibitions that mirror the character of every. On the Marina Design District, curator and designer Nathan Yong’s ‘Neu People: Bridging Custom and Future in Design’ explores the way forward for Singaporean design within the context of the collective spirit of communities.
Millenia Stroll
Design Honest Asia
A blue-chip roll-call of furnishings, interiors and design manufacturers, together with Hansgrohe and Toyo, descends on Marina Bay Sands for the third version of Asia’s largest design commerce truthful. The headliner will likely be FIND World Summit, a pow-wow of over 50 property builders, architects and design professionals curated by Wallpaper* China editor Yoko Choy.
Marina Bay Sands Conference Centre
So Plast!c by Studio Karyn Lim
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Industrial designer Karyn Lim’s answer to the endemic downside of single-use plastic is to transform baggage into plastic yarn, which she then crochets into skeletal-like string baskets, whereas bottle caps and food and drinks packaging are transformed into eco-polymer sheets to make good-looking, low-slung tables.
26-28 September at Marina Bay Sands Conference Centre
Singapore Design Week 2024 runs from 26 September to six October 2024 at varied areas throughout the island. www.sdw.sg
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