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Interior Designers: Ministry of Design
- Area: 350 m²
- Year: 2020
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Photographs:Edward Hendricks, CI&A Photography
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Manufacturers: Chai’s Classic Home, Ecolinks, Emperor's Attic, Golden Teak, Hock Siong, Ikea, Journey East, Junky Corner, Kang, O2 Plants Island Landscape and Nursery, P+ Capital, Royal Interior, Second Charm, Soul & Tables, Umbrosa, Vintage Palace
Text description provided by the architects. Historic dwellings like conservation shop-houses are repositories of memories, with previous lives and a past of their own. Ministry of Design explores history and our relationship with the past, present and future through the concept of layers in Canvas House at Blair Road. Blurring the boundaries between space and object, MOD conceptually blanketed Canvas House with a layer of white that provides a canvas for the future, whilst revealing historical preservation in concentrated spots. The house rhythmically reveals parts of its past, with Shadows of old timber as well as Layers of revealed brick and intricate details of re-purposed and upcycled furniture. At the same time, MOD invites visitors to imagine a future with Dream, a text-based neon piece that the studio created, with a quote by Thomas Jefferson that encapsulates MOD’s approach to
