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Student Achievements - Industrial Design
Design Competitions - 2006

[ December 2006 ]
Industrial Design student Brian Chuan Chai Law won the 2nd prize in the Electrolux Design Lab Award 2006 for his Organic Cook portable cooking unit, which uses high-efficiency radiant energy to cook without fat when frying, grilling or broiling.

Hundreds of other design students from 37 countries around the world entered this year's competition and were challenged to seek solutions that promote healthy eating habits for the 2016 consumer.

   
  [ November 2006 ]
Industrial Design student Tan Yong Kai won the top 20 iF concept award product 2007.  530 entries from 32 countries were received and only the top 20 will get an award. iF is one of the top design awards from the commercial design world and Yong Kai's winning entry will be published in the iF design year book as well.

[ November 2006 ]
  Industrial Design student Lim Sun Liang was honored with the Red-Dot: Best of the Best.  The competition this year saw 478 submissions from 40 countries, which the jury noted were of higher quality over last year's entries.  They have awarded 60 "Red Dot" awards and 12 "Red Dot: Best of the Best" awards. Lian He Zao Bao's report.

   
  [ September 2006 ]
  Industrial Design student Eugene Chin won the Tsao-Ng Yu Shun Awards for Excellence in Ageing Study 2006.
   
  [ July 2006 ]
  One group of Industrial Design students won the Bronze prize of the 2006 Liteon Awards, and another two groups of students won The Panel of Judges Special Awards. The details of the design and students' names are as follows:

Bronze Award: Seek Slider: designed by SIOW Mei Yee and CHEN Wenshan
The Panel of Judges Special Awards: Soundtouch, designed by Victor ONG and Joanna LIM

Music Rack,
designed by NGAN Han Siong and Yong Yingxuan

There were 1661 entries for this year competition and the entries can be viewed on the Award’s website. The submission projects are collaborated with Nakamichi.

   
  [ July 2006 ]
  Industrial Design students Gabriel Tan and Wendy Chua was awarded a Bronze prize in the Industiral Design Excellence Awards 2006 (IDEA).
The Industrial Design Excellence Awards are dedicated to fostering business and public understanding of the importance of industrial design excellence to the quality of life and the economy. Winning the IDEA is a distinction like no other that brands your design as the very best in the business, among your peers, among your clients, among consumers around the world.  Sponsored by BusinessWeek and judged independently by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the contest is one of the most important of its kind.

The National University of Singapore is the only winner outside the USA in the Student Category. The work can be found in the IDSA an Businessweek website. This work was also the winner of Electrolux Lab Award in 2005.

   
  [ March 2006 ]
  Three Industrial Design students and one Industrial Design alumni entries were selected as Excellent Works in the International Design Competition Osaka 2005. International Design Competition Osaka is one of the most prestigious design awards globally.  KITA-san was the previous chairman of this competition. The theme of this competition was " E N E R G Y ". A total of 889 entries from up-coming young designers and planners of 44 countries and regions around the world were received. Due to rigorous examination by experts, 67 excellent works were selected with the subject of the business matchmaking. The detailed information of our Excellent Works are as follows:

Title: GLO- Ecofriendly Tracking Poles, by Law Chuan Chai and other co-producer
Proposal: Design illustration of the product, Concept, Technical and Sustainable design explanation.
Creator: Law Chuan Chai and other co-producer (3rd year ID) http://www.jdf.or.jp/eng/compe /pdf2005/320-e.pdf

Title: Owl's Chair, by Lin Wei Liang
Proposal: A chair that amplifies sound without electronics.
Creator: Lin Wei Liang (final year ID)
http://www.jdf.or.jp/eng/compe /pdf2005/731-e.pdf

Title: Gras, by Priscilla Lui 
Proposal: Gras's inspiration is from nature, using plants to purify rainwater, providing an outdoor water source.
Creator: Priscilla Lui (Final year ID)
http://www.jdf.or.jp/eng/compe /pdf2005/883-e.pdf

Title: E-Sign, by Tithima Supavanichyanont 
Proposal: E-sign constantly reminds people the water, electricity and gas that has been consumed each day
Creator: Tithima Supavanichyanont (ID Alumni) http://www.jdf.or.jp/eng/compe /pdf2005/138-e.pdf

   
  [ March 2006 ]
  We are pleased to announce that the students of the Department of Architecture have done extremely well at the 2006 Singapore Furniture Design Competition by securing all the top prizes in the Student's Category, & the majority of the share of 6 awards given out. Our congratulations to.

Low Lin Kiat (ID 3) - 1st Prize
Lui Hon Fay (MArch) - 2nd Prize
Lionel Wong (ID 2) - 3rd Prize
Chen Xi (ID 4) - Merit Award

   
  [ Feb 2006 ]
  Industrial Design students Chin Yit Sheng, Eugene and Tan Yong Kai bag iF Concept Award Material 2006! A prestigious trademark for outstanding design, an iF award is a symbol of commitment to innovation and a willingness to face the competition.

This international competition had 639 entries from over 33 nations this year and only 14 entries has been honored the iF Award. The "iF Design Award" is one of  four most prestigious annually design awards (iF Award, Red Dot Award, G-Mark Award and IDEA) recognized by the industries worldwide. It is often referred to as the "Design Oscars" by industries worldwide.

Since its inauguration in 1953, the iF Design Award has existed as an enduring and prestigious trademark for outstanding design. Companies and design studios deploy the iF seal in their communication campaigns as a visible symbol of product and service quality. Eugene's and Yong Kai's winning design can be found here.
   
  [ Feb 2006 ]
  4 of our final year Industrial Design students's works have been selected as Top 20 Overall Entries for the 2005 International Photoreal Furniture Design Competition!

This competition is all about designers creating cutting edge computer assisted (or 'photoreal') furniture designs; and their reflection in the tangible world may be evident if these products make it to market.

The 4 students are: Lin Weizheng, Cici Chen, Victor Ong and Chin Yit Sheng, Eugene. See their winning designs here.
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