The Bras Basah-green precinct offered leading brands and inspiring installations all down the loop.
October 12th, 2012
howwecreate.com / PALAMONT
The design community was down at Chan Hampe Galleries first thing in the morning to hear Australia’s howwecreate.com / PALAMONT give an inspiring presentation on product manufacturing.
Installation at BW Furniture
BW Furniture
Following their much talked about project at last year’s Saturday in Design, BW Furniture in collaboration with SCA and Lasalle College of the Arts set the bar even higher this year with a captivating series of optical illusions that underscored the uniqueness of products from Okamura, BOSS, HAG and Vitra.
TOTO
Novamobili
TOTO / Novamobili
At W. Atelier, TOTO’s Le Muse Suite by acclaimed architect and designer Francesco Lucchese was put on show, along with fine Italian furniture from Novamobili and lights from Vertigo Bird.
Moooi photo booth at Space Asia Hub
Talk by Dinosaur Designs Space Asia Hub
Space Furniture / Gaggenau
Then it was down to the Space Asia Hub for an experience with design’s foremost brands. The crowds got to preview the latest Moooi 2012 collection, strike their wackiest pose in the Moooi photo booth, and savour delectable treats by Chef Michael Han of FiftyThree restaurant at the Varenna kitchen with the chance to win an exclusive Gaggenau dining experience. It was also a rare opportunity to catch a talk by Australia’s Dinosaur Designs and see their ultra lush fashion and home accessories up close.
Varenna kitchen at the Space Asia Hub
Haworth’s pop up lounge
Haworth
At the nearby YAVUZ Fine Art gallery, Haworth stopped traffic with a huge sculpture carved out of Ege carpets. Upstairs, guests rested in a colourful pop-up lounge filled with Haworth x Friends furniture and got to see the big reveal of Matzform furniture in Singapore.
Ege installation at Haworth’s exhibiting venue
Foundry store
Special SiD guest Shashi Caan of IFI over at Foundry
Foundry
The crowd at Foundry was then invited to add cardboard pieces to a rapidly expanding installation titled “Concrete Jungle”. Also on show were the newest products from SCP and the Foundry collection, and the latest brand in store, Hanna Korvela.
Artemide showroom
Artemide
Nearby, Artemide rounded off the dazzling display with the latest lighting innovations.
Photography by Yong Sze Yuen Kelvin and Luo Jingmei
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