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Verner Panton: The Collected Works is a travelling exhibition by the Vitra Design Museum from Germany, currently in Singapore at the National Museum until July.
Verner Panton (1926-1998) was a Danish designer who really pushed the envelope of household design. The exhibition includes more than a hundred pieces of furniture, lighting fixtures, textiles and documents. Fascinating stuff.
His work is fascinating. I thought furniture was going to be boring, but I was so wrong. His designs are a little retro but very functional, using color to announce their presence. The best term I’ve come up with to describe any of is “Ikea on steriods and LSD”, because it has that Scandanavian practicality but in bold, bright colors and plastic.
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Reading Between the Lions is a semi-secret event that will be happening on 3 June, featuring readings by authors like Wena Poon and Suchen Christine Lim.
Date: 3 June, Wednesday
Time: 7pm to 9pm-ish
Venue: Polymath & Crust, 86 Club Street
Join Wena Poon (“Lions in Winter”), Suchen Christine Lim (“The Lies That Build A Marriage”), Alvin Pang (“City [...]
Photo by Sarah Coldheart
On Friday night, I was at the Arts House with Raven Azure and Sarah Coldheart (of Seriously Sarah fame) for Conversation with Wena Poon, a pre-Singapore Writers Festival event organised by the National Arts Council and the Singapore Book Club.
Wena is the author of Lions In Winter, which is an excellent collection [...]
Map of the Invisible World, a new novel by Tash Aw, will be launched on Monday, June 1, at The Pod!
Time: Monday, June 1, 7pm
Venue: The Pod on level 16 at the National Library (100 Victoria Street)
Admission is free
To RSVP, please email Zariena at zariena@horizonbooks.com.sg or call 6483 5953. But I think you can also go without RSVPing.
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As part of the Singapore Writers Festival pre-festival event lineup, there’s going to be a series of literary tours called Experience Singapore.
Both will start from the National Library. There are limited places available, so you have to register (links are below).
Experience Singapore: Nostalgia
Time: 10am to 12pm
Date: 6 June, Saturday
Venue: Starts from the National Library (100 Victoria [...]
Little Lit: Enriching Minds & Igniting A Writer’s Spark is a series of talks for children’s books writers and illustrators.
Time: 2.15pm to 6pm (it’s long, but there are five talks in total)
Place: Play Den, The Arts House (1 Old Parliament Lane)
Admission is free
The talks for that day are:
- The Diary of Amos Lee – I Sit, I Write, I Flush! by Adeline Foo and Stephanie Wong (book launch)
- Poetry Demystified by Amos Lee
- Terrorism and Tweens by Felix Cheong
- Monsters in the Mind – A Look at Asian Influence in Picture Books by Joshua Chiang, Christine Lim Simpson & Lee Kowling
- Meet the authors, book-signing and browse at fringe activities organised by Monsters Under The Bed
To register for the talks, sign up at www.mutb.com.sg, email info@mutb.com.sg or call 6100 4363.
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It was Free Comic Book Day today! G&B Comics was one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of comics retailers who take part in the annual event.
FCBD is an annual event, held the first Saturday in May – today, in other words. G&B gave out free comic books, specially printed for this event, at their new shop at Rochor Centre! They’re not open at the new location yet, but they’ll be moving in June, so it was a way to introduce the new shop to their costumers.
So anyway, off it was to the new place to see the shop and to get free comics! Click through after the picture for more!
Image-heavy post ahoy!
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