NUSID graduate Hunn Wai and his colleague with their their design proposal PAZIALE SERIES: New expressions of skin and structure received this year TIME TO DESIGN – NEW TALENT AWARD 2009 from the Cultural Minister of Denmark, Carina Christensen.

Wai & Lanzavecchia will embark on a project that is based on voids, skin and structure. Taking inspiration from fashion,
architecture and human behaviours, they will amalgamate those inputs, according to their vision, into a new breed of interior objects that will question our perception on the rituals of possessions storage and ecology-awareness within furniture manufacture, distribution and construction.

Time to design was established in 2008 and is an international design award with focus on the needs of young design talents in the beginning of their career. The award has been established based on the idea of creating a unique platform for young design talents within the design industry – a platform that can contribute to the winner’s future professional career. The winner is granted with three months residency at the National Workshops for Arts and Crafts, 50.000 DKK donated by the Cultural Ministry and two weeks exhibition in Normann Copenhagen Flagship Store. This year the winners will also get career coaching by the company Missing Ink.

For more information about Hunn Wai, please visit his webiste: http://www.hunnwai.com/ and about the award http://www.timetodesign.eu/#151379

NUS ID alumnus Donn Koh and his colleagues from University of Cincinnati won Gold Prize at Lieton 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. Currently, Donn Koh works as an industrial designer at One & Co.  For more information, please visit his website: http://donnkoh.com/renew/

This year 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.

NUS ID final year students, Liang Yanjie、Yap Kei Woon、Tan Jun Yuan, their design “DLite Food Storage System” and NUS design incubation centre designer, “Cheong Yian Ling”, her work “dibu” received Merit Awards.

Below is the works of DLite Food Storage System:

For more information about Liteon award, please visit http://www.liteonaward.com/

Deadline: January 31, 2010
Purpose
To improve the culture of lighting design and to develop young new talent

Awards [Tax included]
Gold Award [1]
Certificate of award and 1,000,000yen
Silver Award [2]
Certificate of award and 300,000yen
Bronze Award [5]
Certificate of award and 100,000yen
Honorable Mention [Limited Number]
Certificate of award and prize
Web Best Design Award [1]
Certificate and prize
Web Excellent Design Award[2]
Certificate and prize

Entry Eligibility
Any student from institute of learning as of September 1, 2009

For more information, please visit http://www.koizumi-designcompe.com/english/index.html

Deadline: January 6, 2010

Can you deepen the meaning of the dining experience by designing for the many ways, places, and foods we eat today? Can your design innovation solve a problem or enhance a mood? Then World Kitchen, LLC, invites you to submit your design in its international design competition, What’s Bubbling? Redefining Dining! Three Top Award winners will receive $5,000 plus an expense-paid trip to the International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago March 14-16.

For more information, please visit http://www.whatsbubbling.net/index.asp?pageId=21

Deadline: 31 of Oct 2009

This wheel design competition is open to all full-time NUS and NTU students.  Each student can submit up to a maximum of 5 original designs.  All submissions must adhere to the design template provided.  Students are only required to design for the wheel hub (see the design template for sample).

There are 2 categories for design, Luxury and Sports.  Students can submit for either or both categories.  Three (3) winners will be selected for each category (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd positions).  1^st position of each category will also get a S$600 Stamford Tyres voucher on top of the sponsored trip.

Please submit your entry to wheeldesign@stamfordtyres.com

For more information, please visit http://www.stamfordtyres.com.sg/news-events/index.html

NUS Design Incubation Centre just completed a workshop, design thinking workshop, with our business school’s alumni.

This workshop explored an array of design thinking tools, applied to real-life business scenarios, to seek new opportunities for radical innovation. Apart from learning the creativity toolkit, participants experienced a day of active innovation culture, from ethnographic trips to concept generation to narrative storyboarding. The entire process aimed to be versatile enough for the development of any business, involving products, services, spaces or systems.

Below are some photos from activities. For more information, please visit Design Incubation Centre’s website.