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From Peranakan tiles to smart lighting, and furniture to toys - Singapore Design Week has an extensive line-up of fringe events for homeowners as well as those seeking inspiration for their homes. You might walk away with a one-of-a-kind design or simply a head full of ideas. Mark your calenders!
This client wanted colorful, but she also wanted to keep the walls plain white. So we made use of bright accessories and furniture. We got a lively rug, pouf, shelf, cabinet and accessories that were bright, but also had that vintage feel to it. Lastly we painted new dining chairs and picture frames to fit the right color scheme. And we are very thrilled about the result: a great, quirky, colorful family home.
FurnitureORIGINS 2016 – Furniture Exhibition
1 to 27 Mar, 11am to 7pm, at NAFA Lim Hak Tai Gallery (80 Bencoolen Street)
Admission: Free
Looking for the next big, local furniture designer at Singapore Design Week? This exhibition will present the collaboration - which was focused on developing skills in design professionalism and entrepreneurship -between furniture design students from Singapore and Thailand, as well as Thai manufacturers.
Tune Your Light
1 Jan to 31 Mar, 9am to 6pm, at Singapore G Building (25 Tagore Lane)
Admission: Free through online registration
Discover the future of smart lighting, which focuses on the progressive development of lighting technology. Understand the importance and benefits of having the ability to synchronise artificial and natural light.
(image: Miaja Gallery)
Miaja Gallery Design Fair
7 to 13 Mar, 10am to 6pm, at Miaja Gallery (190 Bukit Timah Road)
Admission: Free
Miaja Gallery Design Fair is a platform for up-and-coming international designers to showcase their work from art, fashion, decoration, to home design. A brilliant opportunity for design-lovers to discover and buy unique and original design pieces!
Singapore Design Discovery Tour
8 to 20 Mar, at Lobby of New Majestic Hotel in Chinatown and Wanderlust in Little India, and nearby places of design and architectural significance
Admission: Free
This is something you can do at your own time. Bring a smart phone and explore New Majestic Hotel and Wanderlust hotel for inspiration! You’ll discover secret web pages that reveal intimate stories of the hotels. Participants have a chance to win a staycation at both hotels.
Tour with the Curator
9 Mar, 3.30 to 4.30pm, at MINT Museum of Toys (26 Seah Street)
Admission: $15 adults, $7.50 child and senior citizens
Calling all toy collectors and enthusiasts! Explore four thematic levels of MINT Museum of Toys with the museum’s docent/curator. Walk through decades of toy design and artwork, and understand how toys reflect the cultural period of the time.
The Art of Interior Design
10 Mar, 4 to 5pm, at Miaja Gallery (190 Bukit Timah Road)
Admission: Free
Isabelle Maja, founder and creative force of Miaja Design Group, will share insights on her international experience of interior design. She will explain how she treats design as art, and how central art is to Miaja Design Groups philosophy as well as her signature projects.
(image: The Tembusu diningware available at Supermama)
Supermama Trunk Show
11 Mar, 7 to 11pm, at 265 Beach Road
Admission: Free
This is a physical and digital platform to connect designers to makers and the market. Be the first to see new designs by local label Supermama, at Singapore Design Week 2016!
Peranakan Design - Past, Present & Future
12 March, 2 to 3.30pm, at Rumah Choo Kueh Chang (111 East Coast Road, Katong)
Admission: $15
Love Peranakan tiles? Take one step further and get to know more about the culture, at this event organised by Jennifer Lim Design. Motifs in Peranakan culture will be explained through a vintage collection of batik sarongs and embroidered kebaya blouses, Peranakan tiles and their multicultural roots.