360 - the June 2006 Raffles Design Institute Graduation Showcase - offers innovative insights into the diverse world of design; from Fashion to Jewellery, Interactive Media to Visual Communication, Interior Architecture to Product Design. "360? symbolises design's constant revolutionary progression while signifying the unifying nature of design as a universal language.

360?/B> is the biggest graduation showcase ever organised by Raffles Design Institute and it calls for a week long celebration in order for families, friends and industry partners to view all Raffles Designers' works. Below are the highlights of this week-long showcase:

Graduation Exhibition: 19 June to 24 June 2006
National Library - Level 7, 8 and 9 Promenade

Many final year projects and award winning works were exhibited at this exhibition. As many as 12,187 visitors made a trip down to the state-of-the-art National Library to view the exhibition and be inspired by these aspiring designers' creations.
Fashion Marketing and Management Presentation for GAS: 20 June 2006
National Library - Possibility Seminar Room

In conjunction with the Graduation Showcase, Raffles Design Institute's Fashion Marketing & Management students presented their market research findings and novel marketing strategies for GAS, an Italian fashion label, in the competitive retail environment of Singapore.

Our students' proposals were judged by Ms Agnes Eveline (Retail Division Manager) and Ms Karen Wong (Operations and Product Executive) of Berca International Retail Division (B.I.R.D).

Winning concepts will be selected and implemented in Singapore for GAS.

   
   


Besides mapping out GAS's expansion plan in Singapore, our Fashion Marketing & Management students have also launched GAS Autumn/Winter 2005/06 collection at DXO Esplanade in September 2005.



GAS retails exclusively at GAS Shop, #02-31, Paragon, Singapore.
Telephone: (65) 6235-2116
Graduation Ceremony: 20 June 2006
Meritus Mandarin Hotel

Held at the grand Meritus Mandarin Hotel on Orchard Road, Raffles Design Institute received more than 1,000 parents, guests and industry partners to witness the graduation ceremony in the Mandarin Ballroom. All graduates were all dressed up for the occasion and at the ceremony, the Top Student Award for each faculty was announced. We would like to congratulate the following for their academic excellence.

     
Clockwise from top: Interior Design: Endropranoto Prita Kartina, Ingrid Handaja with Louis Albert Dube; Visual Communication: Lam Gui Ru, Delcie, Varela Paez Natalia Ruth with Paulo Moreira; Interactive Media Design: Chua Jie Sheng (Jackson) with Jojo Phua; Fashion Marketing & Management: Clara TAN Yean Suet with Joseph Goldstein and Product Design: Hana Yunita Haryanto with Julie Ross.
Fashion Show: 20 June 2006
Meritus Mandarin Hotel

The event reached the climax when the Fashion Design graduates opened the evening with their fashion show and all invited guests were entertained by the stylish and trend-setting collections. The fashion show was tremendously well-received, with stylish models catwalk down the runway.

Above: Mr Chew Hua Seng (CEO, Raffles Design Institute) with Guest of Honour, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong.


Left to Right: Ms Glenda Brindle (External Examiner), Mr Brian Forst (Fashion Design Lecturer) and Ms Benardette Blaire (External Examiner).

The fashion show hit the high note when the results of the top 3 collections were announced.

Top kudos go to Victoria Willmann for nabbing the Best Collection Award, followed by Dewi Asthari and Eliza Citra in second and third places respectively.

Winner: Victoria Willmann 1st Runner-up: Dewi Asthari

2nd Runner-up: Eliza Citra
 These collections were handpicked by our distinguished panel of judges comprising of Madeleine Wong (Winner of Asian Young Fashion Designer Contest 2003 and co-owner and designer of POSSE), Daniel Boey (owner of Daniel Boey Show Productions), Scott Chu (Winner of Mercedes- Benz Malaysia Fashion Award) and Kelvin Chow (Designer for "RE-").


From Left to Right: Mr Daniel Boey, Ms Madeleine Wong, Mr Kelvin Chow and Mr Scott Chu.

We congratulate all graduates on their fantastic performance and wish them all the very best in their future endeavours. To all guests, we hope you have enjoyed the night. Thank you for your kind attendance and look forward to seeing you in our December 2006 Graduation Showcase!

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