Brian Tan
a native child of the tiny tropical island of Singapore, went to the
United States to pursue a Masters of Interior Architecture from the
world-renowned Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence. He
then spent two years in New York City as a visual merchandiser for
Hennes & Mauritz AB, better known as H&M, where he was
instrumental in creating vivid brand experiences in line with
H&M's seasonal campaign.Brian made the trans-Atlantic leap from New York to London in 2005, carrying out his current role as an Event designer at Imagination Ltd. One of the world's largest and most highly regarded design and communications consultancies, which has come in 1st for 6 conservative years in DesignWeek Top 100 design groups.
During his time at Imagination, Brian was selected by C&IT (Conference & Incentive Travel) magazine, as one of the 35 future leaders of the events industry from the country's most profitable and creative event agencies. He was published in The A List, a 32-page glossy supplement published in the April 2009 edition of C&IT. This supplement shines the spotlight on the future leaders of the events industry. He was also selected as a Judge at the D&AD 29th Global Student Awards 2007 in London.
In his early formative years back in Singapore, Brian was an assistant choreographer in the annual Singapore National Day Parade (Ministry of Education Contingent) in 1998 and 1999. The mass display was performed live to an audience of 55,000 people at the Singapore National Stadium and was also televised nationwide simultaneously.
Prior to that, Brian graduated with a Diploma in Interior Architecture and Design in 1997 from Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore). In 1996, he was elected President of the Design Studies Club, where he received a Certificate of Merit in 1997 for his efforts in the Design Studies Club. He was also Valedictorian at the School of Design ceremony in 1997. His other credits include being a semi-finalist at ASPAT Manila 1996 and a finalist in the SFIC furniture design competition in 1995, where his furniture design creation was featured in ID magazine that year.
Clara Yee
is a student of the universe first year stuck forever a quest for
knowledge. She was awarded the Shooting Gallery Prize, Best Illustration
Student in Temasek Polytechnic (Visual Communication) and is current a
Graphic Design student at Central Saint Martins College of Art and
Design.
She
had two collaborative exhibitions in Singapore and a wall mural in a
paper factory. Illustration is the love of her life and she has had an
internship at Alexandra McQueen illustrating prints. She is not
fickle-minded, she just has a nettlesome habit of seeing virtue in every
argument.
Clara is also the 642th dwarf planet discovered to orbit the sun.
Advisory Panel - David Lee, Brian Chia, Melisa Chan
