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IKEA I-CREATE Diploma in Design (Interior and Exhibition)
Vania Graciella Kwee

Model + Board

4 x A2 boards
500 x 600 size model

Student Bio Project Description

Vania Kwee is an Interior and Exhibition designer with a We live in a fastpaced society where we are reliant on the

passion for personalising and converting conceptualised convenience of store bought goods, and thus traditional skills

spaces into reality. She aspires to make people’s lives easier are slowly forgotten and deemed unnecessary.

through the power of design. Gaining experience from

interning at Rooot Studio in 2019, she has an affinity for IKEA I-Create is an experiential-focused retail space that

discovering new ways of spatial interaction. In the last few brings a new take on IKEA’s current retail experience. The

years, she has participated in various events, competitions, Culinary contextual background of Grandstand combined

and was awarded first in the CSCxNAFA Design Challenge with IKEA’s core values create the concept of ‘The Bonding

(2018) live client project. Experience’, stemming from the tradition of gathering in the

kitchen, working along one another while creating memories

together, and the essence of family of IKEA.

The space is where visitors experience traditional forms of

IKEA’s roots through creating handcrafted goods together

with their friends and family, encouraging the tradition

of passing craftsmanship skills through a family bonding

experience. The objective is to provide another outlet for

family bonding through creative activities that allow them to

craft their dream home together while learning the values of

traditional creation process.

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