Earlier this year, Singapore Design Week took place, where DesignSingapore Council, International Furniture Fair Singapore, SingaPlural, furniPRO Asia and M&O Asia were held together in one week. Making its return to Asia for the third time, Masion&Objet Asia was held at the Marina Bay Sands and Expo Convention Centre.
As it enters its third year, M&O ASIA repositioned itself as a unique networking platform where industry specifiers such as property developers, hoteliers, restaurateurs, interior designers, and architects can network and gain deeper insight into the latest developments in the design industry. As part of this repositioning, M&O ASIA now comprises three integral components – a curated exhibition, the awards for the Designer of the Year and the Rising Asian Talents, and the Interior Design and Lifestyle Summit.
A CURATED EXHIBITION
The curated exhibition at M&O ASIA served as a targeted showcase that provided inspiration and concepts for the industry specifiers. With a total of 180 brands, the exhibition presented the multiple ways in which brands can work together with specifiers to provide innovative customised design solutions to bring their projects to life.
Designer Of The Year
From Paris, Singapore to Miami Beach, MAISON&OBJET has created and offered an interconnected worldwide stage for designers to shine. Every year M&O will present four designers of the Year: two for M&O PARIS (January and September), one for M&O ASIA, and one for M&O AMERICAS.
Designers of the Year are renowned personalities in the world of design creation and innovation, architecture and interior architecture. M&O ASIA proudly announced André Fu as the 2016 Designer of the Year. One of the world’s most sought-after architects/designers, Fu is the architect behind major luxury hotels such as The Upper House in
Hong Kong and the Fullerton Bay Hotel in Singapore, as well as restaurants such as Kioku at the Four Seasons Seoul and Motif in Tokyo. One of his fortes is his ability to marry elements outside of architecture or interior design into a unified whole.
Rising Asian Talents
The M&O ASIA team had worked with a number of experienced design curators, designers and media on the nomination and selection of promising designers in Asia-Pacific. The 2016 winners of the Rising Asian Talents Awards are LAB DE STU (Australia), Chihiro Tanaka (Japan), Stanley Ruiz (Philippines), Lekker Architects (Singapore), KIMU (Taiwan) and Ease Embroidery Design (Thailand). The winners were selected for the quality of their innovative thinking.
