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Student Achievements - Industrial Design
Design Competitions - 2009
   
  [ October 2009 ]
 
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.
 
First Prize: Arthurs's winning design
 
Special Mention: Ang Weiquan
 
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 region.
   
  [ September 2009 ]
  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.

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.

   
  [ August 2009 ]
  2nd year student, Darren Teo won the top prize for Gifts and Premiums for the Modern and Happy Office Design competition and 3rd year 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.
     

Top prize: Diao Yu, Darren Teo
Corporate 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.
     

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.
 
  Final year 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.

   
  [ March 2009 ]
 
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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