he student initiatives with the most powerful and provocative solutions will be given financial awards to help fund the implementation of their project. A total of $15,000 will be awarded to the concept or concepts that have the demonstrated ability to ignite change within their local community based on the following broad parameters:
» Addresses a pressing social need within a community
» Can be implemented within that community
» Delivers positive results that can be measured
Awards will be given to fund the material costs of executing the project. Design Ignites Change believes that designers should be compensated for their time when executing socially minded projects. As such, up to 10% of your total requested award amount may be earmarked as an honorarium to cover your time. Monies will be disbursed in one of two ways:
» Paid directly to the vendors contracted to execute the project
» Paid to the school or organization who will oversee the execution of the project
Deadline
The application deadline is December 31, 2009. A complete case study must also be posted on the Design Ignites Change website by December 31, 2009.
Eligiblity
The following groups enrolled in Design Ignites Change are eligible to submit projects developed in 2009 for an award:
» Colleges/universities engaged in projects that use design thinking to address social issues
» Colleges/universities engaged in a youth mentoring program around social issues
» Creative professionals engaged in a youth mentoring program around social issues
Participants in the basic Create! Don’t Hate. billboard mentoring program are not eligible, but any unique extensions – in addition to the billboards – of the Create! Don’t Hate. program, developed by the mentoring organization and the mentees, can be submitted.
Selection
All applications will be reviewed by an independent committee of creative professionals, business, civic and non-profit leaders. Projects will be evaluated on concept, viability, potential for impact, as well as a detailed plan for timely execution.
Modern Painters magazine and Louise Blouin Media are proud to announce the inaugural Re:Vision Design Awards.
The Re:Vision Design Awards challenges emerging designers of all stripes to revisit, rethink and reimagine how we live in our homes.
Whether in the fields of furniture, lighting, product, interior or environmental design, submissions are welcome from across the design spectrum that thoughtfully explore new ways to live, work, play, and interact in the domestic environment.
The first prize winner of the Re:Vision Design Awards will receive $10,000; two runners up will be awarded $2,500.
All three will be featured in the May 2010 issue of Modern Painters.
The jury includes Ross Lovegrove, Renny Ramakers (co-founder, Droog), David Mcfadden (chief curator, Museum of Arts and Design), Rosanne Somerson (professor, RISD) and Cristina Grajales (modern and contemporary furniture dealer, NYC).
At TEDxUSC, computer graphics trailblazer Paul Debevec explains the scene-stealing technology behind Digital Emily, a digitally constructed human face so realistic it stands up to multiple takes.
About Paul Debevec
Paul Debevec’s digital inventions have powered the breathtaking visual effects in films like The Matrix, Superman Returns, King Kong and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
About TedTalk
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
TEDTalks began as a simple attempt to share what happens at TED with the world. Under the moniker “ideas worth spreading,” talks were released online. They rapidly attracted a global audience in the millions. Indeed, the reaction was so enthusiastic that the entire TED website has been reengineered around TEDTalks, with the goal of giving everyone on-demand access to the world’s most inspiring voices.
Reuse of syringes, all too common in under-funded clinics, kills 1.3 million each year. Marc Koska clues us in to this devastating global problem with facts, photos and hidden-camera footage. He shares his solution: a low-cost syringe that can’t be used twice.
About TedTalk
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
TEDTalks began as a simple attempt to share what happens at TED with the world. Under the moniker “ideas worth spreading,” talks were released online. They rapidly attracted a global audience in the millions. Indeed, the reaction was so enthusiastic that the entire TED website has been reengineered around TEDTalks, with the goal of giving everyone on-demand access to the world’s most inspiring voices.
Exhibition Opening
22 Nov 2009
5:00pm onwards
Open to public (Opening drinks kindly sponsored by Bombay Sapphire)
Free admission
Exhibition
22 – 29 Nov 2009
10:00am–7:00pm daily
Free admission
The City Hall, Level 4, Waiting Room 2
An exhibition which showcases the outcome of a workshop jointly held by the National University of Singapore and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle (ENSCI-Les Ateliers). The theme for the workshop was ‘water, its relationship to everyday life, the cultural aspects, and the challenges facing sustainable development’. The exhibition presents five different innovative concepts based on the following themes:• Conservation in conversation – how can we involve customers in saving water in a social dining environment?
• How can cities turn rain into a good opportunity through energy?
• Water power – taking a not-necessarily-ecological viewpoint?
• Can we control the dryness in homes by harvesting humidity or rainwater?
• Rain like you have never seen before
This exhibition is made possible with support of Region Ile de France and Embassy of France in Singapore.
What do you get when you release 15 accomplished industrial designers from their strict corporate guidelines; and give them permission to “design anything they want”?
To find out, visit the “Small Thoughts, Big Ideas” exhibition, held at The Arts House, from 20-29th November 2009 (Opening hours: 11am to 8pm daily). The exhibition showcases the broad range of work designed by these talented individuals, and is a fringe activity of the Icsid World Design Congress 2009, organised by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA).
Known as The Little Thoughts Group, the participating designers are practicing professionals, working for electronic, automotive, computer, furniture, sports and other companies – in Singapore as well as various parts of Asia. Their work is the expression of their different backgrounds and deeply personal perspectives. And the exhibition was conceptualized as a look into a designer’s mind when he’s not at his day job!
From electrical appliances to furniture; from decorative ornaments to fascinating gadgets, the work on display includes experimental installations and even ideas that never saw the light of day – concepts in the form of models, idea sketches and art-work.
Every design has an engaging story. Some are fascinating, some moving, some inspiring, some simply amusing. Come view the designs and discover the stories of how small thoughts grow into big ideas.
28 October 2009 (Wednesday), 4pm at LR426
located on Level 4 of SDE 3, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore
Abstract:
Usability runs complementary to the activities of the interaction designer. Interaction design may be defined as the discipline of defining the behavior of products and systems as a result of the engagement of a user. The practice is typically centered on complex technology systems such as web sites, software, mobile devices, and other personal electronics.
Today, electronic mediated applications have been constrained to the ‘mouse, keyboard, screen’ paradigm. However, with the emergence of multimodal, multisensory, and multiuser interactions a new set of issues has emerged for the UX practitioner. These issues are compounded by changes in user expectations and faster levels of technology adoption by consumers.
Professor Stone will discuss how these gradual paradigm shifts are redefining and reshaping how we live and interact with information. He will outline some of the emerging issues of concern for the UX, Usability, and Interaction and Industrial Design practitioner, and propose ways that we develop a proactive position in the development of new knowledge, usability standards, and interaction paradigms. In other words, how do we get to next?
About Speaker:
Professor R. Brian Stone teaches Visual Communication in the Department of Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design at The Ohio State University. A practicing designer, his poster design was selected for the AIGA Philadelphia’s “Mixed Messages” juried exhibition and was displayed at The Shops at Liberty Place in Philadelphia. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities, with presentations given at AIGA activities in Cincinnati and Philadelphia, and he presented the keynote address at Drexel University’s Nesbitt School of Design senior portfolio review. Professor Stone also has given lectures at the University of the Arts, University of London, University of Tampere in Finland, Beijing University of Aeronautics, University of Tennessee, Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech), Arizona State University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VA Tech), San Jose State University, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, and the Organization of Black Designers National Conference. Recent publications include a chronicle of the career of America’s first African American automobile designer, McKinley Thompson, in Innovation magazine (winter 1999) and an article about the future of design education in the OBD’s national newsletter’s premiere issue (spring 1999). Most recently, Apple Computer has recognized Stone as one of the top educational technology leaders in the country with the Apple Distinguished Educator award (ADE). He is also a recipient of the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching from The Ohio State University. Prior to joining the faculty at OSU, he taught for six years at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. He has also held staff positions at Surgical Laser Technologies, Orthovita, Noel Mayo Associates (Philadelphia), and the Bailey Design Group.
Presently, Professor Stone serves as Graduate Studies Chair in the Department of Design and holds a MA+MFA in Design from The Ohio State University and a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of the Arts.
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.
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 (1st, 2nd and 3rd positions). 1st 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
NUS ID final year student, Tiffany Loy won this Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition 2009. Her work Martini Ice cold will represent Singapore to attend this year Global Final undertaken in London.
Winner: MARTINI ICE-COLD by Tiffany Loy Kai Yi
The clear blue bottle of Bombay Sapphire exudes a cool glacier, refreshing and relaxing atmosphere which inspire the design concept based on ice blocks and glaciers. Martini Ice-Cold is a glass that takes the form, texture and translucency of a ice-cold glass, providing the refreshing feeling of enjoying a martini. The slight frosted surface of the glass highlights its contours, smooth yet organic and approachable.
In addtion, there were another 4 NUS ID students have been selected as finalists and their works are shown in below:
CENTER OF GRAVITY by Lim Ruiwen
Center of Gravity is a stemless martini glass that is thin at the lips but thick and heavy at the base. The center of mass, perfect symmetry and near flat base helps keep the glass upright. Its seemingly gravity defying stance serves to intrigue users, drawing them to approach the glass with care, heightening the sense of value.
This martini glass represents clever simplicity drawing from the ingenuity and creativity of Bombay Sapphire.
FLUX by Lim Yi Xiang
Flux is inspired by the time and sense of someone enjoying a glass of martini. Where form and function are balanced to achieve a smooth flux in mixing and drinking, the design enhances the experience of drinking a glass of Bombay Sapphire cocktail.
The form of Flux reminds us of the jigger used by the mixologist, which has become a part of him, familiar in his hands. Having two ends that allow for different proportions, the mixologist can accordingly conjure up different mixes and proportions for a wide array of tastes and experiences.
In addition, its hourglass appearance invokes an image of time. The stem feels like it is slipping and flowing between the two ends of the glass, as if time is stretched and slowed down, urging one to slow down and savour the flavour of Bombay Sapphire.
SAPPHIRE BOSTON by Dominic Poon
Inspired by the Boston cocktail shaker, indispensable in the art of cocktail making, Sapphire Boston celebrates the perfection of skill and style that is infused into every drink made with Bombay Sapphire. The form blends and contrasts the precise angularity of a cut sapphire with the utilitarian simplicity of the Boston shaker, culminating in a tall, stable martini glass that can also be used as a Boston shaker to make cocktails.
THE PERFECT MATCH by Ang Wei Quan
The Perfect Match martini cocktail glass is inspired by the perfect blend of the 10 different botanicals. The design concept is about the ideology of Yin-Yang, where disjunct or opposing forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, giving rise to each other in turn, just like how the drink is created. Yin and Yang are complementary opposites within a greater whole.
The design comes with 2 glasses, the alluring red for the lady and the sapphire blue for the gentleman, placed on the specially designed base. Both glasses complement each other and are meant to be inseparable. During a toast, the drink swirls, enveloping the opposites in the subtle aromatic flavour of the drink…the perfect match.
For the first time in Singapore, Bombay Sapphire will award a People’s Prize to the finalist that receives the most public votes. Members of the public who are 18 years or older can cast their vote online. The design that receives the most votes will be named the Singapore People’s Prize winner. All who voted for the winning design will also be entered into a prize draw. Both the People’s Prize winner and the winner of the draw will receive a Flos Glo Ball T1 table lamp designed by Jasper Morrison, worth more than $1000.
Members of the public who are 18 years or older can post their vote online from 1 August to 5 September 2009 through Facebook. View the eight final designs and cast a vote at bombaysapphiresgp@yahoo.com.sg.
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