something ABSOLUT.

In conjunction with Singapore Design Festival 2009, ABSOLUT has invited five designers (fFurious, H55, Kuanth, Kult and myself) to create a word art installations that capture the brand’s anthem, "IN AN ABSOLUT WORLD, Doing Things Differently Leads to Something Exceptional."

I was given the word "SOMETHING" for the installation. And I have chosen the magical combination of a kaleidoscope within a diamond to express the ABSOLUT world: pure with perfection, yet unrestricted in limitation. While SOMETHING is abstract in meaning - undetermined or unspecified. It is for the beholders to interpret what SOMETHING means to them. The use of kaleidoscope within a diamond facilitates this process by allowing the viewers to see what is reflected on the multi-faceted surface depending on their point on view.

This diamond-kaleidoscope was totally handmade. And it's my first time doing something 3D. Although the finishing is not as perfect as what I wanted, but I have tried my very best and I am happy to be given this chance after all. Looking forward to do more installation, but hopefully with more production time. (' u ')

My handmade 2000 karat diamond!


Kaleidoscope within the diamond.!


The exhibition is at ION (outside MiuMiu) from 20th to 30th November.
I'm so grateful to ABSOLUT for this chance, Audrey & Denise for the coordination and friends who helped me with the making of this diamond-kaleidoscope!

see you in the dark

Mischievous, strange, bewitching and evil looking is what Sophie Black appears to be. But when one tells her this she laughs like a child with glee.

Friends she loves a few: Ms. Crow (they both agree that black is the coolest), Ms Owl (they both love watching moon and stars), Ms Blackfish (they both like swaying in the water), Ms Bear (they both are shy) and The Black Hair (who understands her weirdest thoughts) which sits on top of her head.

For the first time ever, Sophie invites you to view her 13 treasured documentation of her world.

"Seeing me in the dark is seeing yourself in the dark" - Sophie Black

where:
Night & Day – Bar + Gallery + Friends, a new hybrid space consisting of a chillout bar and an art gallery, located at 139a/c, selegie road.

when:
Launch Party 21 sept, from 7pm
22 sept - 20 oct 2007

There, you will also meet Kuanth's dark world.