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LIVING AND DINING
Diverse routes Singapore is making efforts to get its furniture accepted worldwide
The efforts of the Singapore government to promote its furniture industry abroad through Singapore Mozaic are increasingly seeing the country’s designers and furniture companies gaining recognition across the globe. The programme is supported by Singapore Furniture Industries Council, Spring Singapore and International Enterprise. Air Division’s Ark table, designed by Vincent Chia using American oak in a waxed finish, is inspired by a traditional workman’s support for a worktop, while Chia’s coordinating Solo chair, in the same material, takes its inspiration from a fine cut diamond. In Cilicon Faytory’s Fairies Collection, by Cici Chen and Lui Honfay, the intention is to reintroduce the beauty of traditional Asian hand-carving techniques to the world by combining it with modern design. Taking its reference from fairytale elements, the collection includes six chair designs: Twist, Root,
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Right: Jarrod Lim’s Collar Below: Air Division’s Ark table and Solo chair Bottom: Cilicon Faytory’s Fairies