NUS ID grdaute, Hans Tan’s work titled “Placemat Paperback” will debut at the 11th Architecture Biennale in Venice, exhibited as part of the exhibition SINGLETOWN by Droog and KesselsKramer.

It will take place in the traditional venues of the Arsenale and the Italia Pavilion. With a preview on September 11th, 12th and 13th, the 11th edition of the International Architecture Biennale will take place from September 14th 2008 until November 23rd 2008. For more information about the exhibition, please visit http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/

Placemat Paperback, 2007: paper, binding, Against the Grain
{this piece of work will debut at the 11th Architectural Biennale Venice, for the exhibition SINGLETOWN developed by Droog and KesselsKramer from 14 September to 23 November 2008.}

For Hans’ works, please visit:http://www.hanstan.net/index.htm

Deadline: 19 September 2008 

Along with Nelson’s Column, Tower Bridge and The London Eye, London city’s ubiquitous black cabs and red double-decker buses have become trademark icons. London deserves a bus fit for the 21st century, and they want as many people as possible to submit their ideas. Whether you’re a professional designer who can submit a detailed plan or you are someone who uses buses every day and has one great idea that would make your journey better, they want to hear from you.

The winning design in the whole-bus class will win £25,000. There will also be two runners-up prizes of £10,000 each.

Prizes worth up to £5,000 will be awarded to the winner or winners in the element class.

For more information, please visit http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/projectsandschemes/technologyandequipment/anewbusforlondon/default.aspx

The Straits Times’ Life! Supplement produced a feature on 30 people aged under 30 who are the faces to watch across various industry sectors. Among those featured was product designer Ms Wendy Chua, a graduate in industrial design from NUS, has worked with major companies like Electrolux, Hansgrohe, Osim and Motorola and won international awards. In addtion, architect and designer Mr Lui Hongfay has won more than 30 competitions and awards barely two years after graduating with an architecture degree from NUS.

For more information, please visit http://www.straitstimes.com/Life%2521/Life%2BNews/Story/STIStory_265494.html  You also can found Wendy’s work at http://www.outofstockdesign.com/