2 JULY 2019, Singapore, Singapore – IKEA Singapore’s Young Designer Award (IKEA YDA)2019 yesterday crowned Raffles College of Higher Education’s Shin Heetae the overall winner of this year’s competition. Deeply embedded in IKEA’s core philosophy of using less for more, the theme of Zero Waste is particularly timely amidst the urgency of climate change and the Singapore government’s push for the Year Towards Zero Waste. Aimed to address waste decadence in Singapore and Asia, this year’s competition brief challenged students to propose and develop design innovations across four major waste streams – food, plastics, paper (or packaging) and e-waste. (more…)