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The Redundant Shop An HDB housing estate isn’t where you would typically expect to find a store like The Redundant Shop. The lifestyle store makes it work however, and even shares the neighbourhood with other indie joints like cafes and photostudios. The Redundant Shop occupies two units on the ground floor of an inconspicuous HDB flat – one for retail and the other to conduct workshops. We browsed through an in-depth selection of design goods that range from fashionable bags to knickknacks and gadgets for the home. The people behind this concept simply wanted to take these products and put them in their natural habitat – alongside other well-designed goods. Almost every weekend, The Redundant Shop carries out workshops where you can try your hand at making copper pipe table lamps, silkscreen printed fabrics and origami cards, among other things.
Block 5 Everton Park #01-22A Singapore 080005 Tel (65) 6707 2005 www.redundant-shop.com info@redundantshop.com
Kapok @ National Design Centre
National Design Centre 111 Middle Road Singapore 188969 www.ka-pok.com
Hong Kong fashion and lifestyle brand Kapok has finally found a home in Singapore’s newly opened National Design Centre (NDC). Although the store officially opens in mid-April, a pop-up store and café was specially set up for Singapore Design Week. The pop-up was a solid preview of what the permanent store will offer: a welledited selection of local and international brands that range from fashion apparel to tableware to graphic wall prints. During the Creative Trail, local store Grafunkt provided furniture settings for the steady stream of shoppers to flop themselves onto after a busy day of design-hunting.
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