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| Title: Critical of/for What? Notes on Criticality in Singapore Design Education & Practice |
| By (author): Candice Ng |
| ISBN10-13: 9819453763 : 9789819453764 |
| What does it mean to be critical in Singapore design education and practice today? Critical of/for What? Notes on Criticality in Singapore Design Education and Practice asks how Singapore designers and educators engage with criticality in teaching and practice. Through interviews and discussions with designers, educators and students, it explores the tensions between educational aims and professional realities. There are also essays retracing local histories of criticality-engaged design practices and an analysis of how designers negotiate criticality within the Singapore design landscape. |
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Pages: 311
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| Published: In Plain Words - May 2026 |
| Format: Paperback |
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| List Price: 29.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon |
| Title: 1 of: 3 |
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| Title: Striking! Advertising Matches from Singapore |
| By (author): Justin Zhuang, Gideon Kong |
| ISBN10-13: 9811843988 : 9789811843983 |
| Stylish buildings, trendy logos, sexy figures, exotic cultures, modern forms, flamboyant fonts and more â explore Yeo Hong Engâ s â litâ collection of vintage advertising that fits on a palm! With its rectangular and pocket-friendly form, matchboxes plastered with advertisements once offered an affordable and portable means of marketing. This collection of over 350 covers from Singaporeâ each reproduced true to sizeâ captures the city-stateâ s colourful modernisation during the 1970s to 1990s. An accompanying essay on the history of matchbox production in Singapore, along with seven curated themes, reveals the many meanings and cultures emblazoned on each design. |
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Pages: 400
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| Published: In Plain Words - August 2025 |
| Format: Paperback |
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| List Price: 27.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon |
| Title: 2 of: 3 |
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| Title: The [Other] / [Same Different] Vegetable |
| By (author): Sheere Ng |
| ISBN10-13: 9819443644 : 9789819443642 |
| [Side A] The Other Vegetable The way fruits and vegetables have been named is much like how people categorise and perceive one another. We take note of places of origin, distinctive appearances and make comparisons with what we know. While we may be more discreet about doing that to people, most donâ t think twice about calling a gourd â hairyâ or emphasising that a bawang (onion) is from â Bombayâ . Many fruit and vegetable names indicate the outsiders from or through whom they originate, as seen from the speakers of the respective languages. These names also communicate the feelings and ideas that communities have or have had about one another. And since Singaporeans inherited these names from colonisers and ancestors from other lands, some of these perceptions, often biased, are not even our own. [Side B] The Same Different Vegetable Are â Japanese tomatoesâ grown in Thailand still â Japaneseâ ? Is â premiumâ better than â specialityâ ? Is a sweet corn labelled â sweet cornâ sweeter than a sweet corn simply labelled â cornâ ? I added vegetable-labelling language to plant taxonomy to critique the scientific and commercial classification systems. Despite how they seem, both create value through distinction and are therefore compatible. |
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Pages: 72
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| Published: In Plain Words - October 2025 |
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| List Price: 17.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon |
| Title: 3 of: 3 |
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