Wei Xiang Tan
Singapore
Wei Xiang graduated from Lasalle College of the Arts, Spatial and Product Design BA(hons) with First class honors in September, 2017. Upon graduation, Wei Xiang worked as a carpenter, making furniture from trees grown specifically in Singapore. He worked with various species such as African Mahogany, Rain tree and Tembusu tree, which were given a second life amidst Singapore’s rapid land development. He also worked as a Technical Executive at Temasek Polytechnic, School of Design. One of his recent works was called Discovered, a project with Wallpaper*, American Hardwood Export Council and Design Museum London to create an object that represents the functional and emotional connections to our everyday objects, guided by the themes of touch, conversations and different thought processes. Currently, Wei Xiang is working as a Design Modeller at Dyson.
