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Show AAIRY Bench,





Three-Legged

S TIDC and Universiti Malaysia Stool, Geo Coffee
Table, Strip-R
Sarawak (UNIMAS) Institute of
Design and Innovation embarked
on formal collaboration for research and
Console Table
development (R&D) on wood-based and Pua Kumbu
products particularly furniture through a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) showcased
on ‘Kursi PUSAKA’. ‘Kursi PUSAKA’ is at Malaysia
a research and development fund for
furniture designing programmes. International

The programmes include exploring local Furniture Fair 2017
motives, features, artifacts, new materials
as well as technology enhancement
towards grooming young furniture showcase their products in Malaysia Associate Professor Dr Hasnizam Abdul
designers among university students International Furniture Fair on 8-11 March Wahid, Director of UNIMAS Institute of
to elicit competitive furniture designs 2017 at Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Design and Innovation disclosed that
for export markets. STIDC aspires to Lumpur. the winners would be groomed further
capitalise on this platform to produce
made in Sarawak furniture using planted
forest resources particularly Acacia
Mangium. Mr. Andy
Nai Hai An with
AAIRY Bench
Through this pragramme, a furniture
designing competition was organised
in 2016 with 75 contestants. The
competition concluded with five winners Mr. Liew Jia Sheng
namely Mr. Andy Nai Hai An with AAIRY with Three-Legged
Stool
Bench, Mr. Liew Jia Sheng with Three-
Legged Stool, Mr. Iwan Hamdan with
Geo Coffee Table, Ms. Ti Siok Shan
with Strip-R and Ms. Norazrin Binti
Rashid with Pua Kumbu Console Table.
The winners were given the honour to
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