Friday Late at Bras Basah.Bugis

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Join us on Friday, 27 September, at the Bras Basah.Bugis (BBB) Design District for Friday Late events during Singapore Design Week to rediscover everyday experiences through the lens of design. As you explore the district’s activities, be sure to stop by the National Design Centre for food and drinks!  

Our exciting programme line-up invites you to EAT, HEAL, SLEEP, READ, SHOP, COMMUTE, MAKE, and DESIGN. Explore the world of sleep through VR, entice your palate with food design performances, contemplate imperfection at a silent book auction, and engage with AI in interactive workshops to envision the future of design. With intriguing finds extending all the way to Bugis Street, check out our line-up of activities below. See you there! 
 

1. [MAKE] Make a Metal Rose with Baremetal Co. 
   NAFA Fashion Gallery, NAFA Campus 2 
   8.00pm – 10.00pm 
    
   Experience traditional metalworking and craft a rose with Matthias Yong from Baremetal Co. 
   This event is proudly supported by Baremetal Co. 
    
2. [DESIGN] Learn Creative Methods with Gen AI and Envision Your Future Autonomous Car 
   National Design Centre, Training Rooms 1 & 2 
   7.30pm – 8.15pm 
   8:30pm – 9:15pm 
   Learn a fun and fast AI workflow for imaginative results as you design your own autonomous car using Hypersketch and Chat-GPT. 
    
3. [HEAL] Re:Repair 
   42 Waterloo Street, Level 1, Rehearsal Studio 
   7.00pm – 11.00pm 
   A casual discussion with the Repair+ designers about approaching brokenness with empathetic design. 
    
4. [READ] What’s Wrong with Well Worn? 
   National Library Building, Level 10 (Link Bridge) 
   3.00pm – 10.00pm 
   A silent auction featuring a selection of beautifully worn books that are precious not because they rely on the book title or any speculative market value.  
    
5. [EAT] Designers’ Live Tour: Interactive Experiences and Tastings 
   National Design Centre, Level 1, Gallery 1 
   6.30pm – 10.30pm 
   Experience an immersive ‘Living Room’ style tour that combines interactive experiences in new material production with delightful food tastings. 
    
   6.30pm – 7.30pm 
   Participative Live Show: Faba Forma by Niki Dimova 
   Guests are invited to play with Faba-Forma, a biodegradable material made from bean waste, using manual extruding guns to craft unique designs with various colours and nozzle shapes.  
    
   8.00pm – 9.00pm  
   Live Show: Bubbling Bricks by Atelier Fang  
   Atelier Fang will present the process of making bio-based bobbling bricks – an experimental crafting method using edible materials.  
    
   9.30pm – 10.30pm  
   Tempeh Tasting with Domingo Club 
   Taste the tempeh produced from a 2-day fermentation process, the result of the community performance involving their Domingo Necklace.  
    
6. [SHOP] Friday Shopping! 
   Bugis+ and Bugis Street, Level 1 Thoroughfare & #03-31 
   7.00pm – 9.00pm 
   There will be live narration of the exhibitions by a roadshow emcee in Bugis+ and selected items can be redeemed in Bugis Street*.        
   *While stocks last 
    
7. [COMMUTE] Ethnography of Commuter Behaviours: An Insight into Creating the Tribe 
   Bencoolen MRT 
   4.00pm – 10.00pm 
   Explore the vibrant and diverse commuter tribes of Singapore in this interactive and engaging exhibition. 

Organiser

DesignSingapore Council

DesignSingapore Council’s (Dsg) vision is for Singapore to be an innovation-driven economy and a loveable city through design by 2025. As the national agency that promotes design, our mission is to develop the design sector, help Singapore use design for innovation and growth, and make life better in this UNESCO Creative City of Design. Dsg is a subsidiary of the Singapore Economic Development Board.

Singapore Design Week 2024 key visual detail by Kinetic, with accents by gideon-jamie for the People of Design Showcase Series.