Nippon Paint opens search for Asia Young Designer Award 2018
Nippon Paint (Coatings) Philippines, Inc. announced the holding of the search for the Asia Young Designer Award (AYDA) for the year 2018. Carrying the theme “FORWARD: Challenging Design Boundaries,” AYDA 2018 encourages Architecture and Interior Design students to depart from their usual comfort zones. They are tasked to challenge the vernacular archetypes and present design boundaries so they can come up with more creative creations in a variety of ways possible. From left: Hazel Gotan, marketing officer, NPCP; Shyra Lara Castillo, asst. marketing manager, NPCP; Gladys Goh, group general manager, Nippon Paint Malaysia; Michael Francisco, general manager, NPCP; and TJ Ng, sales manager, NPCP. During the last decade, several design disruptions have created a tremendous impact on the design industry with a more recurring pattern and consumer behaviors that have influenced the way people interpret spaces. Notions like “adaptive reuse,” “disruptive technology,” and “experimenta...