9 Lives is a unique design exhibition that is being held in conjunction with Singapore Design Week (SDW) 2017. The concept of the show came together when Tan Chin Chin was on the verge of adopting two cats. Upon her foray into shopping for cat furniture and accessories she found that the options available were, well… rather uninspiring! They say that necessity is the mother of invention and thus the idea of the 9 Lives Design Show was born.
Tan Chin Chin holds a degree in communications design from the University of Queensland and is the designer and founder of GOOOD Pet Collars. Her passion lies in integrating interaction, industrial and visual designs to create products with specific consumers in mind. Due to her background and vision on design, she recruited 9 designers to bring life, or lets say, 9 lives into this novel project!
The 9 designers were asked to reinterpret some of the classical and outdated cat furniture that we are all familiar with in order to create some amazing new designs that some would say are purrfect! The designs themselves are created to fit into the modern compact living spaces of today. The exhibition also aims to highlight how great designs can be employed into practically any aspect of life in order to improve the quality of our day to day experiences and that of our pets too.
The 9 Lives Design Show will run till 31 March 2017 at the following venues:
Cat Cafe Neko No Niwa
(Boat Quay)
54A Boat Quay Level 2, S(049843)
Tel: 6536 5319
The Company Of Cats
(Chinatown)
6B Mosque Street, S(059486)
Tel: 6220 3835
Opening Hours: 12-10PM
Opening Hours: 11AM-10PM two locations
WHERE: Visual Arts Centre, 10 Penang Rd, Singapore 238469
There will also be two Designer Talk Series, where the designers will be sharing their 9 Lives design journey.
Designer Talk Series 1
https://new.designsingapore.or g/sdw/modules/event/2017/desig ners-talk-series-1
54A Boat Quay Level 2 Singapore 049843
8 Mar 2017, Wed, 7-8pm
Designers: Chan Wai Lim, Sherlynn Low & Joel Lim, Lee Yunqin and Andrew Loh
Designer Talk Series 2
https://new.designsingapore.or g/sdw/modules/event/2017/desig ners-talk-series-2
6B Mosque Street Singapore 059486
9 Mar 2017, Thurs, 7-8pm
Designers: NextofKin Creatives, Dafit Ashari (TBC), Royston Phang, Eelaine Toh
Links:
http://www.9livesdesignshow.com
https://new.designsingapore.org/SDW
http://www.thecompanyofcats.sg/index.html
