About, Work


👋️ Hi, I’m Edmund Zhang, an interdisciplinary designer based in Singapore. I bring a playful curiosity to my work, imagining vibrant possibilities for the future.

With a lighthearted approach, I uncover hidden potential in unexpected places, transforming everyday experiences into ideas that are delightfully new. Before stepping into design, I studied animation—a background that continues to shape my work with an animated quality and a sense of joy.🙂
Experience
2024—: Faculty Lecturer, University of the Arts Singapore
2022—: Senior Product Experience Designer, NextOfKin Creatives
2018—2021: Industrial Designer, Bravo, Afternaut
2017: Internship, Lanzavecchia + Wai
2016: Internship, Torafu Architects
2015: Internship, Outofstock Design
2013—2017: BA (Honours) Industrial Design with Distinction, National University of Singapore

Exhibitions
2024:
Heal: Repair+, Singapore Design Week, 42 Waterloo Street , SG
Make: Me(n)tal, Singapore Design Week, NAFA Fashion Gallery, SG

2023:
Tomorrow’s Testament, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, SG

2022:
100 Marble Tiles, Design Superposition, National Design Centre, SG
Good Design Research, National Design Centre, SG

2021:
Topic N°4, HAND MADE, National Vending Gallery, National Design Centre, SG

2018:
Exchanged Forms, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, JP
Exchanged Forms, Ventura Future, Milan, IT
Wallpaper* Handmade on Tour, Gillman Barracks, SG
Wallpaper* Handmade, Milan Design Week, Mediateca Santa Teresa, Milan, IT
Wallpaper* Handmade Retreat, Singapore Design Week, Gillman Barracks, SG

2017:
Design Future/Now, National Design Centre, SG

2015:
CHI 2015, COEX Convention and Exhibition Centre, Seoul, KR

Press
2024:

Heal: Repair+ exhibition turns broken items into design objects, Dezeen
Repair+: Mending emotional memories through restorative design in a curation of transformed broken objects
Breaking stigmas: Singapore’s first lion dance troupe for seniors moves to the beat, The Straits Times
Singapore’s lion dance with a twist, South China Morning Post

2022: 
On The Red Dot: Hire Me Please! - Say Tian Hng Buddha Shop, Channel NewsAsia
Design Superposition设计展 叩问设计, Lianhe Zaobao
5 Highlights From the Design Superposition Art Exhibition, Tatler Asia
4 noteworthy installations at the Design Superposition exhibition, IndesignLive
Offcut Factory 教工业无废材, Lianhe Zaobao

2021: 
Conscious Consumption: Part 3, Curatedition
It’s a material world: Two heavyweight ideas for the environment, DesignSingapore Council

2020:
Seven local firms get up to $35,000 each to work on futuristic designs, Straits Times
Reframing our perception and treatment of material waste by design, DesignSingapore Council

2018: 
Handmade 2018: Wellness + Wonder, the projects, Wallpaper*
The local artist, Esquire Singapore
好设计就在身边, PIN Prestige
A well made and wondrous journey: Singapore designers at Handmade 2018, DesignSingapore Council
The Little Red Dot In Milan, The Business Times
Students from Singapore and Kyoto design objects inspired by each other's cities, Dezeen
Wallpaper* Handmade, The Straits Times

Talks
2024: Re:Repair, Singapore Design Week, 42 Waterloo Street 2024: Playful Ageing: Reimagining the Futures of Ageing from Case Studies to Co-Creation Workshop, World Futures Day, Teach The Future
2022: Play by Design, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
2020: Design Runway, TechInnovation
2018: Panelist, Wallpaper* Handmade, National Design Centre

  
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