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PEOPLE OF DESIGN SHOWCASE SERIES

During Singapore Design Week 2024, ten showcases presented across the Bras Basah.Bugis Design District will creatively examine the rituals of daily life through the lens of design. Challenging the mundane, each showcase delves into a specific activity such as READ, EAT, SHOP, HEAL, SLEEP, COMMUTE, PLANT, DISPLAY, MAKE and DESIGN. Through new works and collaborative projects, visitors will discover imaginative design possibilities shaped to offer fresh perspectives on the world around us, inspiring new ways of thinking, seeing, and experiencing daily life.

The People of Design showcases are led by Hans Tan, together with a team of designer-curators from Atelier Fang, Atelier HOKO, Forest & Whale, gideon-jamie, J.A.B.O.C (Just A Band of Creatives), brief , Studio Juju and Yishun Health.

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Join us on Friday, 27th September, at BBB Design District for Friday Late events during Singapore Design Week with an exciting program line-up that invites you to explore the world of sleep through VR, entice your palate with food design performances, contemplate imperfection at a silent book auction, and engage with AI in interactive workshops to envision the future of design. With intriguing finds extending all the way to Bugis Street, check out the full list of programs highlighted below. As you explore the district's activities, be sure to stop by the National Design Centre for food and drinks!

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  • 1READ

    • READ: BOOK?

      Exhibition

      26 Sep – 6 Oct, 10 am – 9 pm

      National Library Building

      READ presents Atelier HOKO's interrogation of the physical book through an immersive exhibition at the National Library. ...Read more

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      What’s Wrong with Well Worn?

      Auction (free admission)

      27 Sep, 6 pm – 8.30 pm

      National Library Building

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  • 2EAT

    • EAT: Transformative Seeds

      Exhibition and Workshop

      26 Sep – 10 Oct, 9 am – 9 pm

      National Design Centre

      EAT explores food design by investigating seeds through culinary transformations and material innovations. ...Read more

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      Designers’ Live Tour: Interactive Experiences and Tastings

      Live Demonstration (free admission)

      27 Sep, 6.30 pm – 10.30 pm

      National Design Centre

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    • Special Menu with Tipo

      Presentation (special menu)

      26 Sep – 6 Oct, 11 am – 10 pm

      Tipo Pasta Bar

      EAT explores food design by investigating seeds through culinary transformations and material innovations. ...Read more

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  • 3SHOP

    • A Shopping Experience

      Exhibition

      26 Sep – 6 Oct, 10 am – 10 pm

      Bugis Street

      SHOP explores the intricate dynamics of how shops, shopping, and shoppers are intertwined with design. ...Read more

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      Friday Shopping! at Bugis Street

      Giveaway (open event)

      27 Sep, 7 pm – 9 pm

      Bugis Street

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    • The Everyday Shop

      Exhibition and Shop

      26 Sep – 6 Oct, 10 am – 10 pm

      Bugis+

      SHOP explores the intricate dynamics of how shops, shopping, and shoppers are intertwined with design. ...Read more

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    • How Do We Shop?

      Exhibition

      26 Sep – 6 Oct, 10 am – 10 pm

      Bugis+

      SHOP explores the intricate dynamics of how shops, shopping, and shoppers are intertwined with design. ...Read more

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      Friday Shopping! at Bugis+

      Tour (open event)

      27 Sep, 7 pm – 9 pm

      Bugis+

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  • 4HEAL

    • HEAL: Repair+

      Exhibition

      26 Sep – 6 Oct, 10 am – 10 pm

      42 Waterloo

      HEAL explores mending emotional memories through restorative design in a curation of transformed broken objects. ...Read more

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      Re: Repair

      Talk (free with registration)

      27 Sep

      Panel discussion 1: 7.30 pm – 8pm

      Panel discussion 2: 9 pm – 9.30 pm

      42 Waterloo

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  • 5SLEEP

    • SLEEP: DIVING IN

      Tour (ticketed)

      26 Sep – 6 Oct, specific timeslots

      Naumi Hotel Singapore

      SLEEP: DIVING IN explores the elements of ideal sleep hygiene rituals that could overcome primary insomnia. ...Read more

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      SLEEP: DIVING IN (extended hours)

      Tour (free with registration)

      27 Sep, specific timeslots

      Naumi Hotel Singapore

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    • SLEEP: LESS

      Exhibition (free with registration)

      26 Sep – 6 Oct, specific timeslots

      Naumi Hotel Singapore

      SLEEP: LESS is a VR experience exploring five sleep stories of individuals with different relationships to sleep. ...Read more

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      SLEEP: LESS (extended hours)

      VR Experience (free with registration)

      27 Sep, specific timeslots

      Naumi Hotel Singapore

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  • 6COMMUTE

    • COMMUTE

      Exhibition

      26 Sep – 6 Oct, 11 am – 9 pm

      Bencoolen MRT Station

      COMMUTE unveils your MRT personality at Bencoolen Station with "My Riding Tribe" through a design research adventure. ...Read more

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      Ethnography of Commuter Behaviours: An Insight into Creating the Tribe

      Tour (open event)

      27 Sep, 6 – 10 pm

      Bencoolen MRT Station

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  • 7PLANT

    • PLANT

      Exhibition

      26 Sep – 6 Oct, 10 am – 9 pm

      National Library Building

      PLANT reimagines household planters that twist traditional concepts of use and appreciation. ...Read more

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  • 8DISPLAY

    • DISPLAY

      Exhibition

      26 Sep – 6 Oct, 10 am – 9 pm

      National Library Building

      DISPLAY presents experimental creations by Studio Juju that explore the idea of DISPLAY, both as an object and a system. ...Read more

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  • 9MAKE

    • MAKE: Me(n)tal

      Exhibition

      26 Sep – 6 Oct, 10 am – 7 pm

      NAFA Fashion Gallery

      MAKE discovers metal's potential as creatives transform scraps into treasures that celebrate its innate qualities. ...Read more

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      Make a metal rose with Baremetal Co.

      Workshop

      27 Sep, 8 – 10 pm

      NAFA Fashion Gallery

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  • 10DESIGN

    • DESIGN

      Exhibition

      26 Sep – 10 Nov, 9 am – 9 pm

      National Design Centre

      DESIGN showcases innovative works by everyday people, empowered by the transformative power of design. ...Read more

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      Learn Creative Methods with Gen AI and Envision Your Future Autonomous Vehicle

      Workshop

      27 Sep

      1st session: 7.30 pm – 8.15 pm

      2nd session: 8.30 pm – 9.15 pm

      National Design Centre

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READ: BOOK?

with Atelier HOKO

Exhibition

26 Sep – 6 Oct, 10 am – 9 pm

National Library Building

READ examines the intimacy and relationships between human beings and books through a first-person experience of observations through the context of reading.

“What does it mean to read a book?” As physical books continue to matter less and less in our everyday, what are we losing? Are we less aware of things, textures and space? Do we become oblivious to light hues and tonalities? Are we unable to keep our hands in a fixed position for long periods of time, of which it is not tedium that defines the duration but the gentle interaction with a book’s physical materiality…

In today's era of artificial intelligence, we find ourselves once again questioning our own humanity. Amidst this uncertainty, Atelier HOKO has chosen the book as both subject and context to explore and interrogate the intrinsic human behaviours associated with reading. It raises the discussion of how the humble book will continue to resist the digitisation of our reading experience, not out of nostalgia or resistance to change, but as a necessity to understand what reading truly means.

This showcase is developed from the 16th edition of Atelier HOKO’s research publication series “Science of the Secondary”, where the subject of “BOOK” is thoroughly interrogated through a sense-based process of inquiry.

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READ is presented at the National Library Building in partnership with the National Library Board, co-organised by Atelier HOKO and Hans Tan Studio.
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