Raffles Design Institute Student Wins Young Designer Award 2019
Gordon Tran Hieu Nguyen's won the 2019 competition for Singapore's next generation of interior designers
Raffles Design Institute (College of Higher Education) student Gordon Tran Hieu Nguyen bested fellow design students from his school, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), National University of Singapore (NUS), Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic to win the Young Designer Award 2019.
Last year’s runner-up Gareth Seah from NUS, won the AkzoNobel Colour Choice Award again this year, while Tan Kae Ming from Nanyang Polytechnic was the most popular finalist, winning the online vote via the Houzz Voters’ Choice Award.
Founded in 2015 by Singapore design firm Design Intervention to inspire and cultivate residential design among Singapore-based interior design students, the Young Designer Award is endorsed by the Singapore Design Council.
Last year’s runner-up Gareth Seah from NUS, won the AkzoNobel Colour Choice Award again this year, while Tan Kae Ming from Nanyang Polytechnic was the most popular finalist, winning the online vote via the Houzz Voters’ Choice Award.
Founded in 2015 by Singapore design firm Design Intervention to inspire and cultivate residential design among Singapore-based interior design students, the Young Designer Award is endorsed by the Singapore Design Council.
Gareth Seah, winner of the AkzoNobel Colour Choice Award (third from left), Tan Kae Ming Houzz Voters’ Choice Award winner (fourth from left) and Young Designer Award winner Gordon Tran Hieu Nguyen (fifth from left) were joined on stage by the other finalists of the annual student competition.
Gordon Tran Hieu Nguyen (kneeling) celebrated his win with his lecturers and classmates from Raffles Design Institute (College of Higher Education).
Nguyen’s winning entry was a nature-inspired, accessible design with a minimalist touch.
Design Intervention’s Nikki Hunt (left) and Andrea Savage (right) flanked Houzz Voters’ Choice Award winner Tan Kae Ming (second from right) and his lecturers from Nanyang Polytechnic.
Tan’s family-centric design boasts natural elements and a moody palette.
A dark, sophisticated palette by Gareth Seah won him the AkzoNobel Colour Choice Award.
AkzoNobel’s Angela Tan gave a workshop on colour and paint to design students as part of the awards night.
From left: AkzoNobel’s Oscar Wezenbeek and Angela Tan, Design Intervention’s founder Nikki Hunt, Riaz Mehta of Imagine Group, producer of The Apartment TV, and Design Intervention co-CEO Andrea Savage.
The finalists’ designs were on exhibit during the awards night.
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