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Infinity - Graduation Exhibition and Fashion Showcase
19 June – 22 June 2008

Raffles Design Institute (Singapore) celebrated the graduation of the June 2008 cohort with Infinity - the graduation exhibition and fashion showcase of Raffles Designers! “Infinity” offers an innovative insight into this constantly changing world of Design, from Fashion to Jewellery, Interactive Media to Visual Communication, and Interior Design to Product Design.

Inspired from the Latin word “infinitas”, “Infinity” encapsulates the images that immediately imprint themselves on our memories; startlingly new, transporting and palpable. They are so fully realized and dimensional that you can almost feel the breath of the air on your skin or smell the rain, as if you were physically there.

This impressively imagined world is born of the infinite dreams of our young designers, awaiting the complete realization of their concepts and ideas, waiting for the right moment to place the correct piece into play, to create and to inspire, to reach the point where it all translates into the visual vocabulary of design. This moment is a glimpse of Infinity, the never ending process of evolution and
re-invention.

The celebration began the official opening of exhibition to our industry partners, followed by a four-day exhibition open to the public at the state-of-the-art National Library Singapore. The event culminated to a climax when the Graduation Ceremony and Fashion Shows were held at the grand Ritz Carlton, The Millenia Singapore Hotel on 20 June 2008.

Graduation Exhibition
The National Library

The graduate showcase at the National Library covered three levels of exhibition space and it attracted as many as 10,000 visitors coming to view the students’ works over the four days of exhibition. Industry partners and the public were impressed by the effort and the high quality works the students presented.

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Raffles Design Institute collaborated with SPH NewMedia to introduce the latest barcode technology, ZapCode at this exhibition to facilitate the industry partners’ talents search. Each student has a personalized ZapCode that provided details about the designers themselves.

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“Through ZapCode, designers and their works will be easily accessible by industry partners and future employers. ZapCode enhances both the graduates’ employability and employers’ ease of talent hunting” Ong Kai How, Marketing & Operations Manager, Raffles Design Institute.
(Source: The Straits Times – Marketplace, 7 July 2008)

Fashion Marketing and Management Presentation
Ritz Carlton Hotel

As part of the Graduation Showcase, Raffles Design Institute’s Fashion Marketing & Management students were given the opportunity to present their market research findings and marketing strategies to a panel of judges, namely Mr T K Wong (owner of The Happy People Co Pte Ltd, franchisee of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream) and Ms Sylvia Lim (Senior Manager, Business Development of The Island Shop). It was a moment for the students to interact with the judges, in hopes to gain from their experience and expertise.

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Distinguished judges: Mr T K Wong and Ms. Sylvia Lim

“The ideas are great! Keep dreaming and keep it coming.” Ms Sylvia Lim

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Graduation Ceremony
Grand Ballroom, Ritz Carlton Hotel

Held in the Grand Ballroom of Ritz Carlton, The Millenia Singapore Hotel, the event saw more than 1,000 parents, guests and industry partners witnessing the proud graduates receiving their certificates on stage. The graduates were all dressed up for the day and all cheers go to the top students from each faculty who receive the Top Student Award. Congratulations to the top students for the academic excellence.


Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma in Fashion Marketing & Management: Tan Yun Yie Elaine		Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma in Interior Design: Dick Geoffrey William

Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma in Interactive Media Design: Yosetine Foesada		Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma in Visual Communication: Irene

Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma in Visual Communication: Cindy Anggono		Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma in Visual Communication: Eva Sunarya

Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma in Product Design: Fitalita Ambadar		Top Student Award for the Advanced Diploma in Jewellery Design: Melissa Juwono

Fashion Show
Grand Ballroom, Ritz Carlton

As evening approached, invited guests, industry partners, parents and the public were geared up to watch the graduating students’ fashion shows. The lustrous and trend-setting collections of the Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design and the sophisticated and exceptional collections of the Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) awaited to be revealed.

The fashion show reached a climax when winners for the Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design Best Collection Awards were about to be announced. The Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design students’ collections were judged for their designs, creativity and workmanship. Sitting among the distinguished panel of judges were
Mr Daniel Boey (Show Producer of Daniel Boey Productions), Mr Luke Elijah Lim (owner of To-a-Tee and 1st Recipient of “Moët and Chandon Fresh Fashion Stylist of the Year” Award 2004) and Ms Tee Hun Ching (Editor, URBAN – The Straits Times).

From left to right: Mr Luke Elijah Lim, Ms Tee Hun Ching and Mr Daniel Boey


Winner:Vicky Zhu with Prof Giuseppe (Joe) Spinelli		2nd-prize: Tony Wang Hu with Prof Spinelli
		Best Collection Award First prize went to Vicky Zhu, followed by Tony Wang Hu and Ada Yeong in second and third places respectively.
3rd-prize: Ada Yeong Yuan Ting with Prof Spinelli

“The decision was unanimous – Vicky Zhu’s on-trend and wearable menswear designs looked just as good onstage as it did off. At 17 and the youngest of the lot, she showed a maturity of thought and skill in her works that seems at odds with her bubbly, child-like demeanour… … She is likely the sort of new blood River Island would have snapped up had we been in London.” Ms Tee Hun Ching
(Source: The Straits Times – URBAN, 3 July 2008)

Besides grooming young talents, Raffles Design Institute also works closely with industry partners to place our graduates in their companies. Serving as a springboard to greater success, Raffles Design Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Abyzz to launch a 6-month Mentorship programme with Fashion Designer, Desmond YANG.

The recipient of this award will be mentored by Desmond to develop a fashion collection to be sold at his flagship store at Millenia Walk.

The recipient of inaugural Mentorship Award went to Ms Afton CHEN Sihan and she is also representing Singapore to compete in the Triumph International Award 2008 in Beijing!

Congratulations to award winners and all graduates for the fantastic performance. The School wishes all the graduates the best in their future endeavours. To all guests, we hope you have enjoyed the night. Thank you for your kind attendance and we look forward to seeing you in our December 2008 Graduation Exhibition and Fashion Showcase!

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