myteeblog: December 2008

i've moved

wordpress here i come.
please update your links accordingly (:

why so serious?

this is so funny. love this.
from dark campaign - an unofficial grassroot support "the dark knight" for the academy awards.

Matt Vincent

matt vincent has got great illustrations.
spotted in december's issue of ish magazine.
love the way he sets his composition in such a dynamic photographic angles and vivid colours.
somehow his subjects always has alot of movement in them. loved a particular one (below) which was featured in the magazine. an illustration with walking ladies on street in summer with huge ice cubes frozen at the hips, titled "Fertility". lol! what punch!

President Design Awards 2008

the winners of President Design Awards 2008 was revealed on 1st December in La Salle College Singapore Airlines theatre. was a little disappointed with the results of the 3 Designers of the Year and 6 (mainly architectural and interior) Designs of Year. Results as follows:

Designer of Year:
Edmund Wee of Epigram (Visual Communications Design Category)
Wong Mun Summ & Richard Hassell of WOHA (Architectural Design Category)
Nathan Yong Air Division (Product/Industrial Design Category)

Design of Year:
19 Jalan Elok
BBH Office in Warehouse
Eubiq Power Outlet System
Lasalle College of the Arts
National Museum of Singapore
Naumi, Singapore
New Majestic Front Lawn

wasnt exactly excited over the listed winners. i guess the Designs of the Year are no doubt fabulous architectural pieces (you should google them), maybe I had more affinity to VisComm nominees and was more disappointed with the Designer of the Year. I was actually hoping to see big names that I encountered during my one-month stint in DesignSingapore Council; designers like Chris Lee of Asylum (under VisComm category), Ashley Isham (under Fashion design category) are some really worthy names that make Singapore design known to the world. sadly maybe the jury panel failed to notice their efforts in this year's cut.

and here are few personal photos taken outside of the award ceremony:

the trophy award

exhibition area

100 X STRUT

A local psuedo-project runway-ish (non-telecasted) show coming on..

Quoted from the 100 X STRUT website:

"The 100 X series is *scape’s annual visual feast of 100 items transformed into artworks by talented young artists - with a twist: the 100 items must be created and auctioned off for a special cause.

Last year, *scape and a team from NTU brought together 100 visual artists to paint on 100 Chairs, raising a total of S$8000 for Singapore Children's Society.

This year the 100 X series takes on the form of 100 outfits created by 50 young fashion designers. The outfits will be auctioned off in support of the Dove Self Esteem Fund and *scape. "

Fashion items ranged from amateurs to hot local designers will be showcased on 3 different shows:
6 Dec Bugis Junction
13-14 Dec Heeren
20 Dec *scape Youth Park

Check out if you have the time!