Singapore showcases local talent at the world's biggest design fair in Milan - The Straits Times

SINGAPORE – Seven local studios showed ground-breaking designs at the world’s biggest design fair, Milan Design Week, which ends on Sunday.

In the group section from Singapore, six brands took part in DesignSingapore Council’s (DSG) Future Impact exhibition: Forest & Whale, Gabriel Tan, Nathan Yong, Studio Juju, Tiffany Loy and Viewport Studio.

Solo exhibitor Karyn Lim headlined her own show called So Plast!c – which featured home decor accessories made from recycled plastics – at SaloneSatellite, dedicated to designers under the age of 35.

The 61st edition of the week-long trade fair saw more than 2,300 design companies at the Rho Fiera fairgrounds in Milan, located just outside the city centre, and spread over about 210,000 sq m.

Milan Design Week is part of a cluster of events that includes the Salone del Mobile.Milano furniture fair; SaloneSatellite, a component of the Salone del Mobile.Milano that celebrates young talent; and Fuorisalone, which refers to events outside the fair, hosted in hundreds of venues across the Italian city.

Every year, about 370,000 attendees from 188 countries use the global platform to introduce thousands of innovative products.

The Future Impact exhibition, which is part of the Fuorisalone component of the fair, is co-curated by global design thought leader and consultant, Mr Tony Chambers, and Milan-based author and curator Maria Cristina Didero. It carves a niche for Singapore as a place where sustainable design solutions help to shape a brighter future.

Ms Dawn Lim, DSG’s executive director, says the six designers taking part in Future Impact show how Singapore design can contribute positively towards issues such as sustainability, the evolution of craft and the role of technology in design.

DSG is a subsidiary of the Economic Development Board and is Singapore’s national agency for design.

“Singapore is known as a futuristic and visionary city,” she adds. “Our design therefore has its own creative slant – innovative, transformative and impactful to make lives, cities and the world better by design.”

One of the Future Impact exhibits is Forest & Whale’s interactive wall poster called Wallflower, which transforms seeds into art. It is composed of multicoloured tesserae or tiles, embedded with seeds which can be torn off and planted.

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