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Singapore at the London Design Festival
CNA Online. 15 September 2008
CNA online (15 Sep) reported on Singapore’s entry for the London Design Festival. Titled "My Garden", the origami rosette gown is the work of Ashley Isham and two DSg scholars. CNA noted that the Singapore designers are gunning for gold at this Evening Standard Window Display Competition. The report quoted SMS, who said: "You need to have a platform for them to showcase their works at some of the most prestigious international events…and over time, some of the most promising designers and designs will be at the forefront of international discourse, and they will be creating new fashion statements like what Ashley Isham is doing."
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Singapore at the Venice Biennale
ST Life!, CNA Online. 12 September 2008
ST Life! (13 Sep, p E2) and CNA online (12 Sep) reported on the opening of the Singapore Pavilion at the 11th Venice Biennale International Architectural Exhibition (VBIAE). Reports described the pavilion’s design and layout and noted that SMS had opened the pavilion. On Singapore’s participation in the VBIAE, SMS was quoted by ST saying that “we hope to demonstrate the networks of influence and conversations between the diverse creative fields in Singapore. This is truly representative of the vibrant and emerging design culture in Singapore”, while CNA noted SMS’ comments about how some designs featured could impact public housing in Singapore. ST added that visitors to the pavilion were intrigued and added that two other Singaporeans are also participating in group shows outside the national pavilion.
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Change of Chairmanship for DesignSingapore
. 04 September 2008
Mr Edmund Cheng, Deputy Chairman of Wing Tai Holdings Limited, has stepped down from his role as the Chairman of DesignSingapore Council, a position he has held since 2003 when the Council was first established. Mr Robert Tomlin, Vice Chairman – Asia, UBS Investment Bank, is the new Chairman of DesignSingapore Council’s Board while Mr Cheng will continue to be Chairman of the DesignSingapore International Advisory Panel.
Under Mr Edmund Cheng’s leadership, DesignSingapore has built a strong foundation in the development of design in Singapore, and has also been instrumental in pioneering key milestones of DesignSingapore establishing effective relations with international partners, and increasing its participation in prestigious international design platforms.
Mr Tomlin, who has been active on the Singapore creative scene since 1997, will continue to promote the growth and international competitiveness of Singapore's creative industries as an integrated cluster.
DesignSingapore Council’s change in chairmanship was covered by The Business Times, Channel NewsAsia, 938 Live and Yahoo! Singapore News.
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Singapore Pavilion at Venice Biennale
ST Life!, TODAY and CNA Online. 03 September 2008
ST Life! (p C6), TODAY (p 48) and CNA Online profiled the Singapore pavilion, themed Singapore Supergarden, to be presented by DSg at the upcoming 11th Venice Biennale. Life! described Singapore’s showcase as a bumper crop of ideas while TODAY highlighted it as ‘a radical approach’, which was how D/DSg described it. Reports noted this would be Singapore's third consecutive participation in the Biennale. Both gave a description of the Pavilion design and approach, listed the participating artists and designers and highlighted some of the exhibits. D/DSg said that they had adopted a "radical approach", taken on a "much younger team" and were showing "emerging ideas". CNA Online said that pre-recorded audio conversations would be one of the 22 items presented to provide an insight into how architects related to other creative fields such as photography and web designing. TODAY also mentioned that Robert Tomlin has taken over as Chairman of DSg from Edmund Cheng and that the latter was recently appointed for a second 3-year term as NAC chairman, and would continue to head DSg's International Advisory Panel.
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Creative Industries Scholarships
938LIVE and xin.sg. 22 August 2008
938LIV and xin.sg reported on the Creative Industries Scholarships where 26 outstanding talents in the fields of arts, heritage, media and design were recognised with scholarships. 938LIVE carried comments from from RAdm (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts., "I think the industry today is quite different from what is was just 5 years ago, a lot more activity, a lot more excitement, a lot more buzz. That's also important for the development of Singapore, that you've got all these different possibilities for young people to pursue. And when they come back I think they will add colour and excitement to the scene." The Creative Industries Scholarships was established in 2006 as part of a national effort to transform Singapore into a vibrant city. 938LIVE profiled 17-year-old ballerina Evelyn Toh who received a NAC scholarship worth $100,000 to study at the Boston Conservatory and 22-year-old John Chua who received his award from MDA to study music at the Royal College of Music in London. Xin.sg profiled film-maker Wee Li-Lin who directed the feature film “Gone Shopping” and will be going to the Tisch School of the Arts (Asia) to study scriptwriting.
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Ms Lim Shu Min, the 2008 recipient of the DesignSingapore Council Scholarship, received her scholarship award on Friday, 22 August 2008 from Senior Minister of State, RAdm (NS) Lui Tuck Yew. The 19-year old DesignSingapore Scholar and Associate, who hopes to develop her own unique voice as an innovative designer, will be pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design at the Rhode Island School of Design.
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