Sharing the tricks of their trade

Yap (centre) with the six designers who presented at the ’Design Connects People - FDC in Action’ seminar. They are (from left) Liow, Low, Lim, Lee, Tengku Ahmad Danial and Yang.

THE next generation of furniture designers are eager to make a change in the industry by working closely with manufacturers, getting them to embrace new designs and learning how to solve problems together.

“We have to collaborate with manufacturers to solve problems in design and understand the potential needs of the market,” said Nathan Liow Heng Yee.