Female designers make clean sweep


Winning design: Ong showing a mock-up of her free-standing shelf, which won her the first prize in the MIFF 2018 Furniture Design Competition.

KUALA LUMPUR: Young female designers made a clean sweep of the top three prizes at the Malaysian International Furniture Fair (MIFF) 2018 Furniture Design Competition.

Ong Sze Xian, 22, grabbed the first prize of RM6,000 for Float, a free-standing shelf inspired by monkey bars in playgrounds.

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