From left: Nippon Paint Malaysia group managing director Yaw Seng Heng, Asia Young Designer of the Year 2017/18 Interior Design Category winner Shahmeena Labeeb, Asia Young Designer of the Year 2017/18 Architecture Category winner Ng Wai How and NIPSEA Group chief executive officer Wee Siew Kim.
PETALING JAYA: The newly-crowned Asia Young Designers of the Year 2017/18 Ng Wai How (Architecture) and Shahmeena Labeeb (Interior Design) won USD5,000 each at the regional Asia Young Designer Summit 2017/18.
About the winners:
Winner: Ng Wai How
Category: Architecture
Artwork: War Museum - Extension of ‘Tugu Negara’ (Malaysia’s National Monument)
About artwork: Features thematic galleries that use light, shadow and texture for greater impact and honours the nation’s fallen heroes.
“From my childhood memories, I felt a lack of narrative behind the National Monument. There’s no point to the future if we forget what our ancestors have done in the past, hence my idea was to revive the untold story of the monument,” said Ng in a statement.
Winner: Shahmeena Labeeb
Category: Interior Design
Artwork: Plan Bee
About artwork: A project incorporating bee-friendly fruit and vegetable trees, with design elements inspired by honeycombs to highlight the declining population of honeybees around the world.
“I’m so glad the judges saw the passion and creativity behind my idea. I’m passionate about what I do and Plan Bee was my final year project so this experience greatly broadened my spectrum as a designer,” said Shahmeena.
About the Asia Young Designer Summit:
- A platform to nurture the next generation of design talents
- Help designers increase knowledge within a community of industry professionals and peers across Asia
- The climax of the annual Asia Young Designer Award
- Participated by regional winners from 13 Asian countries namely Bangladesh, China and the region of China including Hong Kong and Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
- More than 500 design students, judges, industry experts, and lecturers attended the summit.
