Wallpaper* Handmade 2018 arrives in Singapore
Opening its doors at Singapore’s Gillman Barracks on 12 June, the Wallpaper* Handmade On Tour 2018 exhibition arrived in the city-state – the one and only stop after its Milan Design Week 2018 debut - on a mission: to guide its visitors on a long and luxurious journey towards a better self by way of innovative, contemporary design.
Part of an ongoing partnership between Wallpaper* and the DesignSingapore Council (Dsg), the exhibition is a distilled collection of 22 one-off collaborations – including seven by Singapore-based talent – fresh from Wallpaper’s Handmade 2018 show at Milan Design Week, the latest iteration of its ambitious annual project dedicated to the marriage of craftsmanship and design.
The show features a brand-new lighting project by Singapore-based designer Edmund Zhang and Italian manufacturer Slamp. Zhang, an industrial design graduate, was teamed with Slamp to create his Wobble Lantern, in the brand’s signature Lentiflex material, after winning Wallpaper* Handmade Next Generation Singapore Designer 2018 competition in partnership with Dsg.
‘The DesignSingapore Council is delighted to welcome Handmade On Tour for the second year. This is a rare chance for design lovers from Singapore and the region to appreciate these highly bespoke and well-crafted objects up close. As a UNESCO Creative City of Design, we are committed to developing a strong design ecosystem; this includes bringing the best designs to our shores to inspire our next-generation designers and also to raise the level of design appreciation in Singapore,’ says Mark Wee, Executive Director, DesignSingapore Council.
Featured contributions from Singapore-based designers are an elixir cabinet and accessories by Olivia Lee and Nature Squared; a reflexology path constructed by Stolen from vintage Villeroy & Boch tiles; bent-wood fruit altars by Gabriel Tan Studio and TON; tree-like bookends by Theseus Chan and Riva 1920; a shower-bath by WOHAbeing and Apaiser; and an altar to daily cleansing by Studio Juju and Fox Marble.
The exhibition follows a previous Singapore show by Wallpaper* with Dsg, held in March this year. ‘The Handmade Retreat’, a gorgeously rendered sanctuary of calm and barefoot luxury previewed the latest Handmade pieces by Singapore-based designers, which were seen alongside Handmade Classics from the Wallpaper* archive.
For the next stage of the partnership, emerging local designers were invited to become a part of the 2019 series of shows. Celebrating and nurturing Singapore’s dynamic and creative spirit, Wallpaper* Handmade Next Generation Singapore Designer 2019 competition was open to all qualified Singapore citizens and Singapore permanent residents – see more here.
The winning entry will make its debut at Singapore Design Week next March, before travelling to Milan Design Week in April, and finally returning to Singapore in June with a newly curated collection of ‘Handmade On Tour’ pieces.
Handmade On Tour 2018
12 JUNE – 26 AUGUST
Tuesday – Sunday
12pm – 7pm
Gillman Barracks
9 Lock Road
Singapore 108937
Wallpaper* Handmade pieces included in the exhibition:
Anti-stress objects
Zoë Mowat and Casone
Architecture for Smoke
Jonathan Cross
Bain Culinaire Bath Blends
Studio Appétit, Quinteassential and Laufen
Bookends
Theseus Chan and Riva 1920
Ceremony
David Caon and Christopher Farr
Cleansing plinth
Studio Juju and Fox Marble
Contemplation stools
Giuseppe Zanotti and Ginger & Jagger
Elementi dumbbells
Davide Aquini and Lundhs Real Stone
Fruit altars
Gabriel Tan Studio and TON
Indo-Roman dispensary
Federica Biasi, The Broad Place, NasonMoretti and Antolini
Meridian Mettlach reflexology path
Stolen and Villeroy & Boch
Oval Spheres back benders
Space Copenhagen and Sørensen Leather
Sampan shower bath
WOHAbeing and Apaiser
Silkworm cocoon set
Marlène Huissoud and London Bronze Casting
Skincare tool kit
Ionna Vautrin, Nuori, Raw Finnish, Zahn and Atelier Renard
StayFit bench
Kunsik and Nikari
Sunrise mirror
15 West and Ghyczy
The Secret to Longevity
Olivia Lee and Nature Squared
Unruffled chimes
Gabrielle Shelton
Water vessel
Beatrix Ong, Lou Blackshaw and James Cropper
Well crystal bottle
Studio Warm and Mario Cioni
Wobble lantern
Edmund Zhang and Slamp
