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News and Events
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News and Events -
2009
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October |
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Final year student Arthur
Lim won the First Prize of this year's
TECHNIGROUP AWARD Design Competition. In
addition, final year student Ang Weiquan
and the team from two year three
students Chung Sui Fai and Cheng Siew
Ming won Special Mention Prizes.
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| First Prize:
Arthurs's winning design |
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| Special Mention:
Ang Weiquan |
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| Special Mention:
Chung Sui Fai and Cheng Siew Ming |
The theme for this year's
competition is “Productive Workplace”. Since
established in 1984, the products
manufactured by Technigroup were developed
in response to the changing needs of
specific user groups. This underlies their
philosophy of constantly striving to meet
new and ever-increasing demands expected of
office furniture.
The competition was opened
to full time students in the South East Asia
including educational institutions in
Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, India,
Indonesia, The Philippines and around the
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September |
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| Industrial Design
alumnus Donn Koh and his colleagues from University of
Cincinnati won the Gold Prize at Liteon Award this year. Their
design, reNEW Solar battery charger, allows for a progression of
charge, allowing the user to attain only the most charged
batteries when needed. It serves as a storage and organization
system, while staying friendly and attractive to the home
environment. Final year
students Liang Yanjie, Yap Kei Woon and Tan Jun
Yuan with their design “DLite Food Storage System” and NUS
Design Incubation Centre designer Cheong Yian Ling with
her work “dibu” received Merit Awards.
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reNew |
DLite
Food Storage System |
The Lite-On Award attracted
over 2,000 international young designers and professionals,
hitting a record high, from Europe, Asia, and America to compete
for the million dollar prize. |
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August |
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2nd year
Industrial Design student, Darren Teo won the top prize
for Gifts and Premiums for the Modern and Happy Office Design
competition and 3rd year Industrial Design student Cheng Siew
Ming was awarded the 2nd runner-up in the same competition.
This competition was organized by the Singapore Gifts and
Stationery Show 2009.
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prize: Diao Yu, Darren Teo |
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gifts and premiums are effective marketing tools, but
are easily forgotten by consumers. The attachment of an
experiential encounter with the gift would, however, be
able to create a lifelong memory. Hence, an exquisite
teabag collection, inspired by Singapore’s iconic oolong
tea, 钓鱼（diao yu, has been created to also cater to the
caffeine needs of a working adult, both locally and
internationally. Besides breaking apart from
conventional appearance, the tea filter will also be
made with environmental-friendly material for the
eco-friendly consumers. |
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| 2nd
Runner up: Plantimo, CHENG SIEW MING |
| Nature in
sight can make people feel happy and relax. But what if
nature plays another role in office? “Plantimo” is the
product everyone will keep eyeing on. It serves as a
timer clock which counts down to the end of work. User
set the time by turning the leaf knob that works on the
turn-and-dial phone mechanism. Ticking off silently, the
plant will rise slowly, seemingly growing to life, and
finally a bud opens slightly to reveal the hidden
flower. This mimics the mood of workers, blossoming
after a hard day of work, revealing the fruit of labour. |
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Landscape Architecture (MLA)
student Toh Chong Ji won student design competition for a
large trellis at upper quadrangle of NUS Bukit Timah Campus.
The NUS Faculty of Law is planning to build a large trellis at
the historical Bukit Timah Campus. NUS Office of Estate &
Development asked the Faculty of Architecture, if our students
could be involved into the design process and thereupon the idea
was born to announce an official design competition for all
students of landscape architecture at NUS. The participating
students were expected to propose suitable designs which reflect
the Law School’s brand essence and at the same time meet the
relevant authorties’ requirements for Addition & Alterations
(A&A) pertaining to a location gazetted under conservation or
preservation. The winning design shall be implemented in
cooperation with a contractor chosen by the Office of Estate &
Development.
1st prize: Toh Chong Ji
2nd prize: Tan Yi Wei
3rd prize: Shiela Carelnina Winata
3rd prize: Hoo Xin Yu
Perspective. Winning entry by Toh Chong
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| Final year ID
student Tiffany Loy won the Bombay Sapphire Designer
Glass Competition 2009. Her work "Martini Ice-Cold" will
represent Singapore to attend this year Global Final undertaken
in London. The clear blue bottle of Bombay Sapphire exudes a
cool glacier, refreshing and relaxing atmosphere which inspire
the design concept based on ice blocks and glaciers.
Martini Ice-Cold
"Martini Ice-Cold" is a glass
that takes the form, texture and translucency of a ice cold
glass, providing the refreshing feeling of enjoying a martini.
The slight frosted surface of the glass highlights its contours,
smooth yet organic and approachable. |
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| Architecture
students Chew Chun Yen Colin and Kenneth Koh Qibao
awarded first runners up at the Green Thumb Competition 2009.
Colin and Kenneth's winning
entry |
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April |
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Design Incubation Centre teams
up with Department of Mechanical Engineering to launch latest
eco-friendly urban concept car.
The Design Incubation Centre together with the Department of
Mechanical Engineering team unveils their latest car design,
KRUCE (Kent Ridge Urban Concept Ecocar), for the Shell
Eco-marathon competition 2009. This is the 2nd eco-car that
resulted from the inter-disciplinary collaboration.
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The car
exterior and interior were designed by the Centre’s
industrial design team and fabricated within the
Centre’s prototyping facilities. It took more than 400
design hours and 700 fabrication hours to bring the
concept car from idea to realization. For more
information on the Centre and its projects, please visit
http://www.designincubationcentre.com
Click to enlarge picture. |
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March |
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| Mr Cheah Kok Ming
received the University's
Annual Teaching Excellence Award. |
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| ID Year 3 students Liang Yanjie
and Royston Lim Qilun won the
Silver award at this year's Flip Challenge
and Year 4 students Abdul
Rashid Adnan & Samson Tan won the
Merit Award at the same competition. The two
awards were organized by
Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC).
Yanjie and Royston's winning design
Rashid Adnan & Samson's winning design
ID Year 3
student Liang Yanjie won the Merit
Award in this year's Furniture Design Award
for his work "Wisteria".
Wisteria |
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| Architecture
student Liew Kok Fong won a
Mention at the AEEA International Competition for Students in
Architecture 2008.
Kok Fong's winning design |
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| Architecture PhD
student Hafizur Rahaman has been awarded the
Young CAADRIA
Award 2009. The committee has studied Hafizur's submission
on the base of: Clarity of Concept, Understanding of Context,
Quality of Writing, Strength of Research in CV, and
Applicability to the Wider Architectural Research. Hafizur have
been selected on the basis of the merits of submission,
contribution and relevance to CAADRIA and demonstrated depth of
research interest. |
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February |
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Dr Chen Yu’s
The Making of a Bund in China: The British Concession in Xiamen
has won the
JAABE Best Paper Award 2008 (Architectural History and
Theory field), February 09. This award is presented to the
outstanding papers published in JAABE (Journal of Asian
Architecture and Building Engineering), one paper per field,
jointly by the Architectural Institute of Japan, Architectural
Institute of Korea and Architectural Society of China. JAABE is
a refereed international journal published biannually in May and
November. |
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January |
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| Architecture
students Tan Bing Hui and Tan Kok Ming's
entry Fixabottle
won the Special Merit Award in the
Greenwave Environmental Care Project 2008.
Organised by Sembawang Shipyard, this
competition is in its sixth year and a total of
260 entries were received with close to 1000
participants.
Fixabottle |
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