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FL!P Challenge

The 5th FL!P Challenge saw participants transform a wooden dining chair into a brand new piece of seating furniture art piece. They were given the Erpo Dining Chair to work on, which was sponsored by Star Furniture Industries Pte Ltd.

A total of 69 entries were received while only seven clinched the awards, and a special showcase during the International Furniture Fair Singapore/ASEAN Furniture Show (IFFS/AFS) 2009 held March 9-12 at the Singapore Expo.

This year, judges of the challenge include: Naoto Fukasawa (Founder, Naoto Fukasawa Design, Japan), Carsten Ovesen (Managing Director, Carsten Design/Chief Judge), Khoo Peng Beng (Council Member, Singapore Institute of Architects), Colin Seah (Member, Interior Design Confederation, Singapore) and Benny Tan (President, Designers Association Singapore). They judged based on the pieces’ degree of innovation, creativity and functionality.

Also, the Popular Choice Award, previously an exclusive award for FL!P participants, was this year opened to those from the Furniture Design Award as well.

Winners of the top three awards - Gold, Silver and Bronze - walked away with S$1,000 (US$668), S$800 and S$500 respectively, in addition to a trophy and a certificate. The Merit award winners were presented with a certificate and trophy each.

The competition was open to students from local educational institutions only. Participation is on an individual or group basis (of not more than two persons).

GOLD AWARD

Torsion: The Act Of Twisting

By Nway Yu Win Sein & Lina Fong Mingli,
Temasek Polyclinic

BRONZE AWARD

Ro.King Chair

By Deric Shen Mao Zheng,
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

MERIT AWARDS

#5

By Abdul Rashid Adnan & Samson Tan,
National University of Singapore

SILVER AWARD

Pogee

By Liang Yanjie,
National University of Singapore

POPULAR CHOICE AWARD

天 (Tian)

By Colin May Jian Wen,
Temasek Polyclinic

MERIT AWARDS

Feminine Masculine

By Madelyn Yeo Hui Ting & Lisa Goh Su Yin

MERIT AWARDS

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By Pang Min Hui, Nanyang Polytechnic