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Asia’s best creative minds pitted their design talents against each other in an open theme competition this March.

Held annually since 1993, the Furniture Design Award (FDA; previously known as Furniture Design Competition) seeks to uncover budding design talents and be a reputable showcase for unique Asian creations. Unlike previous years, there is no given topic for entries in FDA 2009.

In three categories – Students, Young Designers and Open – 637 entries were received this year. All are judged based on creativity, marketability and functionality, including environmental friendliness and ergonomics.

“This year, we have received an astonishing number of entries across the different categories with designers hailing from as far as Belgium and Spain. This is an excellent endorsement of FDA and shows that it is slowly but surely obtaining international recognition,” said Simon Ong, Chairman of the Design Development Committee for the Singapore Furniture Industries Council.

Within the Student and Young Designers categories, Grand Award winners walk away with S$6,000 (US$4,000) cash and Honourable Mentions take S$1,000 in cash. The Open Category offers S$2,000 cash in prize. Including winners of the Merit Award and Best Use of Material Award, they all receive also a trophy and an award certificate.

The panel of judges for FDA 2009 were: Michael Buckley (Chief Judge, from Turnstone Communications); Aamer Taher (Aamer Taher Design Studio); Carsten Ovesen (Casten Ovesen Design); Kelley Cheng (iSh magazine & Singapore Architect); Lim Choon Hong (XTRA Designs); Low Cheaw Hwei (Philips Design); Nicholas Wong (nicholas fashion label); and Patrick Chia (Design Incubation Centre, National University of Singapore).

GOLD AWARD [Open Catergory]

Naked Chair

By Outofstock Design Team,
Outofstock (Singapore)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS [Open Catergory]

Honeymoon Lounger

By Vincent Cantaert and Barbara Widiningtias,
Mamagreen BVBA (Belgium)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS [Open Catergory]

Moon Chair

By Mike To,
Urban Object Creation Pte Ltd (Singapore)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
[Young Designers Category]

Cadre

By Wirawan Hasbi Suryanto,
Nanyang Polytechnic (Singapore)

MERIT AWARDS [Young Designers Category]

Customizing Shoe Rack

By Hye Jin Kim (South Korea)

MERIT AWARDS [Young Designers Category]

Magazine Rack

By Hsu Chen Hsuan (Taiwan)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS [Student Category]

Eklipse

By Koh Qibao Kenneth,
National University of Singapore (Singapore)

MERIT AWARDS [Student Category]

COP

By Annop Jareonkitpoonpon,
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (Thailand)

MERIT AWARDS [Student Category]

Lean On Me

By Tan Ming Kiang,
Temasek Polyclinic (Singapore)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS [Open Catergory]

Bloco

By Lui Honfay and Cici Chen,
Cilicon Faytory (Singapore)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS [Open Catergory]

Justin Time

By Jorge Moreno Arozqueta,
La Jabonera Estudio (Mexico)

GOLD AWARD [Young Designers Category]

Ripple

By Madelyn Yeo Hui Ting & Lisa Goh Su Yin

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
[Young Designers Category]

Sprout

By Cheong Chee Meng (Singapore)

MERIT AWARDS [Young Designers Category]

Century Table

By Jarrod Lim, Jarrod Lim Design (Singapore)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS [Student Category]

COR

By Somchai Thuntharanukul,
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (Thailand)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS [Student Category]

The Leg Center Table

By Chaiyo Opassamutchai,
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (Thailand)

MERIT AWARDS [Student Category]

“hump + bump”
(Best Use of Material Award)

By Widya Yuniarti,
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore)

MERIT AWARDS [Student Category]

Wisteria

By Liang Yanjie,
National University of Singapore (Singapore)