The Asia Young Designer Award (AYDA) was first launched in 2008 as part of Nippon Paint’s vision to nurture the next generation of design talents. The event serves as a platform to inspire architecture and interior design students to develop their skills through cross-learning opportunities and networking with key industry players as well as fellow architecture and interior design peers in the region.
Nippon Paint Malaysia Group together with the Group’s key partners and AYDA 2017 Gold Winners
Winners of the Asia Young Designer Award (AYDA) 2017 – Shahmeena Labeeb from Taylor’s University and Ng Wai How from University Malaya – will soon be representing Malaysia to compete amongst 14 other countries in Asia for the coveted Asia Young Designer of the Year Award 2017.
Shahmeena and Ng were recently crowned the Gold Award winners for the Interior Design and Architecture Category respectively in the 10th instalment of the AYDA, one of Asia’s premier design competition platforms that reaches out to 15 countries across Asia namely Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iran, Vietnam, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India and Sri Lanka. A decade in its running since 2008, this year’s AYDA had received over 5,000 student entries from more than 600 design schools across the region. For Malaysia alone, AYDA had received a total of 1,109 entries from 44 participating design institutions.
Asia Young Designer Award 2017
On the wins, Shahmeena and Ng both entered their submissions respectively entitled “Plan Bee – A City Beekeeping Project” and “War Museum – An Extension of Tugu Negara”. Their entries were in line with this year’s theme “You for Tomorrow: Future Living as Envisioned Today” as the theme was tailored to challenge the foresight and technical abilities of young designers today to anticipate the needs of tomorrow through designs that serve the citizens of the future.
AYDA is aimed at nurturing the next generation of designers in the fields of interior design and architecture – offering opportunities for young talent to engage and gain first-hand exposure to personalised coaching, mentoring and skill-building workshops alongside renowned industry practitioners within and across the borders. AYDA Alumnus of AYDA have progressed to becoming reputable architects and interior designers in their field – from being attached to globally-recognised architectural firms to taking on leadership roles in self-established firms.