Utterubbish is proud to present,
UseLess Exhibition.
A design exhibition with an incredible multi-disciplinary collection of more than 30 international and local designers / presentations.
Spanning 2,000 sq metres on the 4th floor of the City Hall. The exhibition covers a wide range of creative disciplines, including product, furniture, fashion, graphic, environmental design and architecture. Over-arching themes includes sustainable design and eco-design, design activism, promotion of craft and how design can create value for self, society and the world for a sustainable future. Intended to inform and inspire, the collection of exhibits will inspire new ideas, discussions and collaborations.
The UseLess exhibition will be held at the City Hall.
A design exhibition with an incredible multi-disciplinary collection of more than 30 international and local designers / presentations.
Spanning 2,000 sq metres on the 4th floor of the City Hall. The exhibition covers a wide range of creative disciplines, including product, furniture, fashion, graphic, environmental design and architecture. Over-arching themes includes sustainable design and eco-design, design activism, promotion of craft and how design can create value for self, society and the world for a sustainable future. Intended to inform and inspire, the collection of exhibits will inspire new ideas, discussions and collaborations.
The UseLess exhibition will be held at the City Hall.
Concession tickets available for
students, senior citizens and full time NS men. Photo ID required for verification.
International designers / exhibitions
Featuring:
2x4
Artecnica - Design with Conscience
COLORS
Design&Disasters
Toy Saves Children
Jonathan Harris
KesselsKramer - DO
Maison Martin Margiela
Marti Guixé
Pascal Rostain and Bruno Mouron - Trash
[re]design
Stefan Sagmeister
thomas.matthews
treasured trash
Trent Jansen
Useless Materials - 'Above and Below'
and many more...
Featuring:
2x4
Artecnica - Design with Conscience
COLORS
Design&Disasters
Toy Saves Children
Jonathan Harris
KesselsKramer - DO
Maison Martin Margiela
Marti Guixé
Pascal Rostain and Bruno Mouron - Trash
[re]design
Stefan Sagmeister
thomas.matthews
treasured trash
Trent Jansen
Useless Materials - 'Above and Below'
and many more...
Local designers / exhibitions
Featuring:
Air Design Group
Argentum
Asylum
H55
Hansel
Kinetic
kwodrent
Little Red Dots
Maki Squarepatch
Ministry of Design
Orcadesign
OutofStock
Serendipity Studio
Woods & Woods
WOHA
and many more...
Featuring:
Air Design Group
Argentum
Asylum
H55
Hansel
Kinetic
kwodrent
Little Red Dots
Maki Squarepatch
Ministry of Design
Orcadesign
OutofStock
Serendipity Studio
Woods & Woods
WOHA
and many more...
designers / exhibitions
2x4
2x4,Inc is a multidisciplinary design studio founded in 1994 by Michael Rock, Susan sellers and Georgianna Stout. They are an expansive practice that engages print, film/video, web and environmental design. Their intellectual and creative focus is on the thoughtful, dynamic, often unexpected, expression of meaningful content - medium follows a rigorous analysis of message, content and audience - for art, design, architecture, fashion and cultural clients. Some of their recent collaborations include the graphic design, wallpaper and film for the Prada New York Epicenter; packaging and retail design for Malin & Goetz skincare and a new line of textiles for Knoll. 2x4 is the 2006 recipient of the National Design Award by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museun in the field of Communication Design.
www.2x4.org
2x4,Inc is a multidisciplinary design studio founded in 1994 by Michael Rock, Susan sellers and Georgianna Stout. They are an expansive practice that engages print, film/video, web and environmental design. Their intellectual and creative focus is on the thoughtful, dynamic, often unexpected, expression of meaningful content - medium follows a rigorous analysis of message, content and audience - for art, design, architecture, fashion and cultural clients. Some of their recent collaborations include the graphic design, wallpaper and film for the Prada New York Epicenter; packaging and retail design for Malin & Goetz skincare and a new line of textiles for Knoll. 2x4 is the 2006 recipient of the National Design Award by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museun in the field of Communication Design.
www.2x4.org
Artecnica - Design With Conscience
Artecnica's award-winning Design with Conscience collection reintroduces traditional craft into the high design landscape. Each unique piece in the collection is a collaborative effort art directed by Artecnica, conceptualized by renowned international designers, and handcrafted by artisan communities across the globe.
Artecnica acts as a bridge worldwide to connect celebrated designers with skilled artisans, redirecting the production locus from the factory floor to the artisan's workshop. Each piece has a cross-cultural creation story heavily reliant on artisan skills, and offers an organic and spontaneous alternative to factory-produced design. From product to packaging, Design with Conscience projects begin with a strong design vision and are rendered concrete via an iterative discourse.
Each handmade Design with Conscience piece is a portrait of its own individual design story. Artecnica strives to incorporate ethnic motifs, materials, and techniques into each product, making the craftsman's skills essential to the success of the design. Featuring Hella Jongerious' Beads & Pieces, Tord Boontje's Come Rain Come Shine, Tord Boontje and Emma Woffenden's tranSglass, Humberto and Fernando Campana's TransNeomatic, and Stephen Burks' TaTu, the collection is an exercise in sustainable design, utilizing environmentally-friendly materials, and providing artisan communities with an alternative economic reality.
In establishing Design with Conscience, Artecnica strives to widen the focus of design beyond the product to encompass the whole design process from concept to finished product. Through the use of eco-friendly materials and production methods as well as the promotion of handcrafted work, Design with Conscience also calls attention to our own wasteful consumer habits, encouraged by the surfeit of readily available mass produced items. Thus, Design with Conscience not only delivers unique and stimulating products but also acknowledges the value of human skill and sustainability.
www.artecnicainc.com
Artecnica's award-winning Design with Conscience collection reintroduces traditional craft into the high design landscape. Each unique piece in the collection is a collaborative effort art directed by Artecnica, conceptualized by renowned international designers, and handcrafted by artisan communities across the globe.
Artecnica acts as a bridge worldwide to connect celebrated designers with skilled artisans, redirecting the production locus from the factory floor to the artisan's workshop. Each piece has a cross-cultural creation story heavily reliant on artisan skills, and offers an organic and spontaneous alternative to factory-produced design. From product to packaging, Design with Conscience projects begin with a strong design vision and are rendered concrete via an iterative discourse.
Each handmade Design with Conscience piece is a portrait of its own individual design story. Artecnica strives to incorporate ethnic motifs, materials, and techniques into each product, making the craftsman's skills essential to the success of the design. Featuring Hella Jongerious' Beads & Pieces, Tord Boontje's Come Rain Come Shine, Tord Boontje and Emma Woffenden's tranSglass, Humberto and Fernando Campana's TransNeomatic, and Stephen Burks' TaTu, the collection is an exercise in sustainable design, utilizing environmentally-friendly materials, and providing artisan communities with an alternative economic reality.
In establishing Design with Conscience, Artecnica strives to widen the focus of design beyond the product to encompass the whole design process from concept to finished product. Through the use of eco-friendly materials and production methods as well as the promotion of handcrafted work, Design with Conscience also calls attention to our own wasteful consumer habits, encouraged by the surfeit of readily available mass produced items. Thus, Design with Conscience not only delivers unique and stimulating products but also acknowledges the value of human skill and sustainability.
www.artecnicainc.com
COLORS
Established in 1991, from an idea of Luciano Benetton and Oliviero Toscani, under the direction of Tibor Kalman, with the premise that diversity is positive but that all cultures have equal value, today COLORS is part of the publishing activity in Fabrica, Benetton's communication research centre.
Pictures are, above all else, COLORS' expressive medium. Using this visual language, COLORS' themes alternate between the challengingly serious, such as ecology, wars around the world, the fight against aids, and the frankly frivolous. Each is seen from an unconventional, irreverent perspective.
COLORS is a quarterly magazine that talks to young adults all around the world. It is on sale in 40 countries and 4 bilingual editions: English plus French, Spanish, Italian and, starting from November 2007, Chinese.
Established in 1991, from an idea of Luciano Benetton and Oliviero Toscani, under the direction of Tibor Kalman, with the premise that diversity is positive but that all cultures have equal value, today COLORS is part of the publishing activity in Fabrica, Benetton's communication research centre.
Pictures are, above all else, COLORS' expressive medium. Using this visual language, COLORS' themes alternate between the challengingly serious, such as ecology, wars around the world, the fight against aids, and the frankly frivolous. Each is seen from an unconventional, irreverent perspective.
COLORS is a quarterly magazine that talks to young adults all around the world. It is on sale in 40 countries and 4 bilingual editions: English plus French, Spanish, Italian and, starting from November 2007, Chinese.
Design&Disasters
Design&Disasters is a project initiated by the DesignSingapore Council, with the aim of creating design that can be deployed to prepare for and minimise effects of disasters, in the case of disaster occurrences in the 5Rs: 1. Resilience 2. Respond 3. Rescue 4. Restore 5. Rebuild. It also hopes to cultivate a better appreciation of design's role in improving lives and in humanitarian aid, as well as an understanding that design is not the exclusive precinct of the elite, but also has a broad-based functional humanitarian utility.
Design&Disasters is a project initiated by the DesignSingapore Council, with the aim of creating design that can be deployed to prepare for and minimise effects of disasters, in the case of disaster occurrences in the 5Rs: 1. Resilience 2. Respond 3. Rescue 4. Restore 5. Rebuild. It also hopes to cultivate a better appreciation of design's role in improving lives and in humanitarian aid, as well as an understanding that design is not the exclusive precinct of the elite, but also has a broad-based functional humanitarian utility.
Toy Saves Children
Toy saves Children is a charity project that presents “artworks” done by leading international artists under a clear concept. Artists from all over the world are invited to customize a toy. These toys are exhibited around the world and auctioned off during the exhibition with proceeds going to the children's charity groups. The project hopes to spread the "charm of toy" and "interest to the charity action" to as many people as possible through the exhibitions and auctions of these customized toys. Through the project, Toy saves children seeks to promote and explore "what artists can do for children" and to make “the future a better place for as many children as possible.”
www.toysaveschildren.org
Toy saves Children is a charity project that presents “artworks” done by leading international artists under a clear concept. Artists from all over the world are invited to customize a toy. These toys are exhibited around the world and auctioned off during the exhibition with proceeds going to the children's charity groups. The project hopes to spread the "charm of toy" and "interest to the charity action" to as many people as possible through the exhibitions and auctions of these customized toys. Through the project, Toy saves children seeks to promote and explore "what artists can do for children" and to make “the future a better place for as many children as possible.”
www.toysaveschildren.org
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris is an artist and storyteller working primarily on the Internet. One part computer science, one part anthropology, and one part visual art, his work seeks to explore and understand the human world through the artifacts people leave behind on the Web. He has made projects about human emotion (wefeelfine.org), human desire (love-lines.org), modern mythology (univese.daylife.com), science (phylotaxis.com), news (tenbyten.org), anonymity (justcurio.us) and language (wordcount.org), and created the world's largest time capsule (timecapsule.yahoo.com), which was translated into 10 languages. He studied computer science at Princeton University, and was awarded a 2004 Fabrica fellowship. The winner of two 2005 Webby Awards, Harris' work has also been recognized by AIGA, Ars Electronica, ID Magazine, and the State of Vermont, has been featured by CNN, BBC, Reuters, NPR, USA Today, Metropolis and Wired, and has been exhibited at Le Centre Pompidou (Paris), and The Museum of Modern Art (New York). He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, and documents his work at number27.org.
www.number27.org
Jonathan Harris is an artist and storyteller working primarily on the Internet. One part computer science, one part anthropology, and one part visual art, his work seeks to explore and understand the human world through the artifacts people leave behind on the Web. He has made projects about human emotion (wefeelfine.org), human desire (love-lines.org), modern mythology (univese.daylife.com), science (phylotaxis.com), news (tenbyten.org), anonymity (justcurio.us) and language (wordcount.org), and created the world's largest time capsule (timecapsule.yahoo.com), which was translated into 10 languages. He studied computer science at Princeton University, and was awarded a 2004 Fabrica fellowship. The winner of two 2005 Webby Awards, Harris' work has also been recognized by AIGA, Ars Electronica, ID Magazine, and the State of Vermont, has been featured by CNN, BBC, Reuters, NPR, USA Today, Metropolis and Wired, and has been exhibited at Le Centre Pompidou (Paris), and The Museum of Modern Art (New York). He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, and documents his work at number27.org.
www.number27.org
KesselsKramer - do box
KesselsKramer is an independent international communications agency located in Amsterdam with thirty eight people of ten different nationalities that has been in operation since 1996. Its campaigns include Absolut Vodka, Diesel Jeans, 55DSL, the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel, Unilever, Bavaria Beer and J&B. As well as its advertising and film work, KesselsKramer develops different projects for its own brand, ‘do’. 'do' is an ever changing brand that depends on what you do. KK also has a publishing arm, KesselsKramer Publishing, which is interested in testing boundaries in the field of publishing and is an open initiative set up to discover and create new concepts for books, series, albums and the endless forms of printed, digital and visual matter.
do box
Combine extreme brutality and recycling. do box is a new way to practice Gross Bodily Harm and save the world at the same time. Where conventional punchbags come filled with foam or sand, do invites you to bring a more considered approach to mindless violence. Why not fill your environmentally friendly boxing bag with worn-out shirts, tea-stained cushions or difficult employers? Pound old news- papers into pulp. Karate chop all those plastic bags accumulating under the sink. Transform yourself into a globally aware Chuck Norris with do box.
www.kesseslskramer.com
KesselsKramer is an independent international communications agency located in Amsterdam with thirty eight people of ten different nationalities that has been in operation since 1996. Its campaigns include Absolut Vodka, Diesel Jeans, 55DSL, the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel, Unilever, Bavaria Beer and J&B. As well as its advertising and film work, KesselsKramer develops different projects for its own brand, ‘do’. 'do' is an ever changing brand that depends on what you do. KK also has a publishing arm, KesselsKramer Publishing, which is interested in testing boundaries in the field of publishing and is an open initiative set up to discover and create new concepts for books, series, albums and the endless forms of printed, digital and visual matter.
do box
Combine extreme brutality and recycling. do box is a new way to practice Gross Bodily Harm and save the world at the same time. Where conventional punchbags come filled with foam or sand, do invites you to bring a more considered approach to mindless violence. Why not fill your environmentally friendly boxing bag with worn-out shirts, tea-stained cushions or difficult employers? Pound old news- papers into pulp. Karate chop all those plastic bags accumulating under the sink. Transform yourself into a globally aware Chuck Norris with do box.
www.kesseslskramer.com
Maison Martin Margiela
Martin Margiela was born in Louvain in Belgium in 1957. He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of fine arts in Antwerp.between 1985 and 1987 Margiela worked for Jean Paul Gaultier, before showing his first collection under his own label ‘Maison Martin Margiela’ in 1988. since its beginnings, Maison Martin Margiela has accompanied its prêt-à-porter collection with garments, accessories and objects defined by the name ‘artisanal’. Martin Margiela is closely associated with the deconstructionist fashion movement of the 1980s. The idea of cutting up clothes goes back to the ripped t-shirts of the punks and the subsequent street style of slicing jeans with razor blades. But Margiela’s deconstruction goes much further.
www.martinmargiela.com
Martin Margiela was born in Louvain in Belgium in 1957. He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of fine arts in Antwerp.between 1985 and 1987 Margiela worked for Jean Paul Gaultier, before showing his first collection under his own label ‘Maison Martin Margiela’ in 1988. since its beginnings, Maison Martin Margiela has accompanied its prêt-à-porter collection with garments, accessories and objects defined by the name ‘artisanal’. Martin Margiela is closely associated with the deconstructionist fashion movement of the 1980s. The idea of cutting up clothes goes back to the ripped t-shirts of the punks and the subsequent street style of slicing jeans with razor blades. But Margiela’s deconstruction goes much further.
www.martinmargiela.com
Marti Guixé - Food Design
Marti Guixé (1964) formed in Barcelona and Milan as an interior and industrial designer. In 1994, periodically working as a design advisor in Seoul and living in Berlin, he formulated a new way to understand the culture of products. Guixé started to exhibit his work in 1997, work that characterizes on the search for new product systems, the introduction of design in food ambits and presentation through performance. His non-conventional gaze provides brilliant and simple ideas of a curious seriousness. He is based in Barcelona and Berlin and work as a Cross Designer for companies such Authentics, B-Sign, Camper, Cha-cha, Desigual, Droog Design, Esencial mediterraneo, Imaginarium, Isee2, Nani Marquina, Very Lustre, Saporiti.
Recent publications:
Marti Guixé 1:1, 010 publishers Rotterdam (ISBN 90 6450 441 5), Marti Guixé Cook book, Imschoot Publishers (ISBN 9077362045) and Don´t buy it if you don´t need it. All Marti Guixé´s Camper Commodityscapes. (ISBN 13 84 609 9135 0). Exhibitions at MoMA (New York), MuDAC (Lausanne), MACBA (Barcelona) and Centre Pompidou (Paris).
www.guixe.com
www.food-designing.com
Marti Guixé (1964) formed in Barcelona and Milan as an interior and industrial designer. In 1994, periodically working as a design advisor in Seoul and living in Berlin, he formulated a new way to understand the culture of products. Guixé started to exhibit his work in 1997, work that characterizes on the search for new product systems, the introduction of design in food ambits and presentation through performance. His non-conventional gaze provides brilliant and simple ideas of a curious seriousness. He is based in Barcelona and Berlin and work as a Cross Designer for companies such Authentics, B-Sign, Camper, Cha-cha, Desigual, Droog Design, Esencial mediterraneo, Imaginarium, Isee2, Nani Marquina, Very Lustre, Saporiti.
Recent publications:
Marti Guixé 1:1, 010 publishers Rotterdam (ISBN 90 6450 441 5), Marti Guixé Cook book, Imschoot Publishers (ISBN 9077362045) and Don´t buy it if you don´t need it. All Marti Guixé´s Camper Commodityscapes. (ISBN 13 84 609 9135 0). Exhibitions at MoMA (New York), MuDAC (Lausanne), MACBA (Barcelona) and Centre Pompidou (Paris).
www.guixe.com
www.food-designing.com
Bruno Mouron and Pascal Rostain
- Trash
Bruno Mouron (b. 1954) worked for daily newspaper L’Aurore in his early career and later joined the Paris Match team.
He is co-founder of the photo agency Sphinx with Pascal Rostain. Known also as a former Pop Art and Design collector, his collection has been exhibited at the Centre Pompidou.
Pascal Rostain (b.1958) joined Paris Match team as early as 1980 after a shooting in Tchad during the war. He is co-founder with Bruno Mouron of the photo agency, Sphinx.
They have both worked for numerous and prestigious magazines such as Stern, Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times Magazine, Le Figaro, Paris Match, Oggi, El Mundo, Gente…
Bruno Mouron (b. 1954) worked for daily newspaper L’Aurore in his early career and later joined the Paris Match team.
He is co-founder of the photo agency Sphinx with Pascal Rostain. Known also as a former Pop Art and Design collector, his collection has been exhibited at the Centre Pompidou.
Pascal Rostain (b.1958) joined Paris Match team as early as 1980 after a shooting in Tchad during the war. He is co-founder with Bruno Mouron of the photo agency, Sphinx.
They have both worked for numerous and prestigious magazines such as Stern, Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times Magazine, Le Figaro, Paris Match, Oggi, El Mundo, Gente…
[RE]DESIGN
[re]design is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the work of designers who don’t want to make landfill. They are passionate about sustainable design and believe design can be a catalyst for positive social and environmental change.
[re]design seeks out and promotes products that are genuinely ‘good’ and gorgeous. They put together pioneering projects that spark and nurture sustainable design ideas, building relationships that help bring concepts to fruition.
www.redesigndesign.com
[re]design is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the work of designers who don’t want to make landfill. They are passionate about sustainable design and believe design can be a catalyst for positive social and environmental change.
[re]design seeks out and promotes products that are genuinely ‘good’ and gorgeous. They put together pioneering projects that spark and nurture sustainable design ideas, building relationships that help bring concepts to fruition.
www.redesigndesign.com
Stefan Sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeister formed the New York based Sagmeister Inc. in 1993 and has since designed for clients as diverse as the Rolling Stones, HBO, and the Guggenheim Museum. Having been nominated five times for the Grammies he finally won one for the Talking Heads boxed set. He also earned practically every important international design award. In the beginning of 2008 a comprehensive book titled "Things I have Learned in my Life so far" will be published by Abrams. Solo shows on Sagmeister Inc's work have been mounted in Zurich, Vienna, New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Osaka, Prague, Cologne, Seoul and Miami. He teaches in the graduate department of the School of Visual Art in New York and lectures extensively on all continents. A native of Austria, he received his MFA from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and, as a Fulbright Scholar, a master's degree from Pratt Institute in New York.
www.sagmeister.com
Stefan Sagmeister formed the New York based Sagmeister Inc. in 1993 and has since designed for clients as diverse as the Rolling Stones, HBO, and the Guggenheim Museum. Having been nominated five times for the Grammies he finally won one for the Talking Heads boxed set. He also earned practically every important international design award. In the beginning of 2008 a comprehensive book titled "Things I have Learned in my Life so far" will be published by Abrams. Solo shows on Sagmeister Inc's work have been mounted in Zurich, Vienna, New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Osaka, Prague, Cologne, Seoul and Miami. He teaches in the graduate department of the School of Visual Art in New York and lectures extensively on all continents. A native of Austria, he received his MFA from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and, as a Fulbright Scholar, a master's degree from Pratt Institute in New York.
www.sagmeister.com
thomas.matthews
A conversation in the student canteen sparked an exciting and creative collaboration from which grew thomas.matthews, a creative communication design studio in London. Ten years on and with over 400 completed design projects in the portfolio that range from small print pieces to international exhibitions, thomas.matthews are now recognised as one of the leading sustainable design studios in the UK.
At thomas.matthews designers have a shared passion for clever design and humorous solutions. There is also a desire to help save the planet and the studio has always had roots firmly planted in practical sustainable thinking. This year saw the self publication of their book ‘ten ways design can combat climate change’ A summary so far of the studio’s thoughts and experiences on how to use design to communicate better ways of living.
For all designers it is challenging to think about the physical impact of their work on the next 1000 years and frightening when they realise that theirs is the power to educate and shape that future. Today’s situation calls for new solutions and radical thinking, critical response and ‘crazy, but there might just be something in it’ conversations. thomas.matthews is looking for people who want to join in with these discussions. It’s time to shake things up and re-invent.
www.thomasmatthews.com
A conversation in the student canteen sparked an exciting and creative collaboration from which grew thomas.matthews, a creative communication design studio in London. Ten years on and with over 400 completed design projects in the portfolio that range from small print pieces to international exhibitions, thomas.matthews are now recognised as one of the leading sustainable design studios in the UK.
At thomas.matthews designers have a shared passion for clever design and humorous solutions. There is also a desire to help save the planet and the studio has always had roots firmly planted in practical sustainable thinking. This year saw the self publication of their book ‘ten ways design can combat climate change’ A summary so far of the studio’s thoughts and experiences on how to use design to communicate better ways of living.
For all designers it is challenging to think about the physical impact of their work on the next 1000 years and frightening when they realise that theirs is the power to educate and shape that future. Today’s situation calls for new solutions and radical thinking, critical response and ‘crazy, but there might just be something in it’ conversations. thomas.matthews is looking for people who want to join in with these discussions. It’s time to shake things up and re-invent.
www.thomasmatthews.com
treasured trash
"treasured trash project" is a design project focused on ecology with a theme of "Designing for a sustainable world." The first exhibition at DesignTide in Tokyo 2006 won the best ecology award of DAILY Casa BRUTUS. Producers are Fumiko Ikeda (gift_), Hiromi Nishi and Naoki Sato (ASYL), and the co-creators are from all design field of product, space, graphic and interactive, such as Paul Davis, Akiko Fukuda (Limb Co.) , Yuji Tokuda (canaria), Donny Grafiks, Enlightenment, Shingo Ohno, Hannah Lobley, Atsushi Toyama, GAS AS INTERFACE, Think the Earth Project, Heath Nash, Alexander Gelman, Chieko Yamamoto (ANSWR), and more. . Now they are developing products and communication design to make "design x ecology" a reality, and create a sustainable cycle.
www.treasured-trash.org
"treasured trash project" is a design project focused on ecology with a theme of "Designing for a sustainable world." The first exhibition at DesignTide in Tokyo 2006 won the best ecology award of DAILY Casa BRUTUS. Producers are Fumiko Ikeda (gift_), Hiromi Nishi and Naoki Sato (ASYL), and the co-creators are from all design field of product, space, graphic and interactive, such as Paul Davis, Akiko Fukuda (Limb Co.) , Yuji Tokuda (canaria), Donny Grafiks, Enlightenment, Shingo Ohno, Hannah Lobley, Atsushi Toyama, GAS AS INTERFACE, Think the Earth Project, Heath Nash, Alexander Gelman, Chieko Yamamoto (ANSWR), and more. . Now they are developing products and communication design to make "design x ecology" a reality, and create a sustainable cycle.
www.treasured-trash.org
Trent Jansen
Trent Jansen (b. 1981) grew up in Kianma, a small town on the South East Coast of Australia. In late 2004, Trent Jansen started his own studio in Sydney, Australia. Jansen's practice is for most part focused on developing honest and poetic sustainable design, developing pieces that aim to maintain a lasting relationship with the user. This work become a life long companion instead of a disposable thing, fostering meaningful relationships through the lovable sense of personality and honesty that this work possesses.
www.trentjansen.com
Trent Jansen (b. 1981) grew up in Kianma, a small town on the South East Coast of Australia. In late 2004, Trent Jansen started his own studio in Sydney, Australia. Jansen's practice is for most part focused on developing honest and poetic sustainable design, developing pieces that aim to maintain a lasting relationship with the user. This work become a life long companion instead of a disposable thing, fostering meaningful relationships through the lovable sense of personality and honesty that this work possesses.
www.trentjansen.com
Useless Materials - “Above and
Below”
Curated by Chris Lefteri,“Above & Below”is a design exhibition and workshop that will be featuring a display and in-depth review of approximately 40 materials, which looks at environmentally friendly materials, which are made from rubbish and those that are impermanent and leave no rubbish those above ground level and below ground level, with materials like:
100% Peat Fabric
Disposable Utensils made from starch
Nettle Fabrics
Recycled carpet
Glass sheet made from recycled bottles
Plastic made from old mobile phone cases
Salvaged timber
A well-known curator of the100%Materialexhibition in 100% Design London, Chris Lefteri graduated from Royal College of Art, London. He has since run his own practice specialising in materials for designers. Not only is he a famous designer, but also a dedicated educator and an internationally recognized authority on materials and their application in design with books on ‘Materials for Inspirational Design’ seriesand the newly published,“Making It” Manufacturing techniques for Product Design. He is a regular contributor to international design magazines and is Senior Lecturer in Product Design at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London.
Curated by Chris Lefteri,“Above & Below”is a design exhibition and workshop that will be featuring a display and in-depth review of approximately 40 materials, which looks at environmentally friendly materials, which are made from rubbish and those that are impermanent and leave no rubbish those above ground level and below ground level, with materials like:
100% Peat Fabric
Disposable Utensils made from starch
Nettle Fabrics
Recycled carpet
Glass sheet made from recycled bottles
Plastic made from old mobile phone cases
Salvaged timber
A well-known curator of the100%Materialexhibition in 100% Design London, Chris Lefteri graduated from Royal College of Art, London. He has since run his own practice specialising in materials for designers. Not only is he a famous designer, but also a dedicated educator and an internationally recognized authority on materials and their application in design with books on ‘Materials for Inspirational Design’ seriesand the newly published,“Making It” Manufacturing techniques for Product Design. He is a regular contributor to international design magazines and is Senior Lecturer in Product Design at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London.
Air Design Group
Air Design Group is a Singapore-based Industrial Design consultancy firm that aims to create good designs for the international client. Air Design Group works exclusively with manufacturers who have an implicit capability of advanced manufacturing techniques and of how to deliver products that are everyday iconic. Air Design Group is helmed by Nathan Yong and Jerry Low. Air Design Group believes in true design principles and brings its intentions to an area of the market more associated with hype and mediocrity. Air Design Group promotes the notion that true design should be honest in its intention and execution. Since its inception, the creative duo has already garnered awards for their winning designs including: the Merit Award at the 9th International Bicycle Design Competition for “Venture Bike”; the Silver and Bronze Awards at the Mines International Design Intelligence 2006; the Bronze Award at the Singapore Furniture Design 2006 for “Break Stool”; the Gold and Merit Awards at Furniture Design Award 2007 for “Nest” and “Tree Table” as well as Red Dot Award: Design concept 2006 for the work "BIOPOD”.
www.airdesigngroup.com
Air Design Group is a Singapore-based Industrial Design consultancy firm that aims to create good designs for the international client. Air Design Group works exclusively with manufacturers who have an implicit capability of advanced manufacturing techniques and of how to deliver products that are everyday iconic. Air Design Group is helmed by Nathan Yong and Jerry Low. Air Design Group believes in true design principles and brings its intentions to an area of the market more associated with hype and mediocrity. Air Design Group promotes the notion that true design should be honest in its intention and execution. Since its inception, the creative duo has already garnered awards for their winning designs including: the Merit Award at the 9th International Bicycle Design Competition for “Venture Bike”; the Silver and Bronze Awards at the Mines International Design Intelligence 2006; the Bronze Award at the Singapore Furniture Design 2006 for “Break Stool”; the Gold and Merit Awards at Furniture Design Award 2007 for “Nest” and “Tree Table” as well as Red Dot Award: Design concept 2006 for the work "BIOPOD”.
www.airdesigngroup.com
Argentum
Shing, the creator behind Argentum, is a jeweller who ardently believes in the merit of working with one's hands. The St Martins-trained artisan challenges the boundaries of jewellery through her constant questioning of the very medium she works in. Her staple metal is silver though she also revels in rather unorthodox materials like rubber, bone, broken glass and trash bags. She sees her pieces as emotive extensions of one’s self. The signature hook and suicide tag that hang from her creations reflect an inner struggle within human existence. Her jewellery transcends adornment, the realm between the material and spiritual seems to fade in her ethereal collections. Argentum is carried internationally in stores like Blackjack (Singapore), Agosto Inc. (Tokyo), HPFrance (Tokyo) and Ulf Haines (Berlin).
www.argentum.com.sg
Shing, the creator behind Argentum, is a jeweller who ardently believes in the merit of working with one's hands. The St Martins-trained artisan challenges the boundaries of jewellery through her constant questioning of the very medium she works in. Her staple metal is silver though she also revels in rather unorthodox materials like rubber, bone, broken glass and trash bags. She sees her pieces as emotive extensions of one’s self. The signature hook and suicide tag that hang from her creations reflect an inner struggle within human existence. Her jewellery transcends adornment, the realm between the material and spiritual seems to fade in her ethereal collections. Argentum is carried internationally in stores like Blackjack (Singapore), Agosto Inc. (Tokyo), HPFrance (Tokyo) and Ulf Haines (Berlin).
www.argentum.com.sg
Asylum
Asylum is defined as an creative company that comprises of a design studio, a retail store, a workshop and a record label. Since its inception in 1999, they have worked on cross disciplinary projects that includes interactive design, product development, environmental & interior design, packaging, apparel design, branding, and graphic design. The retail store is a new addition to the company. It is a concept store selling experimental music, books on culture and design, limited edition fashion products and contemporary art from designers. The store is also a platform where designers can come together, exchange ideas and be inspired. It will play host to a series of free workshops where local and international luminaries can share their passion. Asylum's work in the creative industry is recognized with international awards including The One Show, D&AD, Creative Circle Awards, NY Art Directors Club, NY Type Directors Club, Graphis, Communication Arts, IDN Awards and Asian Media Advertising Awards. Asylum has also been featured in more than 30 international magazines from Oslo, New York, Bangkok, Beijing, Taiwan, Japan, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.
www.theasylum.com.sg
Asylum is defined as an creative company that comprises of a design studio, a retail store, a workshop and a record label. Since its inception in 1999, they have worked on cross disciplinary projects that includes interactive design, product development, environmental & interior design, packaging, apparel design, branding, and graphic design. The retail store is a new addition to the company. It is a concept store selling experimental music, books on culture and design, limited edition fashion products and contemporary art from designers. The store is also a platform where designers can come together, exchange ideas and be inspired. It will play host to a series of free workshops where local and international luminaries can share their passion. Asylum's work in the creative industry is recognized with international awards including The One Show, D&AD, Creative Circle Awards, NY Art Directors Club, NY Type Directors Club, Graphis, Communication Arts, IDN Awards and Asian Media Advertising Awards. Asylum has also been featured in more than 30 international magazines from Oslo, New York, Bangkok, Beijing, Taiwan, Japan, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.
www.theasylum.com.sg
H55
Hanson Ho is an award winning design director and founder of H55, a graphic design platform started in 1999. Having been commissioned by a diverse range of clients, Hanson’s portfolio of projects include the much publicised redesign of the iconic 'Funpack' for this year's National Day Parade, identity design for the ICSID & IFI World Design Congresses 2009, identity design for the Singapore Pavilion at the 10th International Architecture Exhibition (Venice Architecture Biennale), branding for The Sandwich Shop, publication design projects for the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore, and his ongoing personal project, Rabbit: wearables which have been bought and sold by London’s Dover Street Market by Comme des Garçons, amongst other design stores in Berlin, Reykjavik, Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Singapore. Through the years, Hanson has received recognition and awards from some of the most prestigious international competitions for his work, including the British D&AD, the New York Type Directors Club, the New York Art Directors Club, New York One Show Design, the Singapore Design Awards, and the Creative Circle Awards.
www.h55studio.com
Hanson Ho is an award winning design director and founder of H55, a graphic design platform started in 1999. Having been commissioned by a diverse range of clients, Hanson’s portfolio of projects include the much publicised redesign of the iconic 'Funpack' for this year's National Day Parade, identity design for the ICSID & IFI World Design Congresses 2009, identity design for the Singapore Pavilion at the 10th International Architecture Exhibition (Venice Architecture Biennale), branding for The Sandwich Shop, publication design projects for the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore, and his ongoing personal project, Rabbit: wearables which have been bought and sold by London’s Dover Street Market by Comme des Garçons, amongst other design stores in Berlin, Reykjavik, Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Singapore. Through the years, Hanson has received recognition and awards from some of the most prestigious international competitions for his work, including the British D&AD, the New York Type Directors Club, the New York Art Directors Club, New York One Show Design, the Singapore Design Awards, and the Creative Circle Awards.
www.h55studio.com
Hansel
Hansel womenswear blends a sense of quirky playfulness with understated minimalism. Central St. Martins trained designer Jo Soh pulls together unexpected elements, creating highly-wearable pieces that suit spunky, confident women who can’t help standing out in a crowd. The label reflects her modern and unique take on retro-inspired styles, featuring her signature love for juxtaposing strong and subtle shades. hansel, named after her beloved Jack Russell Terrier, made its impressive debut at the Mercedes Australian Fashion Week in November 2003 and has since garnered many accolades and won many fans. Wallpaper*, the influential British design magazine, has endorsed hansel as a hot label to know on their annual "The Secret Elite" directory of brands. hansel is worn by celebrities such as rock chicks The Veronicas and up-and-coming Kiwi actress Emily Barclay, who graced the 2006 Cannes Film Festival decked out in a hansel silk dress. hansel designed the striking uniforms worn by the service staff of modern Japanese restaurant SHO U, and has been commissioned to design the official team outfit for the Singapore disabled athletic contingent competing in the ASEAN ParaGames 2008.
www.ilovehansel.com
Hansel womenswear blends a sense of quirky playfulness with understated minimalism. Central St. Martins trained designer Jo Soh pulls together unexpected elements, creating highly-wearable pieces that suit spunky, confident women who can’t help standing out in a crowd. The label reflects her modern and unique take on retro-inspired styles, featuring her signature love for juxtaposing strong and subtle shades. hansel, named after her beloved Jack Russell Terrier, made its impressive debut at the Mercedes Australian Fashion Week in November 2003 and has since garnered many accolades and won many fans. Wallpaper*, the influential British design magazine, has endorsed hansel as a hot label to know on their annual "The Secret Elite" directory of brands. hansel is worn by celebrities such as rock chicks The Veronicas and up-and-coming Kiwi actress Emily Barclay, who graced the 2006 Cannes Film Festival decked out in a hansel silk dress. hansel designed the striking uniforms worn by the service staff of modern Japanese restaurant SHO U, and has been commissioned to design the official team outfit for the Singapore disabled athletic contingent competing in the ASEAN ParaGames 2008.
www.ilovehansel.com
Kinetic
Their creed is simple - break the barriers that hinder communication and explore the creative and conceptual limits of the projects. Kinetic started in 1999 doing only interactive. Hot on the heels of their success, Kinetic Design and Advertising was set up in 2001. They were all like-minded youths when they started, with nothing to lose. Kinetic is driven by the passionate belief that creativity can be transformed into arresting creatives that stop people in their tracks. The design and advertising arm enables a web campaign to be extended into the other platforms of traditional advertising and marketing and vice versa. And while championing creativity, Kinetic has always ensured that the work functions well for clients. Part of the fun has always been taking part in local and international awards, going up against the very best so that Kinetic can always get the very best out of each member of the outfit. It's part and parcel of the passion that drives Kinetic. Today, Kinetic has grown from 3 to 22 crew and has more than 150 international and local awards to its name.
www.kinetic.com.sg
Their creed is simple - break the barriers that hinder communication and explore the creative and conceptual limits of the projects. Kinetic started in 1999 doing only interactive. Hot on the heels of their success, Kinetic Design and Advertising was set up in 2001. They were all like-minded youths when they started, with nothing to lose. Kinetic is driven by the passionate belief that creativity can be transformed into arresting creatives that stop people in their tracks. The design and advertising arm enables a web campaign to be extended into the other platforms of traditional advertising and marketing and vice versa. And while championing creativity, Kinetic has always ensured that the work functions well for clients. Part of the fun has always been taking part in local and international awards, going up against the very best so that Kinetic can always get the very best out of each member of the outfit. It's part and parcel of the passion that drives Kinetic. Today, Kinetic has grown from 3 to 22 crew and has more than 150 international and local awards to its name.
www.kinetic.com.sg
kwodrent
Grace tan was born in 1979 in malaysia and is currently based in singapore. she graduated from temasek polytechnic (singapore) in 1999 and joined song&kelly designing the women's collection. in 2003, grace left the design studio to set-up kwodrent. kwodrent was started as a personal journey to explore clothes and design in a new light. it is a progressive series of works based on study of rectangles, referenced to material and construction methods. the kwodrent series is designed and made by hand, producing works that resonate with human senses. the organic and intuitive qualities of the design-thought process remains etched while the geometric properties of the rectangles create a poetic dialogue with the body. how are clothes designed and perceived? kwodrent hopes to probe this, while for now it has also served as a starting point for new discussions and works. kwodrent has been invited to exhibit at designsingapore council's 20/20 exhibitions, chinese museum (melbourne) and 59 broadwick street (london). in 2004, grace was commissioned by singapore tyler print institute to create a paper dress in collaboration with paper master, richard hungerford for aichi world exposition. this year, kwodrent will introduce a collection of new works based on the cartesian coordinate system which will be presented at singapore, tokyo and london.
www.kwodrent.com
Grace tan was born in 1979 in malaysia and is currently based in singapore. she graduated from temasek polytechnic (singapore) in 1999 and joined song&kelly designing the women's collection. in 2003, grace left the design studio to set-up kwodrent. kwodrent was started as a personal journey to explore clothes and design in a new light. it is a progressive series of works based on study of rectangles, referenced to material and construction methods. the kwodrent series is designed and made by hand, producing works that resonate with human senses. the organic and intuitive qualities of the design-thought process remains etched while the geometric properties of the rectangles create a poetic dialogue with the body. how are clothes designed and perceived? kwodrent hopes to probe this, while for now it has also served as a starting point for new discussions and works. kwodrent has been invited to exhibit at designsingapore council's 20/20 exhibitions, chinese museum (melbourne) and 59 broadwick street (london). in 2004, grace was commissioned by singapore tyler print institute to create a paper dress in collaboration with paper master, richard hungerford for aichi world exposition. this year, kwodrent will introduce a collection of new works based on the cartesian coordinate system which will be presented at singapore, tokyo and london.
www.kwodrent.com
Little Red Dots
Little Red Dots is a multi-disciplinary design agency founded in November 2004 by artists Nathaniel Walters from the US and Nick Charnley from the UK. Working across media Little Red Dots explores the possibilities of contemporary art and design within a wide variety of contexts.
Some of the most notable projects Little Red Dots has initiated and participated in include; PLATFORM, an installation/performance at the Singapore Art Museum in November 2005, Kuo Chuan lifestyles, a group show and party event held at LRD' live/work space in Katong, July 2006 and S.A.D. (Singapore Affective Disorder) a monthly art/music/performance event held at Cocco Latte between April and August 2005. Little Red Dots' work also includes object making, graphic design and film.
www.little-red-dots.com
Little Red Dots is a multi-disciplinary design agency founded in November 2004 by artists Nathaniel Walters from the US and Nick Charnley from the UK. Working across media Little Red Dots explores the possibilities of contemporary art and design within a wide variety of contexts.
Some of the most notable projects Little Red Dots has initiated and participated in include; PLATFORM, an installation/performance at the Singapore Art Museum in November 2005, Kuo Chuan lifestyles, a group show and party event held at LRD' live/work space in Katong, July 2006 and S.A.D. (Singapore Affective Disorder) a monthly art/music/performance event held at Cocco Latte between April and August 2005. Little Red Dots' work also includes object making, graphic design and film.
www.little-red-dots.com
Maki Squarepatch
Maki Squarepatch started out with a story about a little kitty that got abandoned along the highway. Mom picked her up, brought her home and everybody in the family nursed her back to health. Maki Squarepatch became her name and also the brand label the sisters, Enqi and Xin, have created. The story of Maki Squarepatch is about taking what has been discarded and unloved and inject new life into it, bringing it to a new home. It is also a story about being eco-conscious and putting in added effort to keep the world greener. Pre-loved/vintage fabrics/materials are converted into reconstructed apparel, bags, jewelry, cushions, blankies, toys and other homeware. Maki Squarepatch is a socially-conscious label and choses to work with cottage industries that provide sewing jobs for women from disadvantaged families.
www.makisquarepatch.com
Maki Squarepatch started out with a story about a little kitty that got abandoned along the highway. Mom picked her up, brought her home and everybody in the family nursed her back to health. Maki Squarepatch became her name and also the brand label the sisters, Enqi and Xin, have created. The story of Maki Squarepatch is about taking what has been discarded and unloved and inject new life into it, bringing it to a new home. It is also a story about being eco-conscious and putting in added effort to keep the world greener. Pre-loved/vintage fabrics/materials are converted into reconstructed apparel, bags, jewelry, cushions, blankies, toys and other homeware. Maki Squarepatch is a socially-conscious label and choses to work with cottage industries that provide sewing jobs for women from disadvantaged families.
www.makisquarepatch.com
Ministry of Design
Disturb, Question and Redefine! Through a series of architectural & interior architectural explorations, Ministry of Design is positioned as an integrated spatial-design practice that consciously blurs prevalent intellectual & literal boundaries between interior space & exterior form. Acknowledging the limitations of these distinctions on our design process, Ministry of Design’s explorations are created amidst a democratic ‘studio-like’ atmosphere and progress seamlessly between form, site, object and space.
Ministry of Design has gained international recognition for its avant-garde spatial designs in the fields of hospitality, commercial and residential work. Awarded twice in the internationally acclaimed Gold Key Award for Excellence in Hospitality Design 2007; Winner of the International Design Awards Interior Design of the Year 2007; Winner of the coveted President's Design Award 2006 - Singapore's highest design accolade, 5 time winner of the Interior Design Confederation of Singapore Design Excellence Award 2006 and ranked on Conde Nast Traveller's Hot List of Top 60 Best New Hotels in the World 2006, Design Director Colin Seah has also been nominated for the Marcus Corporation Foundation Prize 2007 as an ‘emerging architect with potential for greatness’ and has been recognized as an Arena + Louis Vuitton Black Collar Man of the Year 2007 for his contributions as an architect and spatial designer.
www.modonline.com
Disturb, Question and Redefine! Through a series of architectural & interior architectural explorations, Ministry of Design is positioned as an integrated spatial-design practice that consciously blurs prevalent intellectual & literal boundaries between interior space & exterior form. Acknowledging the limitations of these distinctions on our design process, Ministry of Design’s explorations are created amidst a democratic ‘studio-like’ atmosphere and progress seamlessly between form, site, object and space.
Ministry of Design has gained international recognition for its avant-garde spatial designs in the fields of hospitality, commercial and residential work. Awarded twice in the internationally acclaimed Gold Key Award for Excellence in Hospitality Design 2007; Winner of the International Design Awards Interior Design of the Year 2007; Winner of the coveted President's Design Award 2006 - Singapore's highest design accolade, 5 time winner of the Interior Design Confederation of Singapore Design Excellence Award 2006 and ranked on Conde Nast Traveller's Hot List of Top 60 Best New Hotels in the World 2006, Design Director Colin Seah has also been nominated for the Marcus Corporation Foundation Prize 2007 as an ‘emerging architect with potential for greatness’ and has been recognized as an Arena + Louis Vuitton Black Collar Man of the Year 2007 for his contributions as an architect and spatial designer.
www.modonline.com
Orcadesign
Orcadesign is a multidisciplinary design consultancy with extensive experience in product design and development. Since their inception in 1992, They have been working with clients to discover design opportunities and formulate strategies, leading to products that are innovative and successful in their markets. Through research, innovation, design and engineering processes that have been honed over the years, They are able to deliver a comprehensive suite of product design and development services. As one of the leading design consultancies in Asia, They have three offices across Asia: in Malaysia, Singapore and China, resulting in a talent pool with a dynamic blend of both local and global perspectives. In testament to the quality of theirworks, They have been conferred design awards such as the Red Dot Award, Japan G-Mark Award and iF Award China.
www.orcadesign.net
Orcadesign is a multidisciplinary design consultancy with extensive experience in product design and development. Since their inception in 1992, They have been working with clients to discover design opportunities and formulate strategies, leading to products that are innovative and successful in their markets. Through research, innovation, design and engineering processes that have been honed over the years, They are able to deliver a comprehensive suite of product design and development services. As one of the leading design consultancies in Asia, They have three offices across Asia: in Malaysia, Singapore and China, resulting in a talent pool with a dynamic blend of both local and global perspectives. In testament to the quality of theirworks, They have been conferred design awards such as the Red Dot Award, Japan G-Mark Award and iF Award China.
www.orcadesign.net
OutofStock
The Cross-continental design collective was born out of a fortuitous meeting in Stockholm, hence the name Outofstock. Gabriel Tan and Wendy Chua from Singapore, Gustavo Maggio from Argentina and Sebastian Alberdi from Spain met at Electrolux Design Lab 2005. They connected, kept in touch, and met again. After reunions in Andorra and Barcelona, they decided to collaborate.
Registered as a business in Singapore and having a presence in Barcelona, Buenos Aires and San Francisco, the team prides itself on having a progressive, global outlook on design.
Amongst them, the design quartet has garnered numerous awards and honors such as the Bombay Sapphire Asia Grand Prix 2005, Bombay Sapphire Spain 1st Runner Up 2005, Electrolux Design Lab Award 2005, Businessweek IDEA Award 2006 and nominations for the CNN-Sponsored World Technology Award 2006 and Denmark’s INDEX Award 2007.
www.outofstockdesign.com
The Cross-continental design collective was born out of a fortuitous meeting in Stockholm, hence the name Outofstock. Gabriel Tan and Wendy Chua from Singapore, Gustavo Maggio from Argentina and Sebastian Alberdi from Spain met at Electrolux Design Lab 2005. They connected, kept in touch, and met again. After reunions in Andorra and Barcelona, they decided to collaborate.
Registered as a business in Singapore and having a presence in Barcelona, Buenos Aires and San Francisco, the team prides itself on having a progressive, global outlook on design.
Amongst them, the design quartet has garnered numerous awards and honors such as the Bombay Sapphire Asia Grand Prix 2005, Bombay Sapphire Spain 1st Runner Up 2005, Electrolux Design Lab Award 2005, Businessweek IDEA Award 2006 and nominations for the CNN-Sponsored World Technology Award 2006 and Denmark’s INDEX Award 2007.
www.outofstockdesign.com
Serendipity Studio - GOMI
The concept behind GOMI is based on the theme, "Recycle, Reuse and Reinvent". "GOMI", meaning "rubbish" in Japanese, is a project based on the notion of recycling as a way of propagating new creation. Emphasizing on the usage of recycled materials in the process of creation, it is the intent of the initiators to create an awareness of environmental issues for both the public and designers alike.
Harnessing on interactive web technologies, GOMIweb.org serves as the platform for exchanges between designers and users to take place. Whilst digital graphics are collected from designers on one end, users may select and remix the graphics to create their own design on the other end. Users then have a choice of printing their new design onto old T-shirts with a hands-on session on silkscreen printing.
A socio-economical project conceptualized by Joyce Chin of The Serendipity Studio (Singapore) and Tetsuya Goto of WINKER (Japan), GOMI challenges its participants to find their own "goldmine" in the heaps of "gomi".
Joyce Chin started The Serendipity Studio upon her return from the UK in 2004. Working as a designer-artist and a design educator since, her design process has been evolving through the experimentations and collaborations with other artists and designers. Joyce believes that a good design is the outcome of a unique design process where craftmanship plays an important role. She is currently experimenting with the integration of traditional craft-making techniques into design processes.
WINKER is a creative collective/label based in Osaka, Japan. Founded in 2003 by Tetsuya Goto, it is a label that collaborates with creators 'with a difference' from all over the world. Duncan Brotherton has joined Tetsuya and WINKER has expanded its activities as a creative collective. WINKER's latest project is an alternative working space project named 'OOO' (Out Of Office), where creators work alongside one another in a space aimed at creating a stimulating environment. WINKER's activities are aimed to be 'edifying' for creators. In Japanese, a 'winker' is a car indmicator. In a siilar way, WINKER wants to be a creative indicator for creators.
www.GOMIweb.org
www.serendipity.sg
www.winkerweb.net
The concept behind GOMI is based on the theme, "Recycle, Reuse and Reinvent". "GOMI", meaning "rubbish" in Japanese, is a project based on the notion of recycling as a way of propagating new creation. Emphasizing on the usage of recycled materials in the process of creation, it is the intent of the initiators to create an awareness of environmental issues for both the public and designers alike.
Harnessing on interactive web technologies, GOMIweb.org serves as the platform for exchanges between designers and users to take place. Whilst digital graphics are collected from designers on one end, users may select and remix the graphics to create their own design on the other end. Users then have a choice of printing their new design onto old T-shirts with a hands-on session on silkscreen printing.
A socio-economical project conceptualized by Joyce Chin of The Serendipity Studio (Singapore) and Tetsuya Goto of WINKER (Japan), GOMI challenges its participants to find their own "goldmine" in the heaps of "gomi".
Joyce Chin started The Serendipity Studio upon her return from the UK in 2004. Working as a designer-artist and a design educator since, her design process has been evolving through the experimentations and collaborations with other artists and designers. Joyce believes that a good design is the outcome of a unique design process where craftmanship plays an important role. She is currently experimenting with the integration of traditional craft-making techniques into design processes.
WINKER is a creative collective/label based in Osaka, Japan. Founded in 2003 by Tetsuya Goto, it is a label that collaborates with creators 'with a difference' from all over the world. Duncan Brotherton has joined Tetsuya and WINKER has expanded its activities as a creative collective. WINKER's latest project is an alternative working space project named 'OOO' (Out Of Office), where creators work alongside one another in a space aimed at creating a stimulating environment. WINKER's activities are aimed to be 'edifying' for creators. In Japanese, a 'winker' is a car indmicator. In a siilar way, WINKER wants to be a creative indicator for creators.
www.GOMIweb.org
www.serendipity.sg
www.winkerweb.net
Woods & Woods
Jonathan studied fashion design in Singapore for 2 years. After college, he remains as a self-taught designer for 3 years, honing his craft in dress-making & tailoring.
He worked as an assistant designer for 2 fashion houses before establishing his own label “WOODS & WOODS” in 2001. He designs seasonal men & women collections under the label.
The blue-print of Woods & Woods is a result of functional clothes that reflect different social-codes, with keen attention to detail, tailoring & finishing, which also represent a certain sensuality. Its traditional & modern at the same time… a feeling of “unguarded elegance” is exuded…
He was previously awarded as one of the 5 winners for the “Who’s Next Concour Jeune Createur ‘05” in Paris, 2nd Best Collection & Best Menswear at “12th MittelModa Fashion Awards” (organized by Camera Moda Nazionale Italiano) and nominated as a laureate for “ITS” 2nd edition (International Talent Support by Diesel) where presiding jury includes, Maison Martin Margiela, Maria Luisa, Xavier Delcour, Maurizio Pecararo, Wilbert Das & etc. Stages attended include: backstage at EXTE S/S 2005 in Milan Fashion Week.
In 2004, he had presented his debut runway collection on the official calendar of Paris Fashion Week for Men S/S ’05. His last two collections, one which was presented at “Musée Galliera” for A/W 07-08, and the latter which was presented at “79, Av Marceau” for S/S ’08.
Currently into his 9th season, Woods & Woods will be presenting its new A/W 08-09 collection for men in Paris Fashion Week during JAN 2008.
Woods & Woods is also the founder of “Studio Privé”, a showroom project that promotes the works of up & coming Singaporean fashion designers, co-supported by the DesignSingapore Council.
www.woods-woods.com
Jonathan studied fashion design in Singapore for 2 years. After college, he remains as a self-taught designer for 3 years, honing his craft in dress-making & tailoring.
He worked as an assistant designer for 2 fashion houses before establishing his own label “WOODS & WOODS” in 2001. He designs seasonal men & women collections under the label.
The blue-print of Woods & Woods is a result of functional clothes that reflect different social-codes, with keen attention to detail, tailoring & finishing, which also represent a certain sensuality. Its traditional & modern at the same time… a feeling of “unguarded elegance” is exuded…
He was previously awarded as one of the 5 winners for the “Who’s Next Concour Jeune Createur ‘05” in Paris, 2nd Best Collection & Best Menswear at “12th MittelModa Fashion Awards” (organized by Camera Moda Nazionale Italiano) and nominated as a laureate for “ITS” 2nd edition (International Talent Support by Diesel) where presiding jury includes, Maison Martin Margiela, Maria Luisa, Xavier Delcour, Maurizio Pecararo, Wilbert Das & etc. Stages attended include: backstage at EXTE S/S 2005 in Milan Fashion Week.
In 2004, he had presented his debut runway collection on the official calendar of Paris Fashion Week for Men S/S ’05. His last two collections, one which was presented at “Musée Galliera” for A/W 07-08, and the latter which was presented at “79, Av Marceau” for S/S ’08.
Currently into his 9th season, Woods & Woods will be presenting its new A/W 08-09 collection for men in Paris Fashion Week during JAN 2008.
Woods & Woods is also the founder of “Studio Privé”, a showroom project that promotes the works of up & coming Singaporean fashion designers, co-supported by the DesignSingapore Council.
www.woods-woods.com
WOHA
WOHA is a multidisciplinary design practice focused on the built environment. WOHA’s philosophy is to explore the potential of culture, context, history, nature, climate, sustainability and social behaviour to evolve innovative design. Formed in 1994 by Singaporean Wong Mun Summ and Australian Richard Hassell, the practice is based on the model of the creative industries, rather than traditional construction services. With a mix of designers from diverse backgrounds, WOHA explores integrated design for the built environment, encompassing masterplanning, architectural, landscape, interior and lighting and furniture design. WOHA has received numerous international awards for excellence in design, and has been featured in international professional publications. WOHA has offices in Singapore and Thailand, and has been involved in projects around the Asia Pacific region, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, Australia, Japan, Maldives and China. WOHA’s focus on innovation and diversity of interests has developed experience in a wide mix of building types and scales, including commercial, residential, hospitality, transport, infrastructure, institutional, religious, mixed-use and interior projects. WOHA also participates in professional and educational activities. Both Founding Directors have served on public boards, committees and councils in Singapore, lectured and examined in universities and held Associate Professor appointments. WOHA runs a gallery that hosts a programme of cultural events relating to architecture and design.
www.wohadesigns.com
WOHA is a multidisciplinary design practice focused on the built environment. WOHA’s philosophy is to explore the potential of culture, context, history, nature, climate, sustainability and social behaviour to evolve innovative design. Formed in 1994 by Singaporean Wong Mun Summ and Australian Richard Hassell, the practice is based on the model of the creative industries, rather than traditional construction services. With a mix of designers from diverse backgrounds, WOHA explores integrated design for the built environment, encompassing masterplanning, architectural, landscape, interior and lighting and furniture design. WOHA has received numerous international awards for excellence in design, and has been featured in international professional publications. WOHA has offices in Singapore and Thailand, and has been involved in projects around the Asia Pacific region, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, Australia, Japan, Maldives and China. WOHA’s focus on innovation and diversity of interests has developed experience in a wide mix of building types and scales, including commercial, residential, hospitality, transport, infrastructure, institutional, religious, mixed-use and interior projects. WOHA also participates in professional and educational activities. Both Founding Directors have served on public boards, committees and councils in Singapore, lectured and examined in universities and held Associate Professor appointments. WOHA runs a gallery that hosts a programme of cultural events relating to architecture and design.
www.wohadesigns.com
