Honored to Be Featured in Places of the Heart by The Straits Times
Grateful for the opportunity to share my story in Places of the Heart—an exclusive interview exploring the urban spaces that inspire both designers and residents. A huge thank you to veteran correspondent Chantal Sajan from The Straits Times for this platform to reflect on my journey and how design can deepen our appreciation for heritage.
Whether through my career in spatial design or my passion for music composition, I’ve always sought to explore the subjects and influences that define me. These creative pursuits naturally document my journey, allowing me to share a piece of myself with others who might resonate with my thoughts.
Here’s to celebrating the spaces that shape us and the stories we leave behind.
https://www.straitstimes.com/.../places-of-the-heart-east...
We are thrilled to announce that we have won three prestigious titles at the 10th CREDAWARD Design Awards！
1.Silver Award for Interior Design (FF&E Design) - RHB Bank Singapore Headquarters
2.Exceptional Design Brand Leader - Mr. Tung Ching Yew
3.Quality Design Brand Leader - Mr. Tung Ching Yew
These incredible achievements would not have been possible without your continued support. Thank you for being a part of our journey. We look forward to achieving more milestones together！
We’ve won Best Booth Design at Singapore ArchiFest 2024.
We are thrilled to announce our role as the designer behind Admira Pte Ltd’s The Legacy exhibition booth at this year’s Singapore Archifest.
Guided by our Managing Director Mr. Tung Ching Yew‘s Master’s thesis on Legacy-making. This thesis aimed to integrate design theory across three distinct realms: Spatial design, UI/UX design, and Objects and Representations, thereby exemplifying a true transdisciplinary padegogy.
Huge thanks to Admira for their collaboration and shared vision in bringing Mr. Tung‘s design theory to life through powerful narratives and values. Special thanks to those who left your messages at the booth and contributed to The Legacy.
We are grateful to the organizers of the 53rd China International Furniture Fair (CIFF) for inviting our Managing Director, Tung Ching Yew, as a distinguished Keynote Speaker and panelist for the Asia Pacific Design Summit 2024. Joining leaders of the interior design community from across Asia, we‘re excited to delve into the topic ”Artificial and Emotional Intelligence through Design“ with an audience of more than 200 attendees.
Excited to announce that Tung Ching Yew, our Managing Director, will be joining the stellar panelists at King Living‘s Design Conversation kingliving series on coming Wednesday, 3rd April 2024. Grateful for the personalized invitation from Lookbox Living and looking forward to engaging in insightful discussions during the event!
✨✨It’s a tremendous honor to be invited as one of the keynote speakers at the world’s largest furniture trade show - 53rd China International Furniture Fair (CIFF) in Guangzhou, China. During my session at the Asia Pacific Design Summit 2024, I’ll delve into the fascinating realm where AI intersects with Emotional Intelligence (EI) in design. We’ll explore how AI is reshaping our industry and discuss strategies for integrating emotional depth into our designs.✨
If you’re attending the trade show, mark your calendars for March 20th (Wednesday) and join me at Area A of Canton Fair Complex from 10am to 6pm. Let’s embark on this journey together as we navigate the future of design in the digital age!
🗓️ 20 March (Wed) 2024
🕒 10am to 6pm
📍 Area A of Canton Fair Complex
Asia Pacific Design Summit is an event co-organized by CIFF 2024 and APS Media Group.
It brings great excitement to share that our Managing Director, Tung Ching Yew, has been chosen to join the esteemed jury panel for Singapore Good Design 2024! (SG Mark)
Being a fervent supporter of innovation and creativity, Ching Yew considers it a privilege to collaborate with numerous outstanding leaders in their respective fields for SG Mark 2024. Together, they will acknowledge exceptional design practices that have a positive impact on businesses and communities, both locally in Singapore and globally.
Excited to share that SODA has been featured in Singapore’s national newspaper, The Straits Times, highlighting our groundbreaking work in redefining office spaces for the post-pandemic world! Our design approach blended Customer Experience and Service Design ethos, setting a new spatial typology in transforming commercial spaces. We've had the privilege of revamping four RHB Bank branches, including their head office at Cecil Street which was completed in January 2023. These projects have set new standards in Spatial Design but also gave new visions for the banking industry. A huge shoutout to our client, RHB Singapore, for their unwavering belief in our vision. We are committed to maintaining our innovative design methodologies and delivering them with exceptional results. Here's to continued success and endless creativity!
Our Managing Director, Mr. Tung Ching Yew, was a featured Keynote Speaker and Panelist at the inaugural Chinese Heritage Brand Forum. Hosted by NAFA on Oct 2, 2023 in Singapore with representatives from East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai. This forum delved into the world of Heritage Brands.
Our Managing Director, Mr Tung Ching Yew has been invited for 4th consecutive year as Keynote speaker for Vietnam Design Week and Juror for VMARK Awards. This year he will be sharing his expertise and knowledge in Experience Design and Innovative Technology related to the Spatial Interior Design practice. Catch him in person in Ho Chi Minh City on 10 Oct 2023 at GEM Center.
Our Managing Director, Mr Tung Ching Yew, who is the current President of Society of Interior Designers Singapore, shares his thoughts on Singapore Tonight, a CNA’s 10pm News Programme about workplace safety in construction sector. Click on the link to find out more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgxbmWvlqoM
Last weekend trip to attend CIFF Guangzhou 2023. The 51st China International Furniture Fair marks the first major trade show after China opens its borders for business travels. Special thanks to organizers of CIFF for the VIP invitation representing Society of Interior Designers - Singapore. It is an honour to be one of the award presenters for the International Interior Design Awards to celebrate successful Interior Design businesses worldwide.
We celebrate together with RHB Singapore for the Grand Opening of RHB Bank and RHB Premier Centre at 90 Cecil Street! SODA is honoured to be the Lead Consultant for this project which includes revamping the facade of the building + spatial design of the lift lobby, retail, workspace, and washroom spaces.
Do visit Level 1, RHB Bank Building at 90 Cecil Street for a whole new retail banking experience and witness how we pay homage to Colonial Architecture + Peranakan Culture translated with a twist of modernity.
Counter services are available from 10 am to 5 pm on weekdays (Closed on weekends). E-lobby services are available 24 hours.
Celebrating our win at DNA Paris Design Awards with Admira Pte Ltd - The Library. We are elated to be awarded as Winner for Interior Design, under Retails category. Since the opening of the showroom in Oct 2020, this is the third design award we have garnered for this project. We thank our client again for the opportunity to work on this project and look forward to the new ventures soon!
Winner, Interior Design - Retails category.
To view the winning entry, please click on the link here 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
https://lnkd.in/eyaACc8V
We are elated to be one of the Honorable Mention Winners for the U.S BLT Built Design Awards 2021! HOUSE ON THE MOON explored on Design Narratives of anti-gravity and imbalance in the cosmic world which is translated into diverse angular tilts and faceted forms. We are thankful for the win and thank you BLT Built Design Awards for conferring us the title.
The BLT Built Design Awards recognized the expertise of all professionals involved in the realization of outstanding projects; from Architecture firms, Interior design experts to construction products, and project management.
In collaboration with @freyafilms to showcase two works produced 25 years ago by our Managing Director, Mr Tung Ching Yew during his struggling years as a design student in a local polytechnic. Embarking on a different design language that translates from the intangible into tangible; from formless to form, his works were criticized by tutors of those times as ‘difficult to understand’, ‘pointless’ and ‘unnecessary’. Thus, he named them as Works of Disregard.
However, he continued his degree studies many years later with the same design philosophy and was guided to expand on his Design Methodology in Narratives. Upon completing his degree studies, he graduated with a First Class Honours and was further conferred Best Graduate + Best Studentship Awards. His design philosophy has since been embedded into practice for 22 years now.
Works of Disregard is exhibiting as part of @nafa_sg SOAD Staff Show 2021. Starting from 16 September – 31 October 2021. Do visit the exhibition at The Ngee Ann Kongsi Galleries 1 & 2 between 11am – 7pm daily (except Mondays). Admission is free.
Happening today online at 5pm! Our Managing Director, Mr Tung Ching Yew is invited as a keynote speaker for one of the biggest event in the Design and Construction industry - Buildtech Asia 2021. He will be sharing the latest insights on Interior Design in the New Normal. Catch him live by scanning the QR Code or registering via the link below:
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https://register.eventx.io/a166443a-6380-4aad-bd56-b3bd93b0837f?locale=en
Congratulations to the Society of Interior Designers Singapore (SIDS) for successfully organizing SIDS Design Convention 2020 and awards presentation ceremony for Singapore Interior Design Awards 2020 （SIDA2020）at Marina Bay Sands. The event was graced by Guest-of-Honour, Minister of the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Finance & National Development, Ms Indranee Rajah and attended by 250 industry practitioners and partners from the Interior Design fraternity.
Our Managing Director, Mr Tung Ching Yew is honoured to be the Chairman for both SIDS Design Convention 2020 and Singapore Interior Design Awards 2020. He has worked meticulously with the Council for more than a year to ensure the event is elevated to a higher level. It is even more difficult to organize a live event during this pandemic period but with support from a great Secretariat team, the programme was delivered in glory and grandeur.
We are pleased to announce that Mr Tung has been reappointed as Chairman for Singapore Interior Design Awards 2021 and we look forward to a bigger success next year under his leadership.
3D Design Live Forum is conceived as an annual educational event to discuss topics that are in context to the current issues of the Design Industry. It is organized by NAFA 3D Design Alumni Chapter and NAFA Alumni Relations Office.
This year’s live forum consists of three episodes with ten panelists. To discuss how the design industry responds to the pandemic and the new normal.
Join our Managing Director Tung Ching Yew together with 10 invited guests for the Design Forum panel discussion. Now you can check out the playback videos by clicking on the Facebook links below:
Ep 1: Has the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we see Design?
Ep 2: Is Design an essential? How does design thinking affect the way of life?
Thank you IFI (International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers) for the exciting new business-focused initiative called D2D (Design to Designers). IFI D2D's goal is to provide connective support to the world design industry by showcasing examples of the best-designed places and products, as well as design leaders who are exploring diversified and innovative solutions for the continuously changing world.
SODA X DJSER
Live Webinar: 12 June 2020, 8pm (Singapore Time)
Speaker:
Tung Ching Yew, Founder & Managing Director
The topic of Design Narratives has been in discussion in the academic environment for many years now. But how many of us truly understand and implement it in our practice? This webinar aims to provide an overview of Design Narratives methodology in Spatial Design with two highly acclaimed completed projects by SODA.
It is with great pleasure that our Managing Director, Tung Ching Yew is invited to be part of VMARK Design Awards' Jury Panel and Keynote Speaker for the 2nd consecutive year. We congratulate the organizer, Vietnam Design Association (VDAS), for the successful event last year and looking forward to celebrating the best professional projects in Vietnam's interior design industry.
We are glad to be the voice of Singapore’s Interior Design industry for the IFI (International Federation of Interior Architects/ Designers) Congress and General Assembly 2020 held last week at Dubai, UAE. Our Managing Director, Mr Tung Ching Yew represented as Council Member of Society of Interior Designers Singapore (SIDS) to discuss topics on Design Industry and Education that affects the current design ecosystem and how it will evolve into the future of design trade.
Architectural design magazine Construction Plus Asia featured our award-winning NAFA Arts Preschool project. The magazine is written quarterly and available regionally. The project is written in great detail to showcase the design theory and thinking processes. The article is available in print copies and sold at most major bookstores. The online version is also available now, just click on this link to read the article.
http://www.constructionplusasia.com/my/nafa-arts-preschool/
It's a great end to 2019! Our projects NAFA Arts Preschool has been shortlisted as finalists for IFI Awards!
Our MD Mr. Tung Ching Yew, Chair for Awards Committee, shared with the students on the launch and details of SIDA (Singapore Interior Design Awards)
Thank you BCI ASIA for inviting our Managing Director, Mr Tung Ching Yew to join the panel of jurors for the 2020 cycle of Interior Design Awards. It’s great to be part of this grand event which is one of the most important regional awards for the Interior Architecture industry. The entries consist of 7 territories including China & Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. There are a total of 7 categories, namely Residential, Institution, Offices, Retail, F&B, Hotels, Recreational.
LOVE & CO has officially launch it’s opening of Asia’s largest flagship store at Jewel Changi Airport! Designed by Team SODA. It features a bold new design approach to define an intimate retail environment.
