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A Collection of UseLess Ideas, an independently-curated design event will make its debut as the feature event of the Singapore Design Festival 2007 this November. Presented by DesignSingapore Council and produced by Utterubbish Pte Ltd and curated by Jackson Tan, Black Design, Utterubbish is a unique design event that presents ideas, works and exhibits by 30 leading international and local designers and creators unified in their exploration on how design can create value for individuals, society and the world, whether Social, Cultural, Emotional, Functional, Economic, Commercial or Intellectual. It fully integrates an exhibition, a conference, talks and workshops, a publication and a retail concept store to engage audiences as diverse as professional designers and design students to school students, community groups and families in presentations that dramatically highlight the role and direction design plays in creating a sustainable future. This landmark event runs from 28 November to 16 December 2007 at the historic City Hall of Singapore.
Jackson Tan, Curator and Creative Director of Utterubbish, stresses that "Many people still think of designers as only 'brand names' and that design is beyond the reach and involvement of the average individual. We want to show in a fun, witty and interactive way that everyone can understand and participate in the design process and how it can create value for ourselves, society and the world. We want to engage the audience in the design process and make design accessible to everyone. Anyone can come and look at the exhibits, interacting with designers at the conference, soaking in the experience at workshops, read design publications and even buy sustainable design products at the UseLess Shop. In my view, all this goes towards building and fostering design sensibilities and culture in Singapore."
Utterubbish is founded on the basic premise that 'less is more', Utterubbish is a witty review of recycling, redemption and recourse through design. By transmuting the original meaning of "Useless" to "Use Less", it demonstrates that what seems less sane can make more sense, less money can inspire more value, less machine means more human and less resources leads to more creativity. Over-arching themes include sustainable design and eco-design, design activism, a return to the promotion of craft and personal involvement and experience in the design process. The event also highlights how design can be intelligent, meaningful, useful and most of all, fun.
Featured designers include fashion house Maison Martin Margiela, Spanish designer Marti GuixŽ, MIT's Media Lab, Treasured Trash from Japan, an international collection of artists and designers engaged in sustainable ways to transform 'trash' into 'treasure', French photojournalists Bruno Mouron and Pascal Rostain who spent their last 20 years collecting and photographing the trash of celebrities and people from around the world and Jonathan Harris, an American web-designer who creates innovative search engines to find interesting stories and emotions from the world wide web.
Visitors to the exhibition will also get to see exciting new designs and products from international and Singaporean designers including WOHA architects, Little Red Dots and Hansel. Described collectively as The UseLess Project, these designers are responding to the challenge of creating new and original work based on Utterubbish's maxim "Less is More".
As an international design event, Utterubbish offers stimulating food for thought and extensive networking opportunities for design professionals from Singapore and the region. Not only will there be the opportunity to see cutting edge design works on exhibit, they may engage directly with local and international designers at the Utterubbish conference. The two-day conference which will be held on 29 and 30 November at Victoria Concert Hall will gather 800 design professionals and students of design to hear global design icons share their ethos, insights, process, experiences and aspirations for design. Not only will conference participants have the opportunity to engage directly with the speakers but sessions with their peers also pave the way for future design collaborations.
The talks given during the conference are intended to inform and inspire. Together with the publication which contains articles on design and its increasing impact on the world, Utterubbish will demonstrate the value of design and Singapore's role as an emerging international design capital.
Utterubbish opens on 28 November at the historical City Hall of Singapore and will run from 10am to 9 pm daily until 16 December 2007.
uselessconference
Victoria Concert Hall
29 & 30 November 2007
9 am to 6 pm
2 Days Conference Tickets
Normal $199 SGD, Students $99 SGD
uselessexhibition
4th Floor, City Hall Building
28 November - 16 December 2007
10 am to 9 pm daily
Exhibition admission by ticket
Normal $5 SGD, Concession $3 SGD
Available at the door
A Collection of UseLess Ideas, an independently-curated design event will make its debut as the feature event of the Singapore Design Festival 2007 this November. Presented by DesignSingapore Council and produced by Utterubbish Pte Ltd and curated by Jackson Tan, Black Design, Utterubbish is a unique design event that presents ideas, works and exhibits by 30 leading international and local designers and creators unified in their exploration on how design can create value for individuals, society and the world, whether Social, Cultural, Emotional, Functional, Economic, Commercial or Intellectual. It fully integrates an exhibition, a conference, talks and workshops, a publication and a retail concept store to engage audiences as diverse as professional designers and design students to school students, community groups and families in presentations that dramatically highlight the role and direction design plays in creating a sustainable future. This landmark event runs from 28 November to 16 December 2007 at the historic City Hall of Singapore.
Jackson Tan, Curator and Creative Director of Utterubbish, stresses that "Many people still think of designers as only 'brand names' and that design is beyond the reach and involvement of the average individual. We want to show in a fun, witty and interactive way that everyone can understand and participate in the design process and how it can create value for ourselves, society and the world. We want to engage the audience in the design process and make design accessible to everyone. Anyone can come and look at the exhibits, interacting with designers at the conference, soaking in the experience at workshops, read design publications and even buy sustainable design products at the UseLess Shop. In my view, all this goes towards building and fostering design sensibilities and culture in Singapore."
Utterubbish is founded on the basic premise that 'less is more', Utterubbish is a witty review of recycling, redemption and recourse through design. By transmuting the original meaning of "Useless" to "Use Less", it demonstrates that what seems less sane can make more sense, less money can inspire more value, less machine means more human and less resources leads to more creativity. Over-arching themes include sustainable design and eco-design, design activism, a return to the promotion of craft and personal involvement and experience in the design process. The event also highlights how design can be intelligent, meaningful, useful and most of all, fun.
Featured designers include fashion house Maison Martin Margiela, Spanish designer Marti GuixŽ, MIT's Media Lab, Treasured Trash from Japan, an international collection of artists and designers engaged in sustainable ways to transform 'trash' into 'treasure', French photojournalists Bruno Mouron and Pascal Rostain who spent their last 20 years collecting and photographing the trash of celebrities and people from around the world and Jonathan Harris, an American web-designer who creates innovative search engines to find interesting stories and emotions from the world wide web.
Visitors to the exhibition will also get to see exciting new designs and products from international and Singaporean designers including WOHA architects, Little Red Dots and Hansel. Described collectively as The UseLess Project, these designers are responding to the challenge of creating new and original work based on Utterubbish's maxim "Less is More".
As an international design event, Utterubbish offers stimulating food for thought and extensive networking opportunities for design professionals from Singapore and the region. Not only will there be the opportunity to see cutting edge design works on exhibit, they may engage directly with local and international designers at the Utterubbish conference. The two-day conference which will be held on 29 and 30 November at Victoria Concert Hall will gather 800 design professionals and students of design to hear global design icons share their ethos, insights, process, experiences and aspirations for design. Not only will conference participants have the opportunity to engage directly with the speakers but sessions with their peers also pave the way for future design collaborations.
The talks given during the conference are intended to inform and inspire. Together with the publication which contains articles on design and its increasing impact on the world, Utterubbish will demonstrate the value of design and Singapore's role as an emerging international design capital.
Utterubbish opens on 28 November at the historical City Hall of Singapore and will run from 10am to 9 pm daily until 16 December 2007.
uselessconference
Victoria Concert Hall
29 & 30 November 2007
9 am to 6 pm
2 Days Conference Tickets
Normal $199 SGD, Students $99 SGD
uselessexhibition
4th Floor, City Hall Building
28 November - 16 December 2007
10 am to 9 pm daily
Exhibition admission by ticket
Normal $5 SGD, Concession $3 SGD
Available at the door
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