Studio Prive @ Motorola-SuperStyle-Mix

If fashion is your passion, then show your love for these fresh new designers and their collection of killer threads at Studio Prive's inaugural show.

Founded by Jonathan Seow (Woods & Woods), Studio Prive is a program designed to provide a showcase platform for the young bright sparks of local design. 7 fashion designers, each hand-picked by Seow, will debut their S/S 07 collection here.

The labels are: Demisemiquaver, Fake, Iamwhoiam, Nikicio, N.nchal.nt, Tangle, and U'tter.

See you there and don't forget to bring your cash!

Venue: 72-13 Mohammed Sultan Road
Date: 3 May 2007, Thursday
Time: 8pm

Studio Prive Post-Party: Velvet Underground featuring DJ Xhin


thanks Sharon!

Upcoming events

Tabitha Silk Fair @ The Shophouse
22 Lock Road
19th-21st April, 9am-6am
www.tabithasingapore.com

It's not everyday you get to do your bit for charity while shopping up a storm. We're talking about gorgeous silk bedding, cushions, and fashion accessories, all hand made with love in Cambodia. Proceeds go directly to Tabitha providing Cambodian families with a steady income. Read more about Tabitha in our latest issue of nest.

Egg-straordinary Hot Summer Sale @ Egg3
33 Erskine Road
Now till 21st April

The Egg3 sale is on now! Enjoy discounts up to 60% on selected intems including home accessories, fashion, bags, shoes, and necklaces.

Cloth by Julie Paterson @ Momentous Art Gallery
20 Lor Telok (off Boat Quay), #02-01
20th April - 6th May
www.clothfabric.com

Part of the Art & About Australian Art Festival, Cloth showcases Australian designer Julie Paterson's screen printed fabric collections. Visit Julie's website for more details.

Furniture Design Showcase @ The National Museum of Singapore
Concourse, 93 Stamford Road
6th May - 1st July

FDS showcases the works of the Furniture Design Award (FDA) 2007 finalists and winners the 3rd Furniture Lifestyle Innovations Perspective (FL!P) Challenge. Hop on down if you need a little inspiration.

Pork & Sons at Pantry Magic

Stephane Reynaud's Pork & Sons (Phaidon Press) now available at Pantry Magic! Big YAY!

For those who haven't heard of this wonderful cookbook, it contains 150 simple yet original recipes for, you guessed it, cooking pork. The book includes recipes for Warm Sausage and Puy Lentil Salad with herb Marinade, Proscuitto Arugula and Parmesan Crostini, Parfait of Pig's Liver and Muscatel...(you get our drift) accompanied by mouth-watering photographs.

Stephane hails from a long line of butchers in rural France and co-owns the acclaimed restaurant Villa 9 Trois, so you can be sure your directions for dinner are in good hands.

Mondo Trasho

My favourite pieces from Mondo Trasho, an Australian-based furniture shop specialising in rare vintage finds. If you're ever in Abbotsford, Victoria, stop by the shop to view their extensive range of pre-loved furniture.

For product information, email: contact@mondotrasho.com.au

Mondo Trasho
387 Johnston Street
Abbotsford, Victoria 3067
Australia

Bholu

I can't say how much i love these journals by Australian designer Jodie Fried. I'm one of those tactile people, so i really dig the textures on these.

Jodie believes in creating products that benefit people along the way so her Bholu label works closely with traditional Gujarati women artisans from the remote desert communities of western Gujarat, empowering these women with a chance to earn their own keep, and eventually, their independence.

Bholu offers a beautiful range of journals like these, along with cushions, throws, slippers, and even soft toys for children, all made from felt with silk hand embroidery stitching.

They stock mainly in Australia, but welcome all overseas enquiries. If you like them just as much as we do, click on www.bholu.com

Thanks Jodie!

Pass the salt, please!

Sorry for the lack of updates! We've been up to our ears with shoots and stories. The usual mad rush before going to print.

I stumbled upon these retro-inspired Salt & Playtime shakers from perpetual kid while scouring the web for products to feature in our WIRE section and what can i say, they're absolutely adorable! These building blocks are hand-formed from hardwood maple and then screenprinted and finished to perfection.

OMA in Singapore

Hot on the heels of Moshe Safdie's integrated resort in Sentosa, another world acclaimed architecture firm is set to leave its permanent mark on Singapore's skyline with a 36-storey residential high-rise in the heart of the city.

Pritzker Prize winning Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and his firm OMA (Office of Metropolitan Architects) have inked an agreement with Far East Organisation to design the 153 metre tall tower that will be located at the intersection of Scotts Road and Cairnhill Road. Four individual floating towers providing for 68 apartment units are suspended from a central core, granting each unit the best possible views of the city while freeing up the ground level for communal use.

When it comes to architecture, both residential and commercial, we really haven't got much to scream and shout about (the Esplanade is a note of contention, and our few remaining mid-century buildings have all been earmarked for redevelopment), so this seriously forward thinking high-end condo is really something else.

First Safdie, now Koolhaas, could Singapore really be the next hotbed of starchitecture?

Weng Fen

I can't get over how hauntingly beautiful these photographs are. They are taken by Weng Fen, an artist from Hainan Island, who's projects usually feature figures with their backs to the camera, staring (wistfully, perhaps?) out over the landscape.

To view more of Weng Fen's works, visit his Artnet site or his personal webpage.

via Heading East

Anthony Dickens

Don't get me wrong, Anthony Dickens' Origami coffee table (via pan-dan) is brilliant in its own right, but it recalls a little bit of that Noguchi aesthetic don't you think?
Coffee table by Isamu Noguchi. Manufactured by Herman Miller.

Karim Rashid Clicquot Loveseat

So Karim Rashid was in town the other day to unveil the curvaceous Loveseat for Veuve Clicquot at the National Museum of Singapore. Typically Rashid, the flamboyant bright pink loveseat consists of two opposite facing chairs joined in the centre by a pedestal with a Clicqout ice bucket. If you ever needed a reason to drink, this is probably it.