Local Talent Play with Danish Modular Furniture Design

A Danish furniture label is giving local architects and designers the opportunity to sell to an international audience

Chiquit Brammall 25 January 2019

Design journalist and freelance editor. Dollhouse architect. Serial renter.

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‘Freeplay - vol.1’ is a collaborative project between Danish furniture label Montana, Singapore retailer P5 Studio and eight local design and architectural practices using the Danish brand’s modular system. The eight designs lead the brand’s Singapore collection, and are for sale at P5 Studio.

To celebrate the launch of the collection, one of these eight designs, Totem by Wynk Collaborative, was announced as the winning representative in a face-off with designs from Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, the Philippines and Australia at Denmark’s 3daysofdesign festival in 2020. The winning regional design will also be a part of Montana’s international collection.

Local Architects and Designers Play with Furniture Design

Product: Totem
What it is: An occasional cabinet that can be used as an organiser, stand-up vanity cabinet or reading shelf
Designer: Design studio Wynk Collaborative’s principals Leong Hon Kit and Si Jianxin (below).

This is the first time that Wynk Collaborative has tried their hand at designing furniture for a retail market, and they hit it on the head by winning the honour to represent Singapore.

Product photography and Art Direction by Studio Periphery; photographs courtesy of P5 Studio

Asked how they found this experience compared to designing built-in and bespoke pieces for their interior projects, Leong and Si said: “It was uncomplicated as Montana components are thoughtfully detailed. All we needed to do was to put them together in a meaningful manner.”

Product: The Transformer
What it is: A diaper changing station that transforms into a child-sized desk, then a full-sized desk and a standing dresser or mini bar as the user moves from infancy to adulthood
Designer: Wong Kerhow, Lim Jing Feng and Quck Zhong Yi (above) of multi-disciplinary design firm Asolidplan

Product: Flow:Flyde 126
What it is: A wine, display or magazine rack made of the smallest Montana modules (measuring 126 by 126 millimetres) stacked in a free-flowing topographical form
Designer: Architectural collective SM(ALL)’s Yong Sy Lyng and Lee May Anne (above)

Product: Vice
What it is: A mobile bar – it has drawers, trays and compartments – with an attached bench, it is designed to be re-configurable
Designer: Dennis Cheok (above) of collaborative spatial design practice Upstairs_

Product: Commune
What it is: Stackable, modular shelving with a colour-blocked aesthetic
Designer: Archetype Studio (below) led by architects Darren Yio and Simon Chiang

Product: Imaginarium
What it is: Designed for children aged two to six, it is a mobile play-and-create station
Designer: Interior design firm The Carpenter’s Workshop‘s Victor Ting and Fang Sing Er (below)

Product: Interlock
What it is: A side table and/or drawer module inspired by the iconic Pearl Bank Apartments
Designer: Architect and heritage advocate Jonathan Poh (below) of interdisciplinary design practice Provolk