28 Sep 2024 
1pm – 9pm 
Alma House
SYNERGY is a creative tech event and platform that brings together the worlds of art and technology. As part of Singapore Design Week, we will highlight the role of design within the creative technology space. Relevant topics include but are not limited to UX and UI design, interaction design, industrial design, game design, spatial design, design research, etc.
- Festival pillar: Design futures
- Topic: Emerging tech
- Target audience: Design, arts, and creative technology community
Programme
- “Designing the Future” Human Library
SYNERGY (The Design Edition) introduces our first-ever Human Library — small group conversations across four dynamic tracks: “Space”, “Product”, “Accessibility” and “Art”. Centered around the theme of “Designing the Future,” this unique event features individuals from diverse design disciplines as Human Books. Engage in candid, behind-the-scenes conversations, ask questions, and gain valuable insights into their work and experiences.- Speakers:
- Ben Bowes (Head of Product Design, Open Government Products)
- Danny Tan (Managing Producer, Moment Factory)
- Emile Francois Dumont (Founder and Director, Bodynetic)
- Esther Yip (Design Lead, Endowus)
- Jeanne Tan (Professor, Fashion and Textile Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Founder of GERI Ltd)
- Orion Dai Yuhui (Innovation Manager, SG Enable)
- Shaul Hameed (Architectural Designer, Design Metabolists)
- Timothi Lim (Creative Technical Director, The Doodle People)
- Sharing from Ars Electronica – As part of Singapore Design Week 2024, we will be hosting an Ars Electronica sharing session featuring Singaporean artists and designers who showcased their work in Linz from September 4-8, 2024. The session will highlight the importance of platforms like Ars Electronica in fostering the art-tech ecosystem, exploring its history and connection to the city of Linz, as well as its role as a leading global hub for Media Art.
- Panelists:
- Clement Zheng (Lead of NUS Interactive Materials Lab, part of Campus Exhibition 2024)
- Debbie Ding (Artist, part of the Features Exhibition 2024)
- Ina Conradi (Campus Exhibition 2023)
- Roger Ng (Student, part of Campus Exhibition 2023)
- Moderator: Kamya Ramachandran (Juror for 2 Ars Electronica Awards)
- Creative Tech PechaKucha – What’s experimental often doesn’t align with what’s impactful. Typically, they take very different paths. Yet, if we want to build a robust tomorrow, we must find the courage to bring both together. It’s uncomfortable for most, but it’s necessary. In this edition of PechKucha, we see what some people do to converge the experimental with the impactful.
- Organised by Yeo Ker Siang
- Presentations by:
- Calvin Chua (Architecture, Spatial Anatomy)
- Jonathan Ng (Architect, Bifrost)
- Rachel Poonsiriwong (Interaction Designer, Terrascope)
- Ramesh Krishnan (Sound Designer, SISTRUM)
About Singapore Design Week 2024
One of Asia’s premier design festivals, Singapore Design Week (SDW) celebrates Singapore’s distinctive brand of creativity, exploring design through three defining festival pillars: Design Futures (the design of the future and the future of design), Design Marketplace (lifestyle trends with a spotlight on Southeast Asia), and Design Impact (innovative solutions for a better world). Organised by the DesignSingapore Council, SDW is a celebration of creativity and innovation, championing thought leadership and showcasing the best of design from Singapore and beyond. sdw.sg
SYNERGY (The Design Edition)
About us
Tusitala is a Singapore-based digital storytelling studio that creates novel literary experiences. We produce creative projects that are interactive, fun, and meaningful, reimagining the future of reading where art meets tech.
BeFantastic is a TechArt platform that engages a vibrant international community of TechArt creators and experts to push the boundaries of technology and the arts. With a focus on making through an annual international fellowship and showcasing through a marquee festival titled FutureFantastic, BeFantastic carries forth the ethos of innovation in the tech & arts, with a deep focus on community.
Sponsors & partners
About the DesignSingapore Council
The DesignSingapore Council’s (Dsg’s) vision is for Singapore to be an innovation-driven economy and a loveable city by design. As the national agency that promotes design, our mission is to develop the design sector, help Singapore use design for innovation and growth, and make life better in this UNESCO Creative City of Design. Dsg is a subsidiary of the Singapore Economic Development Board.
Supporting sponsor
SketchUp is a 3D modelling tool used by more than over 40 million professionals and hobbyists across the globe. With 3D Warehouse from SketchUp, you don’t have to model everything from scratch. Access the world’s largest 3D library and find real-world products and accessories: from fixtures and fittings, buildings, vehicles and landscape elements.
The Austrian representation in Singapore was opened as an independent office in 2016. It is primarily a contact point for the approximately 700 Austrians abroad in Singapore, as well as an information centre for other services, including study visits to Austria, information on entry requirements in Austria, etc. It also acts as a political intermediary and promotes cultural exchange. Together with the EU delegation, events such as EU at Your School, Study in Europe or the European Film Festival are organised on an ongoing basis.
Venue partner
Alma House is a new-to-market serviced apartment concept located steps away from the Singapore river in the new lifestyle destination of New Bahru. Alma House is a dwelling for the culturally curious and socially conscious. Whether accommodating solos, groups, business professionals, couples, families, or temporary nomads, Alma House will provide a unique stay where individuals can seamlessly blend living, working and leisure pursuits.
More links
- Subscribe to Tusitala’s & BeFantastic’s mailing list so we can continue to keep you updated.
- Join our creative technologist community on Telegram
- Search social media posts with the following hashtag: #synergythedesignedition