Seasons of Recognition
Singapore’s design community is small but robust, resilient and productive. However, says many designers, winning over the home crowd is often harder than getting recognised abroad.
On the brighter side, there is no shortage of award programmes that recognise the latest and greatest. We recently witnessed two award programmes celebrating Singapore-made designs.
After being postponed by the pandemic, the President’s Design Award (PDA) 2020 presented the country’s highest design accolades to 11 recipients at the Istana. Two practices each received a Designer of the Year Award and nine design projects, Design of the Year Awards.
Meanwhile, the Society of Interior Designers Singapore (SIDS) launched its inaugural 20 Under 45 programme during its month-long SIDFest 2021 at the National Design Centre, which presented a talented cohort of
