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INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors to
organise talks by renowned speakers
The three-day event in Singapore, with headline sponsor Dulux, will explore the
changing psychology of space and the future of interior design.
RUNNING ALONGSIDE the World
Architecture Festival to be held in Singapore
from November 4 to 6, the sister event
INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors will be
hosting the full programme of an exciting
array of international designers who will
present a series of seminar sessions.
Attracting more than 2,000 distinguished
architects and designers from across the
globe, the three-day event will put interior
design at the centre of global architecture and
design discussion.
The expert speakers will explore the
topics that are shaping interior design today,
including the impact technology is having on
our daily behaviour; how the defining lines
between the spaces we live, work and play
in are blurring and how the very role of the
interior designer is changing.
Speakers will share industry-transforming
insight on subjects such as the changing
nature of materiality, the relationship
between gender and design and the changing
psychology of space.
Keynote speakers at the festival will
include Lyndon Neri of Neri&Hu Design,
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discussing how design brings cultures and
communities together, and Jason Holley,
Director of Universal Design Studio, who will
discuss the company’s approach to the design
of the Ace Hotel in London.
The festival will begin with a speech
on November 4 by Dr Eve Edelstein,
Neuroscientist and Director of Innovative
Design Science, who will examine how design
features can influence human responses.
Sadie Morgan, co-director of dRMM, will
investigate the changing psychology of space,
and prominent architect and artist Will Alsop
explores cross collaboration to analyse the
possibilities for interior architecture in the
future.
Mariana Simas, Director of MK27, will
explain how design can merge the real and
virtual, and Mike Lim, Director at DP Design
with Justin Long, principal of HJGHER, will
speak on how brands can utilise ‘Big Data’ to
increase efficiency and engagement in design.
These seminars and debates will run
alongside live critique presentations by the 50
nominees competing to be named this year’s
World Interior of the Year.
Nominees include the Library@Orchard,
a tranquil library housed in Singapore’s busiest
shopping mall, the Medibank Workplace by
Hassell and the Pavilion, a luxury hotel in
Shepherd’s Bush, London.
Paul Finch, programme director of
World Architecture Festival and INSIDE:
World Festival of Interiors said: “Designers of
interiors, be it workplace, leisure or domestic,
understand that the power of everything from
space layouts, to colour and furniture can have
a profound effect on people, making us feel
comfortable, inspired or energised. INSIDE
speakers have a wealth of experience to share
about all these areas and we look forward to
what will be a fascinating talks programme.”
Throughout the three-day festival, 50
nominees from nine diverse categories, and
16 countries, will pitch against each other
to bag the World Interior of the Year award.
The winner will be announced during a gala
dinner on November 6 at the prestigious
Marina Bay Sands Singapore.
More information at www.insidefestival.com