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January 04, 2021
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Above: DesignSingapore exhibiting designers 1 Yingxuan Teo/ 2 Ji Jian Wu/ 3 Kevin Chiam / 4 Sheryl Tang/ 5 Ng Luowei and Mervyn Chen
DesignSingapore is holding an exhibition at the National Design Centre of Singapore from December 10 2020 to January 07 2021, plus an online version, featuring seven designs by eight emerging Singapore designers. The Visions of the Future show features pieces that approach current social, political and environmental issues and provide design-based solutions.
Participating designers were selected through an open call held in 2019 and were then mentored by Wendy Chua and Gustavo Maggio, founders of the Singaporean multi-disciplinary design practice Forest & Whale.
Yingxuan Teo
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Digital design activities, from the Design Museum
Young Design Museum has plenty to offer creatively-minded kids during lockdown as a break of addition to homeschooling. On offer this week is a worksheet with cut-out templates to colour in and build your own high street. There are also videos on DIY musical instruments (think castanets and banjos). Lesson plans are also available for a variety of ages, ranging from rethinking rubbish to running your own ethical and sustainable company.
Visions of the Future is a showcase of optimistic projects by Singapore designers, including a soap-making machine, an inflatable textile and a paint for repairing broken sneakers.
Presented by DesignSingapore Council, the exhibition features seven designs that suggest new lifestyle trends and rituals that could emerge in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sheryl Teng has created a pneumatic textile
Some of the objects explore new ways of maintaining personal hygiene. Others serve as tools for improving mental health and wellbeing at a time of increased isolation.
They are all on show at the National Design Centre and in a virtual exhibition on the Visions of the Future website.
DesignSingapore Council unveils a curated showcase of designs by emerging designers, presented online and at the National Design Centre from 10 Dec 2020 – 7 Jan 2021
Imagining future trends in the wake of the pandemic, through seven designs that look at the improvement of health and wellbeing through rituals and practices, sustainable processes, new materials and safety through design, Visions of the Future presents a hand-selected collection of designs that stand out for their visionary approach to current issues.
The exhibition – and its wider work – aims to recognise and support designs and designers for their role in impacting society, economy and quality of life through innovation and growth. Participating designers were selected through an open call held by Dsg in late 2019, and were mentored throughout the process by Wendy Chua and Gustavo Maggio, founders of the Singaporean multi-disciplinary design practice Forest & Whale.