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