WE LOVE DESIGN
Graduation Exhibition & Fashion Showcase
There is more to design than meets the eye – even the simplest design requires an intricate balance of art, technology and images in order to communicate an idea. This year, the graduating students of Raffles Merchandising School culminated their studies by boldly declaring their passion for design through the use of fun, colorful typography. The message is clear: We Love Design!
Graduation Exhibition
Over a span of three days, graduates from Interactive Media Design, Interior Design, Jewellery Design, Fashion Marketing & Management, Furniture Design, Product Design and Visual Communications exhibited their works at the National Library, attracting hundreds of visitors. Students were given excellent networking opportunities as numerous industry partners graced the exhibition, impressed by the professional quality of the students’ work.
Touching the Future
Raffles Design Insitute is very proud to collaborate with Natural User Interface (NUI) at the We Love Design graduation exhibition to highlight their concept “Touching the Future”.
Users are now able to interact with digital information simply by touching a screen, making computer usage more natural, intuitive and efficient. This next level of Human-Computer Interaction wowed the crowd present at the exhibition and many took the opportunity to look through the graduating students’ designs, manipulating the digital content with simple finger strokes.
Fashion Marketing & Management Presentation
After months of preparation, Fashion Marketing & Management students were given the opportunity to present their entrepreneurial ideas to a panel of judges, namely Ms. Christy Wong (Chief Fashion Designer for Crocodile) and Mr. Ben Wu (Designer and Owner of Tian). The groups took turns proposing innovative business plans and responding confidently to queries, exhibiting their strong research and marketing skills. This was a chance for the students to draw on the judges’ years of industry experience and expertise and prepare themselves for a future as young marketing professionals.
Graduation Ceremony
In the lavish surroundings of the Grand Ballroom of the Ritz Carlton Millennia, over 220 students took to the stage to become proud graduates.
Dressed to impress and grinning from ear to ear, each Bachelor of Design graduate and Advanced Diploma graduate received a certificate from their
Programme Director while friends and family cheered them on.
Students from each programme completing their second year of studies who excelled academically were rewarded for their hard work and talent, each receiving the honour of a Top Student Award and a scholarship for their final year with Raffles Design Institute. These Top Students were:
Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma in Interior Design: Ma May Phyo Thu, Tay Shu Yi and Yunita Himawan
Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma in Visual Communication: Ching Teng Shang and Khoo Jia Jia
Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma in Fashion Marketing and Management: Marsella Liando and Sri Purnama Marsha Wijaya
Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma
in Product Design: Syerin Altriena Tjandra
Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma in Interactive Media Design: Aries Mulung
Fashion Shows
It was a night of spectacular drama and fanfare for hundreds guests, with a grand stage designed by Interior Design students, it was clear that they were in for an out-of-this-world experience.
The crowd waited with anticipation and the graduating students from Fashion Design certainly did not disappoint, rolling out collections that were nothing short of stunning. All eyes were on the ground-breaking, trend-setting designs from both Advanced Diploma and Degree of Fashion Design graduates, with the audience often breaking out into spontaneous applause.
From left to right: Mr. Alfie Leong, Ms. Bernie Chan and Mr. Desmond Yang
Mr. Desmond Yang (Designer and owner of Abyzz), Mr. Alfie Leong (Designer and owner of MU), Ms Bernie Chan (host of Project Runway Malaysia and participant of The Amazing Race Asia, Season Three) were the esteemed judges for the night and they had the difficult task of choosing the top three Best Collections amongst the many outstanding collections.
Yuliawati Tjia eventually nabbed the Best Collection Award, with Francesca Margaret Rahardjo and Wong Chu Chin, Nicole winning 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
Winner: Yuliawati Tjia with Prof. Giuseppe (Joe) Spinelli
2nd Place: Francesca Margaret Rahardjo with Prof. Spinelli
3rd Place: Wong Chu Chin, Nicole with Prof. Spinelli
Leslie Yong with Prof. Spinelli and Mr. Desmond Yang from Abyzz
The loudest cheers were heard for Degree graduate Leslie Yong who was handpicked by
Mr. Desmond Yang for a 6-month mentorship. He will be working closely with Mr. Yang to develop a commercial collection for Abyzz and receive the unique opportunity to be guided by one of Singapore’s most outstanding young talents in the fashion industry.
Raffles Merchandising School would like to congratulate all graduates on their stellar performance and wish them the very best in their future endeavors. In addition, we would like to thank all guests who joined us for the night and made the evening a success. We look forward to seeing you again at our Graduation Showcase in 2009!
Raffles Merchandising School would like to thank to our sponsors Leng Peng, Mahogany, Shiseido, Page One , SNP Vite, Basher (Graphic’s Book), Larry Jewelry and The Singapore Shawl for their continuous support over the years in helping Raffles Merchandising School attain our goals and aspirations for the next generation of design legends.
Click here to read on how a dedicated team of Interior Design students put the exhibition stage design together.
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