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Vote for Singapore's Favourite Future Interior Designer
It's that time of the year when design students vie for the Young Designer Award – here's how you can support them
HouzzSG
6 October 2017
Organised by Design Intervention, and supported by DesignSingapore Council, the Young Designer Award is a contest for students currently enrolled in a full-time design related course in Singapore. This year, the challenge was to design an apartment in Tanglin/Holland Village for a couple aged 30 to 35 with two children who are four/five and seven years old. The most popular student’s design will count as Houzz’s Choice towards determining the final winner, along with the decisions of the other judges.
Select Houzz’s Choice by voting for your favourite entry from this shortlist of 10 best submissions assessed by Design Intervention’s founders Nikki Hunt and Andrea Savage. Find out more about each entry and how to vote here. Voting closes at 5pm on 12 October 2017.
Select Houzz’s Choice by voting for your favourite entry from this shortlist of 10 best submissions assessed by Design Intervention’s founders Nikki Hunt and Andrea Savage. Find out more about each entry and how to vote here. Voting closes at 5pm on 12 October 2017.
Finalist: Lee Seung Ju
School: Temasek Polytechnic School of Design
Concept: Mellow Yellow
Style: Modern rustic
“Yellow evokes feelings of positivity, enlightenment and clarity. I wanted the space to be bright and uplifting, making it suitable for a family. Yellow is a colour that influences perceptions of a person such as overall health and eating habits but too much of it will be slightly irritable to the eye. Thus, I decided to integrate other colours which synergise well with the colour yellow such as turquoise, green, brown and black … I also played around with different textures such as plants, brick walls and natural wood finishing. All these elements have different unique characteristics which affect the users experience positively.”
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School: Temasek Polytechnic School of Design
Concept: Mellow Yellow
Style: Modern rustic
“Yellow evokes feelings of positivity, enlightenment and clarity. I wanted the space to be bright and uplifting, making it suitable for a family. Yellow is a colour that influences perceptions of a person such as overall health and eating habits but too much of it will be slightly irritable to the eye. Thus, I decided to integrate other colours which synergise well with the colour yellow such as turquoise, green, brown and black … I also played around with different textures such as plants, brick walls and natural wood finishing. All these elements have different unique characteristics which affect the users experience positively.”
Vote for Lee Seung Ju
Finalist: Siow Meng Fei
School: Raffles College of Higher Education
Concept: Bonding
Style: Contemporary Vintage
“The design that I am proposing is utilising a ‘Contemporary Vintage Style’ that fosters a feeling of closeness among its users. To start it off, most of the spaces are designed for people to socialise in, bonding both friends and family. The design will afford the couple and their kids every opportunity to welcome guests, friends and family over.”
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School: Raffles College of Higher Education
Concept: Bonding
Style: Contemporary Vintage
“The design that I am proposing is utilising a ‘Contemporary Vintage Style’ that fosters a feeling of closeness among its users. To start it off, most of the spaces are designed for people to socialise in, bonding both friends and family. The design will afford the couple and their kids every opportunity to welcome guests, friends and family over.”
Vote for Siow Meng Fei
Finalist: Simon Tan
School: Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Concept: Zen Modernism
Style: Modern
“The house adapts Zen design concepts with a modern twist. Greatly inspired by Chinese interior design style, which is known to bring out self-control and meditation in the design, I then translated these into a sleek and elegant setting. The use of simple furniture and clean forms to help clear the mind of distractions produces a more inwardly-focused atmosphere. Wood is used as the main material and counterbalances with the white walls, bringing harmony to the space.”
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School: Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Concept: Zen Modernism
Style: Modern
“The house adapts Zen design concepts with a modern twist. Greatly inspired by Chinese interior design style, which is known to bring out self-control and meditation in the design, I then translated these into a sleek and elegant setting. The use of simple furniture and clean forms to help clear the mind of distractions produces a more inwardly-focused atmosphere. Wood is used as the main material and counterbalances with the white walls, bringing harmony to the space.”
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Finalist: Sharlene Sow
School: Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Concept: Minimalist with a taste for a different kind of rustic
Style: Scandinavian
“The design theme I’ve adopted in the home is a sleek yet playful modern home. The design is largely inspired by a Scandinavian house. The elements in the house are varied and dynamic, creating an energetic home that meshes a variety of different features together to create a home that is snug as well as chic.”
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School: Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Concept: Minimalist with a taste for a different kind of rustic
Style: Scandinavian
“The design theme I’ve adopted in the home is a sleek yet playful modern home. The design is largely inspired by a Scandinavian house. The elements in the house are varied and dynamic, creating an energetic home that meshes a variety of different features together to create a home that is snug as well as chic.”
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Finalist: Ngo Junyi
School: Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Read more for a room-by-room breakdown of the concept
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School: Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Read more for a room-by-room breakdown of the concept
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Finalist: Neo Hanru
School: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)
Concept: Modern simplicity
Style: Modern
“To create a simple and comfortable environment for the client I decided to go modern. Wood is the main material with a combination of black and gold marble to create a luxurious atmosphere. Fabrics are also used to soften the hardness of the wood and marble. Orange fabric is use to enhance the minimal colours used in the space. All areas and spaces are designed with minimal furniture to create the simple and comfortable environment that I wished for the client to live in.”
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School: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)
Concept: Modern simplicity
Style: Modern
“To create a simple and comfortable environment for the client I decided to go modern. Wood is the main material with a combination of black and gold marble to create a luxurious atmosphere. Fabrics are also used to soften the hardness of the wood and marble. Orange fabric is use to enhance the minimal colours used in the space. All areas and spaces are designed with minimal furniture to create the simple and comfortable environment that I wished for the client to live in.”
Vote for Neo Hanru
Finalist: Dylan Tan
School: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)
Concept: Close to nature
Style: Contemporary
“The concept ‘Close to nature’ is derived from my strong belief that every happy family’s relationship starts when the children are in their early childhood stage. My design concept is a functional space which encourages family interaction. The definition of a family ritual is doing an activity that connects us humans together. My goal is to build strong family relationships through my design space.”
Vote for Dylan Tan
School: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)
Concept: Close to nature
Style: Contemporary
“The concept ‘Close to nature’ is derived from my strong belief that every happy family’s relationship starts when the children are in their early childhood stage. My design concept is a functional space which encourages family interaction. The definition of a family ritual is doing an activity that connects us humans together. My goal is to build strong family relationships through my design space.”
Vote for Dylan Tan
Finalist: Charmille Grace Velarde
School: Raffles College of Higher Education
Concept: A modern interpretation of the movie Dinner at Eight
Style: Art deco
“Originally proclaimed as “the most glamorous production of all time”, Dinner at Eight is a movie that stands as the catalyst for the design of the condominium unit.
Dinner at Eight can also be used to represent the everyday hustle and bustle of Singapore life. Families spend their days out and about running their own activities, completing errands and working. Dinnertime is when families reunite and gather together at home to enjoy each other’s company. So, this condominium unit aims to act as an idyllic place that one can look forward to coming back to at the of a long day – a time for gathering with family.
Dinner at Eight also stands for setting the condominium as a hotspot for parties amongst the family and their friends. The luxurious themes epitomise the movie’s central theme of dinner parties and extravagance. This all help to create an enjoyable scene for personal social functions by utilising the condo’s spacious setting.”
Vote for Charmille Grace Velarde
School: Raffles College of Higher Education
Concept: A modern interpretation of the movie Dinner at Eight
Style: Art deco
“Originally proclaimed as “the most glamorous production of all time”, Dinner at Eight is a movie that stands as the catalyst for the design of the condominium unit.
Dinner at Eight can also be used to represent the everyday hustle and bustle of Singapore life. Families spend their days out and about running their own activities, completing errands and working. Dinnertime is when families reunite and gather together at home to enjoy each other’s company. So, this condominium unit aims to act as an idyllic place that one can look forward to coming back to at the of a long day – a time for gathering with family.
Dinner at Eight also stands for setting the condominium as a hotspot for parties amongst the family and their friends. The luxurious themes epitomise the movie’s central theme of dinner parties and extravagance. This all help to create an enjoyable scene for personal social functions by utilising the condo’s spacious setting.”
Vote for Charmille Grace Velarde
Finalist: Chan Tsun
School: Temasek Polytechnic
Concept: Warmth
Style: Contemporary
“The concept of my design is derived from the word ‘warmth’. Warmth is defined as a sense of affection and friendliness. I wanted to create a warm space which the clients can come home to; a space that is a little haven to rest their mind and body from the day’s work and spend time with their loved ones. Rich colour tones with natural materials bring warmth and highlights to the dramatic rooms. The spaces were furnished with a fusion of local and international furnishing brands along with custom-designed furniture. Varying neutral tones, always using natural timber as the constant element, feature in the different rooms. The custom-made furniture were created to stand alongside the woven rugs, eccentric objects, and iconic lamps to harmonise and create a sense of individuality for each room. The strong connection between the spaces is seen in the continuity of materials used throughout the house.”
Vote for Chan Tsun
School: Temasek Polytechnic
Concept: Warmth
Style: Contemporary
“The concept of my design is derived from the word ‘warmth’. Warmth is defined as a sense of affection and friendliness. I wanted to create a warm space which the clients can come home to; a space that is a little haven to rest their mind and body from the day’s work and spend time with their loved ones. Rich colour tones with natural materials bring warmth and highlights to the dramatic rooms. The spaces were furnished with a fusion of local and international furnishing brands along with custom-designed furniture. Varying neutral tones, always using natural timber as the constant element, feature in the different rooms. The custom-made furniture were created to stand alongside the woven rugs, eccentric objects, and iconic lamps to harmonise and create a sense of individuality for each room. The strong connection between the spaces is seen in the continuity of materials used throughout the house.”
Vote for Chan Tsun
Finalist: Aaron Yuri
School: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)
Concept: 平和で (At Peace)
Style: Contemporary oriental
“平和で - At Peace, is designed on the basis that in this hectic and fast-paced digital era, the place you call home is your only escape and safe house. The space draws inspiration from nature, both in terms of the materials used and also in the introduction of plants and aquatic life. This design aims to cut out all distractions from the outside world and focus on encouraging interaction between family members. Carefully considered zones placed within the home for interaction and bonding possibilities aid in the development and growth of the children. The two kids aged four and seven, are at the age where children are very curious about their surroundings. The use of natural materials like raw wood, not only creates a warm and cosy environment, it also provides opportunities for the kids to explore different textures and scent. Moreover, as wood ages with time, the textures will be constantly evolving. This creates an ever changing space that still feels familiar. I have introduced various bodies of water in the space, ranging from a shallow ‘water mirror’ at the entrance area, to a koi pond in the dining room. These serve to bring the users one step closer to attaining peace.”
Vote for Aaron Yuri
School: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)
Concept: 平和で (At Peace)
Style: Contemporary oriental
“平和で - At Peace, is designed on the basis that in this hectic and fast-paced digital era, the place you call home is your only escape and safe house. The space draws inspiration from nature, both in terms of the materials used and also in the introduction of plants and aquatic life. This design aims to cut out all distractions from the outside world and focus on encouraging interaction between family members. Carefully considered zones placed within the home for interaction and bonding possibilities aid in the development and growth of the children. The two kids aged four and seven, are at the age where children are very curious about their surroundings. The use of natural materials like raw wood, not only creates a warm and cosy environment, it also provides opportunities for the kids to explore different textures and scent. Moreover, as wood ages with time, the textures will be constantly evolving. This creates an ever changing space that still feels familiar. I have introduced various bodies of water in the space, ranging from a shallow ‘water mirror’ at the entrance area, to a koi pond in the dining room. These serve to bring the users one step closer to attaining peace.”
Vote for Aaron Yuri
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