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Chinatown Mid-Autumn

Festival 2017

In this third collaboration with Kreta
Ayer — Kim Seng Citizens’ Consultative
Committee, seven Year 1 students from
the four diploma courses in 3D Design
came together to design lanterns for the
Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival 2017.
On 23 September 2017, these beautiful
lanterns and a magnificent 12-metre tall
tree centrepiece were illuminated during
the Opening Ceremony of the Chinatown
celebrations. More than 1,000 handcrafted
LED lanterns lit up Eu Tong Sen Street,
New Bridge Road and South Bridge Road
until 19 October 2017. The designs were
inspired by Singapore’s traditional lanterns,
popular in the 1960s to 1980s, awakening
fond memories for many.

Cultural workshop

collaboration with
Sookmyung Women’s University FurnitureORIGINS 2018

In February 2018, as part of the study trip to Seoul, 25 The 5 collaboration between NAFA and King
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students from NAFA took part in a two-day design workshop Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT),
at Sookmyung Women’s University’s (Sookmyung) campus. FurnitureORIGINS 2018, explored the theme of MICRO
This workshop celebrated the diverse cultures between BIG examining the concept of designing aesthetically
the two institutions, and used them as stimuli for artistic pleasing, yet space-saving furniture. From 24 to 30
exploration and creation. Following the workshop, the September 2017, eight Year 2 and 3 students from
students hosted a mini exhibition at the Sookmyung campus. 3D Design’s Furniture and Spatial diploma course and
These activities formed part of the inaugural collaboration eight students from KMUTT’s Interior Architecture and
between NAFA and Sookmyung. Industrial Design disciplines attended a furniture workshop in
Bangkok, enabling them to gain skills in professionalism and
entrepreneurship. Between October 2017 and March 2018,
the students, mentored by lecturers from NAFA and KMUTT,
designed and fabricated the furniture. This collaboration,
with Thai manufacturers Hawaii Thai and Grandis, is part of a
host of activities under Singapore Design Week 2018.

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