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FENN YOUNG DESIGNERS AWARD (FYDA) was established in 2008 by Fenn.

Fenn is a full service design practice dedicated to the ethos that

“Art, design, and architecture are an expression of life as well as a shelter for it”

Fenn operates as a team of highly experienced designers guided by this collective vision to deliver the

best design and service to our clients. Fenn team believes in a holistic approach to design that evolves

from the narrow focus on aesthetics to embrace other disciplines working together to create synergy

between people and places. (www.fenndesigners.com)

FENN YOUNG DESIGNERS AWARD (FYDA) celebrates excellence in creativity and innovation in the

world of design. It is open to young creative minds between the age of 18-33, from all parts of the

world. The design competition aim is to;

• Help in nurturing young talented designers

• Showcase creativity and innovations

• Foster a forum for creative minds

• Provide a platform for young designers to express their creativity outside the usual “Brief” formula.

Entries can be made across a very broad spectrum of project types. Buildings, interiors, landscaping,

refurbishment, urban projects, fine art, furniture and product designs are all eligible.

Fenn Young Designers Award (FYDA)

A new Learning Environment

As technology advance in spades our lives are changing dramatically. Generations’ technological gap

is widening greatly and parents are finding it difficult to understand their kids and deal with their ways

of working, learning and socializing.

It is even more obvious in schools where the challenges faced by teachers, curricula and physical

facilities are immense.

Young generation’ ways of learning, their multitasking skills are changing. Sitting in a quiet room

surrounded with rows of books is becoming almost obsolete. Young generations are looking for

interactive environments, environments that allow them to work, share, socialize, and learn.

Fenn Young Designers Award Challenge this year is;

How can the “library” be re-imagined and re-engineered to provide this type of environment for

the Millennials?

FYDA 2013 Competition

The Jury includes prominent design professionals from various design fields as well as specialists librarian and end users.

•Dr. Chafia Ferhat, Creative Design Director Fenn Designers, | Architecture/Interior Design

•Francesco Cappuccio, Director of School Accademia Italiana, | Interior Design/Industrial Design

•Miriam Varghese, Programme Director Raffles Design Institute | Fashion Design

•Dr. Catherine Clover, Board member The Nelson Hayes Library| Art history

•Diana Pajkovski, Curator The Nelson Hayes Library | Librarian

•Ravi Chailertborisuth, NIST , Bangkok User Generation Y

FYDA 2013 JURY

FYDA 2013 Applicants This year we received 312 applications from

58 countries. Europe, USA and Asia.

candidates came in force once again this

year.

Submissions ranged from Urban design,

Architecture, Product Design and Interior

Design.

After some heated debates the Jury were

able to finalise the winners and the honorable

mentions of FYDA 2013.

Name of project: THE DIGITAL GENISIS

OF THE LIBRARY

Team members:

SHARIF ANOUAR

ILYAS EL HAJJI

EL MAHDI LEBBATE HICHAM OUSALAH

Name of project: THE HUB

Team members:

SANTI MUSMECI SEBASTIANO MACCARRONE

Name of project: RETOLD |

NARRATING INTELLIGENCE

Team members:

WEI LEONG YAP

MING JANN LEE

Honorable mention F13C102 (Portugal)

Name of project: INFORMATION CLOUD

Team members:

FRANCISCO JOÃO SOUSA GABRIEL FERREIRA DA SILVA

ANA RITA CORREIA GOMES

Honorable mention F13C118 (Vietnam)

Name of project: READING ISLANDS SYSTEM

Team members:

THU HA NGUYEN

DUY HOANG VU

PHUC THANG NGUYEN

Name of project: A SPACE FOR THE FUTURE

Team members:

SEAN BRADY

Honorable mention F13C120 (United Kingdom)

Name of project: EVENT ENCOUNTERED: URBAN INFO | SYSTEM

Team members:

NIKHIL TRICAM

Honorable mention F13C128 (South Africa)

Name of project: LIBRARY NODES

Team members:

MUHAMMAD IQBAL TAWAKAL

Honorable mention F13C172 (Indonesia)

Name of project: CYBERNETICS AND THE EVOLUTION

OF COMPLEX ADAPTIVE LIBRARY

Team members:

Alireza Memarian | Mahsa Dehghani | Kiana Karimi |

Ghazaal Salimianrizi | Hamed Dabestani

Honorable mention F13C179 (Iran)

Name of project: RECONCILIATION WITH THE BOOK

Team members:

TAREK HREISH

Honorable mention F13C197 (Lebanon)

Name of project: OLD, NEW, AND COMFORTABLE

Team members:

BAHARE JAHANGIRI

NIMA ALAVI

JAVAD ALLAHGHOLI

Honorable mention F13C210 (Iran)

Name of project: DHRISTIKON, A LIBRARY FOR

GENERATION ‘Y’ OR MILLENNIAL

Team members:

DEEPAK SINGH DHAMI

Honorable mention F13C216 (India)

Name of project: SENTENTIA

Team members:

ILIJANA SOLDAN

Honorable mention F13C250 (Unites States of America)

Name of project: [FACE] BOOKS

Team members:

SRIJON BARUA

SAMAIN SABRIN

Honorable mention F13C284 (Bangladesh)

Name of project: MODERN ATHENAEUM

Team members:

AMY CHOI | OLIVIA LUI | KEVIN HONG

MITCHAL QUAN | CURTIS WONG

Honorable mention F13C307 (United States of America)

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