Abstract
This chapter describes the beginning of industrial and product design in Singapore—from self-governance to achieving the status of a UNESCO Creative City of Design. The growth of industrial and product design in Singapore can be attributed to Singapore Government initiatives to set up systems and infrastructure to facilitate that growth. Through foreign collaborations, development of local talent and the creation of a favourable environment, industrial and product design has grown from zero to a vibrant and creative community that supports Singapore’s aspiration to be an innovation-driven economy and a ‘loveable city’.
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Cheng (2019); Centre for Liveable Cities (2013).
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DesignSingapore Council (2016b).
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Sathikh (2013).
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O’Neill (2019).
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Benham (1958, 17 Apr).
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Centre for Liveable Cities (2013).
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Yeo (1965, 25 May).
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The Straits Times (1965a, 25 May).
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The Straits Times (1965a, 25 May).
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The Straits Times (1965b, 25 May).
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The Straits Times (1965c, 25 May).
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The Straits Times (1965f, 25 May).
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The Straits Times (1964, 3 Sept).
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Centre for Liveable Cities (2013).
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Cheng (1979); Centre for Liveable Cities (2013). ‘Direct jobs’ refers to employment by the military, such as military personnel and civilians working at military bases. ‘Indirect jobs’ refers to those that serviced and were supported by the British troops, such as barbers, shopkeepers, domestic helpers, bus drivers, taxi drivers.
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The Straits Times (1966, 11 Aug).
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Yeo (1966, 11 Aug).
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Economic Development Board (1967).
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Yeo (1966, 11 Aug).
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The Straits Times (1967, 27 July).
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Sathikh (2011).
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The Straits Times (1969, 26 Jan).
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Ministry of Culture (1971).
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Centre for Liveable Cities (2013).
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The Straits Times (1970, 28 June).
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HistorySG (2013).
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The Straits Times (1975, 27 June).
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Economic Development Board (1975).
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The Straits Times (1976b, 25 June).
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The Straits Times (1977, 26 May).
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Tan (1974, 2 June).
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Tan (1974, 2 June).
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The Straits Times (1981, 16 Jan).
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The Straits Times (1983, 7 Jan).
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Shariff (1985, 29 May).
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Singapore Trade Development Board (1987).
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Business Times (1981, 11 July).
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The Straits Times (1985, 3 Aug).
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Zhuang (2012).
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Business Times (1985, 20 Feb).
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Gutierrez and Holmberg (1986, 23 Feb).
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Tsang (1988, 8 Mar).
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Design & Technology Educators Society (2008).
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Business Times (1988, 25 Jan).
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Business Times (1988, 13 Oct).
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Business Times (1988, 20 July).
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Tsang (1988, 8 Mar).
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The Straits Times (1989, 15 July).
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The Straits Times (1989, 31 Oct).
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Singapore Trade Development Board (1994).
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Zhuang (2012), p. 36.
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Ministry of Information and the Arts (1991a).
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Zhuang (2012), p. 38.
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Sathikh (2011), p. 443.
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Ministry of Information and the Arts (1991b).
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Nanyang Polytechnic (1998).
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National University of Singapore (2000). This information was collected by the author during his research field trip to the School of Design and Environment in 2008 and 2009 to study industrial design education in NUS.
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Ministry of Trade and Industry (2002).
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Ministry of Trade and Industry (2002), p. 2.
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Ministry of Trade and Industry (2002), p. 2.
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DesignSingapore Council (2009).
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DesignSingapore Council (2009).
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DesignSingapore Council (2015c).
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Division of Industrial Design (2016).
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DesignSingapore Council (2015b).
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Seow (2016, 14 Jan).
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DesignSingapore Council (2016a).
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DesignSingapore Council (2016a).
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DesignSingapore Council (2019), DesignSingapore Council. Singapore, UNESCO Creative City of Design. Retrieved 27 June 2021, from https://www.designsingapore.org/about-us/unesco-creative-city-of-design.html.
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DesignSingapore Council (2016b).
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DesignSingapore Council (2019).
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Nanyang Polytechnic (2001).
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Singapore Polytechnic (2007).
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Ngee Ann Polytechnic (2012).
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Sathikh (2013), p. 7.
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Institute of Technical Education (2009).
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Sathikh (2013), p. 7.
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