Check Out The Holland V Design District During Singapore Design Week
District Design Dialogue Holland Village opens the world of local creatives to the public at Chip Bee Gardens
At Chip Bee Gardens, the terrace houses are done up as shophouses or living spaces.
House of say hi_to is a gallery of homegrown designers and artists such as Dawn Ng, Olivia Lee, Studio Juju and HJGHER, curated by Parisian creative consultancy say hi_to. Different rooms of the terrace house will sport different creative themes, demonstrating ideas that shape Singapore’s creative landscape. There will also be a retail space and a space for workshops on topics such as digital marketing and brand-building.
House of say hi_to is a gallery of homegrown designers and artists such as Dawn Ng, Olivia Lee, Studio Juju and HJGHER, curated by Parisian creative consultancy say hi_to. Different rooms of the terrace house will sport different creative themes, demonstrating ideas that shape Singapore’s creative landscape. There will also be a retail space and a space for workshops on topics such as digital marketing and brand-building.
House of Eyeyah is a colourful, graphic space curated by Steve Lawler and Tanya Wilson to launch the publication Eyeyah!, which is designed to raise awareness of the dangers of the internet. Featuring images from over 30 international artists, it’s an interactive, child-friendly experience.
The Stage is the ‘name’ of one of the terrace houses, as it’s been set aside as a sonic space, where homegrown musicians and artists can perform in an intimate setting. Performers include Adia Tay, Glen Wee, Weish, Abby Simone, Intriguant, and DJ Zig Zach will curate a music line-up over the weekends of March 10-11 and 17-18. The Stage also features sound art installations by Axel Serik and Ritz/Yang, digital art shows, and DJ workshops by POP Studio DJ.
The Stage is the ‘name’ of one of the terrace houses, as it’s been set aside as a sonic space, where homegrown musicians and artists can perform in an intimate setting. Performers include Adia Tay, Glen Wee, Weish, Abby Simone, Intriguant, and DJ Zig Zach will curate a music line-up over the weekends of March 10-11 and 17-18. The Stage also features sound art installations by Axel Serik and Ritz/Yang, digital art shows, and DJ workshops by POP Studio DJ.
The Library is a house of prose, print and design, featuring homegrown literary collective Sing Lit Station as writers-in-residence. A pop-up bookshop by Basheer Graphic Books will offer a selection of design and art books. The rooms in The Library will host dialogues with creatives such as Steve Lawler, Jonathan Fong of Sole Superior, food anthropologist Brunch Bandits, and contemporary artist Samantha Lo aka SKLO.
The Playground, as its name states, is a space for play – kids learn through experiential play through interactive installations and workshops.
Saturday Kids are holding a series of pre-registered activities such as coding camps and invention workshops for children (pictured here is the Build Your Own Robot workshop).
Saturday Kids are holding a series of pre-registered activities such as coding camps and invention workshops for children (pictured here is the Build Your Own Robot workshop).
The Common Bench is also leading a ‘guerilla’ carpentry workshop (above), Inez Designs is leading colouring and embroidery workshops, and Art@Home will teach slime making for parents and kids at The Playground.
The Runway is a fashion-themed house – with retail!– that features homegrown labels such as Heads of State Millinery, menswear brand biro, womenswear brand Waiyang, and accessories labels Omitir Concepts, Hang With Dora and Just Gaya’s.
The Runway also features fashion installations, craft-making workshops and a behind-the-scenes look at the hat-maker’s working atelier.
The Runway also features fashion installations, craft-making workshops and a behind-the-scenes look at the hat-maker’s working atelier.
The Kitchen is a terrace house where food, culinary design and varied palates are celebrated through pop-up private dinners, food-themed workshops and retail food vendors. Large scale wall-art paintings by contemporary visual artist, Danielle Tay (above) add colour to this space.
The Kitchen also offers local produce from Kabuke, Spatula & Whisk, Demochoco, Batu Lesung Spice Co., on festival weekends (March 10-11 and 17-18).
Visitors can participate in pre-registered workshops on tea
appreciation, cookie and wine tastings, chocolate and whiskey
pairings, and drinks mixology.
The Kitchen also offers local produce from Kabuke, Spatula & Whisk, Demochoco, Batu Lesung Spice Co., on festival weekends (March 10-11 and 17-18).
Visitors can participate in pre-registered workshops on tea
appreciation, cookie and wine tastings, chocolate and whiskey
pairings, and drinks mixology.
The Lounge is a house focused on quality living through wellness activities and lifestyle design wares from homegrown brands such as natural cleaning brand The Gentle Label, artisanal aromatherapy Mmerci Encore, ves. Ceramics (above),
botanical fragrance atelier Candles of Light, fitness wear Kydra and more.
Skip the kick-boxing and unleash
your frustrations through a spot of anger therapy in Fragment
Room’s pop-up Rage room inside The Lounge.
botanical fragrance atelier Candles of Light, fitness wear Kydra and more.
Skip the kick-boxing and unleash
your frustrations through a spot of anger therapy in Fragment
Room’s pop-up Rage room inside The Lounge.
Liz B workshop is at The Lounge
District Design Dialogue Holland Village is organised by creative agency HJGHER, lifestyle
consultancy Est., and media network Underscore.
District Design Dialogue Holland Village is organised by creative agency HJGHER, lifestyle
consultancy Est., and media network Underscore.
What is it? It’s a collaboration of local creative businesses spanning fashion, food, music, craft, art, product and lifestyle design, held in the bohemian enclave of Holland Village, particularly Chip Bee Gardens. The iconic black and white terrace houses will be taken over by design brands such as Grafunkt and Snug Lifestyle, and open to the public from March 10 to 18.
Around Holland Village, streets, too, will be abuzz with creative energy from the food and lifestyle shops that are participating in this neighbourhood festival as they host open studios, special promotions and exhibitions.