Deadline: 21 March 2010 (18:00)

BACKGROUND

World Future Foundation Ltd. (WFF) is a charitable foundation registered in Singapore (UEN:
200816862W). WFF’s mission is to develop technology, stride forward and make the earth a
sustainable and harmonious home for the mankind, by amassing elite worldwide devoted to
charity. An incentive award for excellence for PhD in environmental and sustainability research
would be the first of its kind to be awarded in Singapore. It is unique and different from other
academic, book and medal prizes. It will be branded as the “World Future Foundation PhD
Awards in Environmental and Sustainability Research”. It will be awarded annually at both the
National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
starting from 2010.

DESIGN DETAILS

The design work is a gift to the winners of “World Future Foundation PhD Awards in
Environmental and Sustainability Research” which will be issued this July at NUS and NTU
separately. And the winning design will be used enduringly.
There is no limitation on the shape and material of the gift, but the size and weight of the gift
should be reasonable. The actual cost of the gift should not be more than SGD500/pc.
The texts “World Future Foundation PhD Awards in Environmental and Sustainability Research
- 2010 Singapore” should be added on the gift.

PARTICIPANTS

World Future Foundation Gift Design Competition is open to all students at the School of
Design and Environment, NUS.

PRIZES FOR WINNING ENTRIES

1st Prize – S$2,000 cash and an award certificate.
2nd Prize – S$1,000 cash and an award certificate.
3rd Prize – S$500 cash and an award certificate.
(The jurors reserve the right to redistribute the prize money according to the quantity & quality of the entries.)

KEY DATES

Phase 1 – Design
Design Submission: 21 March 2010 (18:00)

Phase 2 – Selection
The result will be announced at the official websites of both WFF and NUS in April 2010. The winner will also receive an email notice by the organiser.

Phase 3 – Prototyping
The winner will be notified with the Juries’ comments for modification and prototyping in May 2010.
(A subsidy amounting up to S$500 will be paid by WFF for prototyping based on the reimbursement basis)

Phase 4 – Announcement of Winning Design
July 2010

E-SUBMISSION

1. Registration Form
2. 1 A3 JPEG image (< 3MB)
3. 100-word write-up (on the A3 panel)
Please email your entry to Mr Tang Ting Da, Jasper, akittd@nus.edu.sg

For more information, please refer to the Architecture department website.

This workshop is orginised by Design Incubation Centre, NUS and the paticipants include
Students from Zhejiang University; Zhejiang, Hangzhou Province, China together with the Design Incubation Centre (NUS).

Products which have lasted for centuries, have subconsciously ingrained a common mental picture along with its function in our minds. For instance, when we need to get to a place, we drive the car, or when we need to look for someone, we instinctively reach for our cell phones.

We gradually cease to question or imagine possible alternatives because these products meet our needs to a very good extent.

In this workshop, we aim not to reinvent these archetypes, but to relook at them as manifestations of technology and imagine our lives without being defined by these products. Using a set of design thinking tools, we will explore ways to ask thoughtful questions and challenge our imagination to design future scenarios.

For more information about the workshop, please visit: http://www.designincubationcentre.com/index/index-main.html

A highlight at Maison & Objet for the past three years has been the small but impressive stand of d.lab from Singapore. D.lab is the trademark of the Design Incubation Centre, part of the department of architecture at the School of Design and Environment at the National University of Singapore. The centre is a research laboratory that aims to investigate and develop new possibilities in the practice of design. Three years ago it displayed a series of products made in Corian and teak at Maison & Objet and the reaction was so positive that they are being produced in limited editions of 100 pieces.

The Bic and Boc lamps, part of a series of new products called Objects around the Tablescape, have been designed by d.lab under the creative direction of Patrick Chia, the young director of the Design Incubation Centre. The bases are blocks of palau wood and the shades are perforated and folded aluminium sheet that has been matt powder coated. What might not show up so well in photography (and on pink paper) is the deep intensity of the colour: the matt finish gives a really saturated hue like that in an Anish Kapoor piece.

For more information, please visit http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/952a7324-0b94-11df-8232-00144feabdc0.html and Design Incubation Centre: http://www.designincubationcentre.com/index/index-main.html