Red Dot Museum

Red dot design museum is based at red dot Traffic, a creative hub located at Maxwell road.

"The red dot design museum in Singapore is the physical embodiment of the red dot design awards, an exclusive exhibition venue for red dot design award winners. It is here that products and brands communicate their design excellence and differentiate themselves from the mediocre. It also provides important orientation to businesses, design professionals consumers on what or who has the best design." (extracted from www.red-dot.sg)

Every 1st Saturday & Sunday of the month, there will be a MAAD (Market of Artists And Designers) bazaar held at the red dot design museum for the public. On display are creative art pieces and wares done by various artists & designers for viewing as well as for sale.

Piqued with curiousity and wanting to explore a different side of Singapore (other than its shopping malls), we (divina and yours truly) decided to venture a voyage into this artistic realm.

There were many tiny stalls that greeted us with its innovative and exquisite creations, ranging from one-of-a-kind handmade jewellery to create-your-own designer bags. There were also specially-designed T-shirts, ornaments and accessories, as well as (guess what?) cupcakes! Of course, there were also pieces of painting done on various materials such as wood or cloth and even copper-tooling art pieces displayed on the walls, which would act as a unique decorative piece in any home.

One stall that particularly caught my attention was this lady advertising "name poems", in which you just have to give her your name and she will create a poem based on your name right on the spot. She will then proceed to type out the poem using this old-fashioned typewriter and you just pay any amount for her work. Then there was portrait-sketching, which is quite common and usually one would get their portrait done by one artist. However, what is rather special about this skectching session was that you would have sit down for 10 minutes surrounded by a group of 8-10 artists who would proceed to sketch you based on their individual impression and you just have to pay for the one that you like.

Besides that, one of my personal favourites was colourfully-painted lampshades whose shape resembled biscuit tins (you know, the Khong Guan assorted biscuit tins that families would consume from) which really fascinated me, because something that was so everyday-simple could be turned into such a beautiful piece of artwork.

It was a real eye-opener for us as we soaked in all the aesthetic works done by these talented and creative artists and designers. All-in-all, we totally enjoyed ourselves, being surrounded by award-winning innovative works of designs in the museum in addition to the collective works of artistry produced by budding and accomplished artists and designers.