Singapore is the latest stop for Inventioneering Architecture, a traveling exhibition which has traversed the globe from San Franciso to Sharjah to Shanghai. Organised by the Swiss House Singapore, this exhibition showcases Swiss architecture and is here as part of the Singapore Design Festival.

The exhibition is held on a 40-metre-long green platform that was specially designed and built by professors and students of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) and Lausanne (EPFL) and the University of Lugano (USI) to represent a cross-section of the Swiss Alps. Apart from the impressive platform, it also presents videos, books, as well as models of realised and unrealised projects made by Swiss architects and architecture students. Some of the featured firms are Studio Peter Zumthor, Studio Adrian Meyer, Studio Christian Kerez and Studio Valerio Olgiati.

The choice of location for this architecture exhibition is interesting; holding it in the middle of a gargantuan shopping mall certainly helps to reach out to a wider audience but when I was there, children were running all over and manhandling the delicate building models. I am not sure if the exhibition will survive the onslaught of grubby fingers so if you are keen to see the exhibition, it may be wise to visit it sooner rather than later.

From 22 November to 8 December at VivoCity.
http://www.inventioneering-architecture.ch/

THE DESIGN

I’m a big fan of these one-of-a-kind, multiple-use holiday cards, especially since they come with removable ornaments.

‘A Beautiful X’mas Is What You Make Of It‘ is a collaboration between designer Jonathan Yuen and B.G. Tan. A deck of four cards is housed in a custom designed package. Pieces from each card can be plucked out to form reindeer, Santa Claus, a Christmas tree and even a snowman. The cards are deliberately designed as a blank canvas, to encourage the recipients to use their imagination and creativity to personalise it. “We felt a need to create a Christmas card that is not just ‘another card.” says Jonathan. “You can write your personal greeting messages on the cards and eventually on the figurines, making an interesting and unique typographic motif. Or, children could color the cards and make figures to their own colors and pattern, and form a snowscape with Styrofoam beads. In essence … A Beautiful X’mas Is What You Make Of It.” MORE »

I want a Joey Roth teapot under the Christmas tree … somebody, please …

Endless Senseless Collaborative Book allows visitors to enter text which is immediately published without any validation. Visitors do not have to think about meaning, correctness or quantity of written text. This concept presents a unique web project throughout the World. It allows users to express themselves creatively without any boundaries. Aim of the project is not only to create the world’s longest web page, but to print it as a book.

Hello, I’m Jonathan and I operate my own design studio ZXEROKOOL. I handle design and illustration work for clients in the publishing, advertising, entertainment and finance industries. In my spare time I work on my own t-shirt label and fiddle with personal art and design projects. You may have seen my work in the recent Tiger Beer Translate ‘Merge’ book, FiRST Movie Magazine, or on the cover of the upcoming edition of FL.ag magazine. Besides my design work I love to indulge in green tea, air-conditioning, movies and comic books. MORE »

THE DESIGN

“Being very fascinated and interested in Japanese culture, my dress was born out of an adoration of the Japanese yukata or summer kimono,” says Fashion Design student Janis Nah. “I have always wanted to own a yukata as I find them supremely unique. So I decided to sew one for myself. I read up on yukatas and kimonos and how to wear them and decided to reinterpret the design and make a more wearable piece.”

Janis kicked up a soft pastel drop-waist dress, reserving the most surprising accent for the back: a playful obi bow. “This is to bring the attention towards the back of the dress with a simple design to complement it,” she explains. “I designed the dress with plus-size women in mind. By placing a big bow behind, the attention will be brought towards the back of the dress, playing down areas you want to disguise.” MORE »

I love this  TIWE concept watch by Lv Zhongfang, a 27 year old industrial designer from China. The watch has tiny white dots that run randomly around the When you shake it or give the glass a slight tap, the dots come together to tell you the time.

Zelda Bauchampet’s Handscape puts an entire landscape on your fingers.