Design with empathy

Mr Eldon Ng's The Factory (above) and Ms Jessica Lim's Weightless focus on coping with the impact of the pandemic.
Mr Eldon Ng's The Factory (above) and Ms Jessica Lim's Weightless focus on coping with the impact of the pandemic. PHOTOS: ELDON NG, JESSICA LIM
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Singapore's winners of the Nippon Paint Asia Young Designer Awards 2020/21 (Ayda), Mr Eldon Ng and Ms Jessica Lim, both focused on how communities can fend off the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic through the competition's overarching theme of Forward: Human-Centred Design.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 12, 2021, with the headline Design with empathy. Subscribe