{"id":7855,"date":"2013-09-27T13:03:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T13:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.designisti.com\/?p=7855"},"modified":"2013-10-22T10:37:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T10:37:23","slug":"design-from-singapore-studio-desinere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.designisti.com\/2013\/09\/27\/design-from-singapore-studio-desinere\/","title":{"rendered":"Design from Singapore – Studio Desinere"},"content":{"rendered":"

During Milan<\/a> Design Week in April I had the chance to meet some of the finest furniture designers from Singapore. One of the work I was mostly attracted by is the one of Desinere<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0So today I want to show you all my favourites of the collection:<\/p>\n

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The genesis of\u00a0Monolith\u00a0began\u00a0with a square and through a\u00a0series of subdivisions &\u00a0exploratory folding; this\u00a0process was allowed to reach a\u00a0\u2018moment of serendipity\u2019 in\u00a0which form and\u00a0function start\u00a0to take shape.<\/div>\n

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Desinere’s <\/em><\/strong>statement about their approach:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s ironic that in being detached from our surroundings, we become more attuned and sensitive to it. Through this momentary solace, we begin to make subtle discoveries.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

Desinere thus approaches design through quiet reflection of relationships\u00a0between items, people & experiences; to create authentic objects that are\u00a0sometimes unexpected, but always honest. Below: Paperweight named Rok.<\/p>\n

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Charmed and inspired by the traditional hand folding of leaves into serving plates and\u00a0bowls in Asia, Mappa expands on this loosely through the means of origami.<\/div>\n
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Desinere<\/i><\/b> <\/i>was one of the design studios invited to participate in the Singapore Icons Studio Project by Supermama and famous japanese ceramic studio Kihara Inc. The\u00a0motif shown on the plate is the Tembusu tree that resides in\u00a0in the Singapore Botanic Gardens is a designated Heritage Tree in Singapore.<\/div>\n
Below: the Itty Bitty, wooden stool<\/div>\n
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\"melvin-ong-desinere-designer-at-designisti\"Melvin Ong of Desinere with Itty Bitty (left), the basket, the paperweight, the monolith and the Mappa (right) in his studio. He\u00a0graduated First-Class Honours from Central St Martin\u2019s College of Art & Design with a degree in Product Design in 2010. His studio Desinere<\/a> was founded in 2012.<\/div>\n
And btw – the latin root of the word desinere means stop (also slow down…) \u00a0– why don’t you take this on a friday afternoon into your weekend? Enjoy the silence!<\/div>\n
photos \u00a9desinere<\/div>\n

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