SCIENCEWERK is a new experimental project developed by several artist, designers and researchers. The project can be formulated as:

(IMAGINATION + CREATIVITY+ART) X
(LOGIC + KNOWLEDGE + THOUGHT)

SCIENCE + DESIGN AESTHETIC = SCIENCEWERK
EINSTEIN + SAGMEISTER = SCIENCEWERK

Sciencewerk will be hosting an online exhibition entitled CloneWar, featuring work by 33 worldwide artists, including Momorobo, Geeksigners, Yellodino, Vectorscum, Crisvector, ISOPharmacy, Sagmeister, Imaginary Friends Reps, Cropped Circle, ModeFour, Jonathan Leong, to name a few. Visit their website for more details.

THE DESIGN

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DOUXArte is a limited edition carpet, delicately hand-fabricated from a total of 1500 top quality balloons, and can be used as a stylish carpet, a sitting cushion, or simply as an elegant ornament on its own. Doux products range from lifestyle products, to furniture and fashion and will soon be available online and from selected designer furnishing galleries.

Of her design, Shannon says, “Every product tells a story. The more chapters within the story a product has, the richer in experience it is, hence the more valuable and precious it is. Quality is always my top priority when it comes to the materialisation of a product, as I want people to pay for something that has a lot of effort and thought put into the creation. Never restricting to a certain trend or lifestyle. Doux lives by its brand promise that life is about Living Beautifully – the meaning of Vivez Admirablement in French as seen on the logo. It is a brand and a mentality created for the discerning people with a relentless pursuit for that ultimate living experience in mind.”

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THE DESIGN

Chai Jun Yea used his experience in architecture and his understanding of ergonomics and Modern Asian aesthetics to develop a range of timeless acrylic products. LINE (above) is a horizontal plateau over your lap and can be used as a laptop tray on one side and a breakfast tray on the other side.

Also in the range, LINE2 , a stylish docking station for your laptop that can also be used as an elegant serving tray, and  SINE, the equivalent of a table on a couch or bed.

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Architect Chai Jun Yea is a Partner in an architectural firm specialised in green architecture. He finds his passion in creating all things simple, innovative, intuitive and beautiful. “I am always inventing, designing and creating new products that benefit the general public.”

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The Ore Playseater is a fantastical chair with a contemporary design and an inbuilt fun factor that will enhance any child’s imagination.

Fadzli explains, “The Ore Playseater explores the creative potential of your child. The chair allows different positions and postures. It’s all about fun and play. Turn it over and you have a stool. Ore intrigues the child’s mind, helps to develop communication and explores the different types of sitting positions other than rocking.”

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Alicia Koh’s distinctive ‘Spinnable Wheel Bracelet’ packs the lasting memories and the sentimental significance of her grandfather’s old workshop.

“I used elements and properties from his workshop,” Alicia says, “and transferred them onto a jewelry piece; the combination of corrugated texture, perspective vanishing point and a flexible spinnable bicycle wheel …. crafted with reminiscences.”

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Created by London-based Industrial Designer, Eujin Pei, this A4-size ClampLight has a strong grip on just about any surface around the house.

Eujin explains, “This compact and space saving ambient light can be used at the bed-side, or placed along book shelves, for both function and decorative reasons. The inclusion of the handle design makes one desire to carry and handle the lamp. The energy-saving compact fluorescent lamp conserves power and emits little heat. The lamp is crafted with tough ABS plastic that retains its shape regardless of temperature or rough handling.”

Spotted! is a digest of fly work by fresh off creatives.

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CRISP designers, Brian Law and Tan Sixu, drew their inspiration for the INCONVERSATION floor loungers and low tables from traditional Asian culture, where daily routines of work and play were all performed on the floor.

Brian explains, “A living room should be as it suggests, a “living room”; a space within a home dedicated and faithful to the flow and movement of people and vibrant conversation. Regrettably, degrading social patterns of interaction and the emerging dissolution of the family cluster has effectuated increasing reclusion and disengagement among family members. By infusing emotive qualities and extracting silhouettes and curves from human postures to form different ‘characters‘, the series of floor loungers whimsically cast the impression of people in conversation with one another.”

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Bacus Boo’s fascinating playtable can be appreciated as a sculptural object as well as an entirely functional piece of furniture. The design is inspired by Dakotsu Iida’s poem, Snowy Valleys:

“Dew on a leaf of taro. The mountains rectify their shadows.”

“In this poem, the eyes of the poet focus on the play of visual scale versus the distant views. He presents the imposing image of the mountains and the deep valley in a surrealistic way. The foregrounds such as “Dew on a leaf of taro” play secondary parts and decorate the distant views, making beautiful harmonies like the offering of flowers in front of an altar. My idea is to create a pseudo-perspective on this table by combining the distant view (the mountain and valleys) and the foreground (the objects). This predominant design theme encourages the relationship and interaction between nature (the table) and humankind (the user), which also emphasize that form and function are one. The name Asobu, in Japanese means “play”, and also means “amuse one-self” where my design concept adds an exciting dimension to this furniture. The spirit of “playfulness” weaves a sense of enjoyment, appreciation of the humble, acceptance of the ephemeral and acknowledgment of the greater life’s mysteries. It enables one to contemplate to reach the nature of things touching the deep recesses of one’s being and allowing peace and freedom to create.”

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Mozzy is a room divider as conceived by Page Tan together with Ross Faulianna and Xu Bin, three final year Furniture Design students at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Made of red oak and yellow poplar, the design has many fluid curves inspired by the continuous movement of fabric.

“The fluidity of fabric has fascinated us in more ways than one. We wanted to achieve a similar characteristic using wood. The sinuous pattern is essential for it to stand on its own. We can hence relate this to the softness of fabric; the way fabric flows and the subtle curves that it produces. The difference in height within the Mozzy partition, hopes to pull off a sense of excitement and at the same time give the user some privacy. But the details don’t stop there. Cast light onto Mozzy and a beautiful silhouette can be seen.”

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PY Chong’s Flaw or Flow chair, with its aluminum leg, carries an important message: “We should learn to accept the beauty of disability and deformity and appreciate how it can build a better personality and quality.” PY’s design received an honorable mention in the Student category at this year’s Furniture Design Awards (FDA).

“Flaw or Flow is not only a chair, it is also a piece of sculpture that speaks for a special group of people. There is a tension in human lives which results in the birth of a new life which is less fortunate, disabled or even deformed. I twisted and distorted the silhouette of a normal chair which results in producing a form which is visually unproportioned and unbalanced. By doing so, I created tension to the form but also an emotion. The chair now looks deformed and tired. I believe, I also gave the chair life and feeling. The introduction of the aluminum leg, which is designed to be more stable and conventional, causes contradiction in our perception. Visually, the aluminum leg is an artificial part, but emotionally it gives viewers a sense of confidence to sit on this deformed chair. We should not judge an object or a person by its superficial appearance. If we initiate to explore deeper, things may not turn out what we perceive them to be. The elegant lady’s chair is to test the perception of the viewers. A piece of sculpture should be speaking for itself. Perception has no certainty, you can choose to look at it’s flaw or it’s flow, or even it’s flaw and flow. My quote: ‘If flaw is an imperfection, let flow be the acceptance of the situation.’”

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Clean, cool and contemporary, this eye-catching, “knot” shaped light provides instant visual appeal and is a nice change from the standard stale, lifeless and boring table lamps. On show at the Singapore Expo last month at the Furniture Design Awards (FDA) exhibit, the lamp, designed by Kenne Cheong, received an Honorable Mention in the Young Designer Category.

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‘Urban Pulse’, designed by Eric Lim and featured at this year’s International Furniture Fair, mirrors the landscape outline of today’s developed urban society. The distinctive shape of the chair was inspired by ECG readings .

“Urban Pulse is inspired by urbanized landscape structures and the readings reflected on electrocardiogram, or more commonly known as ECG. The peaks and troughs of the ECG model the beating of the heart, where irregularities in the heartbeat are represented by more peaks and troughs of higher intensity and closer proximity. Coincidentally, the peak and trough design of the chair also mirror the landscape outline of today’s developed urban society. Urban Pulse attempts to conjure up the feeling of tension and anxiety - through a series of irregular peaks and troughs throughout the design of the chair. Urban Pulse is made from fiberglass colored in red to further emphasize the feeling of tension. The bold design also aspires to remind metropolitans living in the era of urbanization to slow down their pace and relax, allowing the heart to take a rest.”

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We totally love disposable-to-design here at Culturepush. Magmag, a recycled magazines ashtray, is two designers’ interpretation of printed matter in our daily usage.

“magmag reminds you of the hidden gifts yet to be identified within the pages of old magazines. To question what is of essential in the mundane printed matter: think how to deal with a magazine, not where to dispose of it. A series of print advertisements were produced to share and encourage different ways in which we can treat an old magazine. ‘melting+paper’ thus, translated into questions of how print medias are being interpreted in our daily usage.”

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One of the pieces that fascinated me at last month’s Furniture Design Awards was the Incomplet Table-Chair, designed by Interior Design student Melvin Ong. This year’s competition invited the participants in the Young Designers and Students category to work around the theme of “Tension”.

“I was trying to see the theme of of the competition in two ways. When the chair and table are apart, they are unable to support themselves which results in a tension of existence. As furniture that support people and items, they are not self supporting. The other interpretation of tension can be seen when the chair and table are pieced together. The physical tension between the back legs of the chair and slots in the table top hold them together, allowing both to exist purposefully.”

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Designed by How Sim, and part of his Original Edition series, the Mimo & Simi bar stools will not fail to stimulate your imagination. ABS plastic and EVA foam interplay with each other to make a stark statement of design. The bar stools received the Most Honorable Mention Award in the open category at this year’s Furniture Design Award competition.

“Mimo & Simi is a set of bar stools shaped like the heads of a couple. The design originates from toy figurines. There are a few designs in the Mimo & Simi series. The original edition is the basic design while mythology, celebrity, Super hero, etc will be limited editions.”

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