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Curators, consisting of established designers and artists form
the soul of this market. they filter the participants and works,
to maintain the market’s devotion to original creative works.
Curators also provide direction to the future development of this
market. Most importantly, curators believe in this project and
want to nurture creative talents and contribute to the growth of
the creative industry in Singapore.
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Kelley graduated in 1994 with an honours
degree in architecture, but went beyond her expertise to publish,
as conceptualized and envisioned by her, the definitive design
magazine from Asia – ish magazine, which has won the prestigious
Design for Asia Award in 2005. Kelley serves on the advisory
panel for many Singapore government organizations, including
the National Art Gallery and Singapore Furniture Industry Council,
and as a judge in many international design competitions like
the Singapore Design Awards and Design for Asia Award.
“Hopefully we can discover
future design superstars in MAAD!” - Kelley
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Ketna Patel is a 37-year-old artist of
Indian descent, residing in Singapore . She was born in Uganda
, East Africa, and spent the first 14 years of her life in
Nairobi , Kenya . Political unrest in the country resulted
in her leaving home for England , where her grandparents lived.
Twelve winters and two degrees later, she found herself working
alongside her architectural tutor in Singapore , on the Esplanade
Arts Centre Project. For the last six years, she has concentrated
more on painting and photography, and has gradually decreased
direct involvement with Architectural Projects. Today, Ketna's
artistic preoccupation lies with the popular street cultures
of Asia .
“What are Singaporeans observing,
thinking, feeling??? I hope to see some sort of original
demonstration / reflection of creative thought processes
that are perhaps not so tied up in a zillion knots of conditioning!” -
Ketna
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Ken is the Asia President of red dot design
awards. Ken founded the red dot awards for design concept to
provide a platform to identify emerging design talents and
companies in 2005. The red dot for high design quality awards
and the red dot: best of the best for highest design quality
awards, are awarded to outstanding industrial products each
year in the international competition since 1991. With more
than 5,000 entrants from 50 countries in 2005, the red dot
Award is one of the largest and most prestigious design competitions
in the world.
“I wish MAAD can unite the "creative
people", to create a more intimate community that collaborates
and help each other.” - Ken
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After starting his product design education
at Art Center in Switzerland , Niko von Saurma graduated with
honours from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena ,
California as Bachelor of Science. He joined DesignworksUSA
in California in August 1995. After a two-year stay in Newbury
Park he took part in the build up of the Mun ich Studio of
DW. Since 2006 he is directing the new DW design studio in
Singapore .
“I would love to see a stepping stone
for unique creativity and innovation excellence come true
through MAAD!” - Niko
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Hailing from the rock capital of the Balkans,
he was immersed in the humanities, sociology and political
science during an influential phase of his formal education.
An urban art activist and culture jammer at heart, he has churned
up several photo-journals and ethnographic articles that have
been showcased in Belgium, Greece, Serbia and the U.K. Known
for his political and social provocative art work on streets
all over Europe, he is now back in Singapore to spread some
mischief; merriment; resurgence and reckless enlightened ironies.
See you on the flipside ;)
“The matrix of influence between politics
and industry and design, where the modernist impulse to rationalize,
to purify, to make more efficient, and to make more predictable
meets the messiness of nature and humanity.” - “S”
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Ban is the chairman-founder-creator of
STIKFAS™, a little 3-inch articulated action figure that has
revolutionized the global toy industry. Ban is an avid toy
collector himself, with tens of thousands of toys in his collection.
After setting out in his own business ventures, setting up
toy retail stores, moving into distribution, STIKFAS™ was a
next step for him. Being the founder of Singapore's first toy
company, Ban has been invited by various government agencies
and private institutions, like the Ministry of Information,
Communication and the Arts, the Media Development Authority,
the National Heritage Board, the Monetary Authority of Singapore
and many others to speak at their events. Not only is Ban the
chief designer for Stikfas Pte Ltd, but he also sits on the
board of the Design Singapore Council and acts as a consultant
to other companies on design and branding.
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Johnny Lau was one of the founding members
of Singapore chapter of Young Entrepreneur Organization (Y.E.O),
a global business organization with a network of enterprising
leaders under 39. His famous creation of a local comic figure
Mr. Kiasu was first published as a comic book, subsequently
made into a television programme on MediaCorp's Channel 5.
Johnny's works can be found in publications of books and magazines.
He currently has more than 20 comic book titles, both English
and Chinese, under his credits. He is also the Chief Executive
Officer for Vasunas Pte Ltd, an animation technology company.
“I expect it to be as edgy, nutty
and as MAAD as it sounds!”
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Singapore-born Wykidd completed his studies
in fashion at Britain 's Kingston Polytechnic and ventured
to Milan to work before returning home to start Song+Kelly,
in 1994. Together with Kelly, Song successfully participated
in the New York Fashion Week, London Fashion Week and Australian
Fashion Week, since establishing the label. In the year 2000,
Song+Kelly became Song+Kelly21 in a partnership with influential
fashion distributor Club 21.
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