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Hans Tan was awarded Designer of the Year, President's Design Award 2018.

The Designer of the Year Award is conferred upon the nation’s most outstanding designer(s) with a consistently excellent body of work, and who has made a significant impact in his/her industry. PDA recognizes designers from all disciplines.

Administered by the DesignSingapore Council of the Ministry of Communications and Information, and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Singapore's most prestigious design award honours key achievements in design talents who made an impact on the community through work that improves the quality of life. Covering all design disciplines, including visual communications, architecture, fashion, furniture, interior, landscape, product and industrial design, the award is presented in two categories - Designer of the Year and Design of the Year.

For more information, visit: President's Design Award 2018

In Conjunction with “In Search of Southeast Asia through the M+ Collections”, M+ invited Hans Tan over to Hong Kong to shares his observations and strategies in reinterpreting the familiar and everyday.

8, Chancery Lane, Central
Hong Kong
9 July 2018

For more information, visit: M+ Talk

Pieces from the Spotted Nyonya collection along with Pour Table and a selected few of its material exploration pieces is currently being exhibited in the M+ Museum. 

In Search of Southeast Asia through the M+ Collections is the first exhibition to present how M+ is addressing the complex region of Southeast Asia in the building of its multidisciplinary collections.

Encompassing visual art, design and architecture, and moving image works from, and about, Southeast Asia— including the nations of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam—the exhibition highlights how M+ is developing a unique perspective on the region as a place that is defined by multiple narratives, histories, and identities.

Featuring archival materials, architectural models, contemporary art installations, and moving image artworks, the exhibition illuminates the region’s historical and contemporary contexts as well as the flow of ideas across borders.

M+ Museum
Hong Kong
22 June - 30 September 2018

For more information, visit: M+ Museum

Singapoer Blue is currently exhibited in the Made in Holland: 400 Years A Global Brand exhibition at the Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics.

The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics in Leeuwarden presents a high-profile exhibition on four Dutch success stories: Delft Blue, Maastricht pottery, Art Nouveau ceramics and Dutch Design.

Inspired by foreign techniques and styles, manufacturers in the Netherlands repeatedly came up with new products and made them successful. Impressive flower pyramids, colourful Boerenbont, popular Gouda pottery and the contemporary tableware of Scholten & Baijings tell the story of how the Netherlands became a world player in the field of ceramics.

Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics
Netherlands
2 June 2018 - 30 June 2019

For more information, visit: Made in Holland: 400 Years A Global Brand

Pieces from the Nyonya Collection will be exhibited at Changi Airpot Terminal 4's Peranakan Museum.

The gallery, a first-ever collaboration between Changi Airport Group and National Heritage Board, is unveiled by the Peranakan Museum to enhance the heritage experience as passengers get to discover and learn about the rich Peranakan culture.

The gallery’s displays are an introduction to the material culture of the Peranakan, and its influence on contemporary local design.

Peranakan Museum
Changi Airport Terminal 4
Departure transit area 
1 May 2018 onwards for 3 years

For more information, visit: Peranakan Museum

Hans was invited to participate as a speaker in the 3rd design educator forum organised by the Department of Architecture of the National University of Singapore. 

Design education like its praxis is a projective cast into the future, with the ambition to prepare designers and architects to anticipate, improve and to reimagine tomorrow. The process of developing design education has been incremental, reactionary and a constant reference to its pedagogical traditions. And for design or architectural schools embedded in the universities, there are the obligations of negotiating and accommodating overarching agenda. All these influences with their nuances of conforming and compromising may suggest a transformation that has limited efficacy in addressing the future. In the growing age of rapid changes, we will be confronting with many more of their adversities and potentials, the imperative may be to require a total rethink or revolutionize new paradigms for teaching and learning design.

This forum is about a conversation on the design of design education, rethinking its pedagogy and redefining the attributes of a design and architectural graduate for tomorrow. The four speakers are all design educators but are diverse in their design practices and academic leadership roles. Their reflections over their achievements and experiences will help us identify the frontiers, issues and conundrums for thinking about the shaping of design education for making the future.

LR 423
National Univerity of Singapore
23 April 2018

The Outside In collections was curated by The Artling to be exhibited in their inaugural design showcase located within the flagship art fair of the region, Art Stage Singapore.

As a part of Art Stage’s Southeast Asia Forum in 2018, focusing on the theme of cross-discplinary practices in art and design, The Artling aims to provide a peek into the diverse and exciting design scene of Southeast Asia, with a mix of specially-created and existing works from some of the region’s most interesting, up-and-coming designers.

The designers included in the showcase are representative of the changing dynamic here in the region and are prime examples of how functional design responds to the rapid growth occurring throughout Southeast Asia. The lines between art and design are gradually being blurred, as designers take more creative liberties, and push the boundaries of the definition of ‘design’.

Art Stage Singapore
Marina Bay Sands
26 - 28 January 2018

For more information, visit: The Artling

The Spotted Nyonya collection was exhibited by the Singapore Tourism Board during the anuual ITB Asia trade show in 2017.

Sands Expo & Convention Centre
Marina Bay Sands
Singapore
25 - 27 October 2018

For more information, please visit: ITB Asia

Pieces from the Spotted Nyonya and Striped Ming collection were curated for Supermama's Porcelain and Craft Festival. 

Supermama Porcelain and Craft Festival 2017 is an expansion of the inaugural Supermama Porcelain Festival that was held the previous year. In a fast-paced world of quick demands and instant gratification, they invite you to take a step back with them, to simply enjoy quality materials and quality craftsmanship.

By adding the element of craft, Supermama hopes to introduce a wider perspective to what ‘workmanship’ truly means. Expect to be reintroduced to the stories and the craft that goes into common materials – Paper, furniture, wood, steel, and textiles – and how workmanship elevates them beyond ‘common’.

Supermama Gillman Barracks
47 Malan Road, #01-26
22 September - 01 October 2017

Pieces from the Spotted Nyonya collection was exhibited in the Creativity in Pulses Exhibition.  

Held in conjunction with the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre’s (SCCC) official opening, this exhibition aims to bring fresh perspectives to the way we look at Singapore Chinese culture. The theme, Creativity in Pulses, evokes a culture that embraces both newness and tradition, showcasing fresh perspectives yet acknowledging a deep rootedness in our culture and heritage.

The 21 works by 19 artists speak of new interpretations and perspectives of seeing and understanding our culture, values, traditions and history through the “lenses” of the various artists.

The exhibition draws from a wide spectrum of artists at the cutting edge of Singapore’s creative scene. From filmmakers, product designers, graphic artists, photographers and installation artists, the works displayed at the exhibition hope to provoke thought and conversation through each artist’s unique parsing of aspects of local Chinese culture.

SCCC Gallery (Level 2)
Singapore
20 May – 30 Sep 2017