Vigoo by Wilda Wongso

Vigoo by Wilda Wongso

These gift boxes shaped like little characters by design student Wilda Wongso were on show at Platform 2012 during the International Furniture Fair Singapore earlier this month.

Vigoo by Wilda Wongso

Wongso created the boxes, called Vigoo,  while studying at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and exhibited them alongside gifts by classmates.

Vigoo by Wilda Wongso

There are four characters and each comes flat-packed s for self assembly.

Vigoo by Wilda Wongso

“It allows the user to dress up the gift box to best suit the receivers,” says the designer.

Vigoo by Wilda Wongso

The first International Furniture Fair Singapore took place from 9-12 March.

Vigoo by Wilda Wongso

Laputa by Outofstock

Laputa by Outofstock

Singapore and Barcelona designers Outofstock presented floating islands made of crumpled copper and moss during the inaugural International Furniture Fair Singapore this month.

Laputa by Outofstock

Inspired by the fictional floating island of Laputa featured in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, the installation for their own showcase called The Workshop Gallery hung inside a Tyvek tent on a city-centre street.

Laputa by Outofstock

The moss was harvested from unnoticed nooks and crannies in the city like tree trunks and drains.”The intention was to let visitors view the moss up close, appreciating the nature that thrives unseen around us,” says Gabriel Tan from Outofstock.

Laputa by Outofstock

See more work by Outofstock on Dezeen here.

Laputa by Outofstock

Photographs are by Ng Xin Nie.

Laputa by Outofstock

Here are some more details from Outofstock:


A meditative space, an introspective journey. Imaginary landscapes we create to escape the banality of city life.

Laputa by Outofstock

The installation is inspired by Laputa, from Gulliver’s travels, a fictional flying island created by a small civilization of educated mathematicians, astronomers and musicians. Set in the heart of the city, Laputa is a juxtaposition of its context – the urban city. We live in a society full of products and information, flawed value systems, and endless material pursuits, noise and visual clutter. Perhaps, it is only in such a fictional landscape that we can finally make sense of our increasingly surreal realities.

Laputa by Outofstock

Every piece of the hanging installation was unique in its formation and the way it was crinkled, the more facets and ‘imperfections’ appeared, the more they bore the uncanny resemblance to miniature hills and valleys. The unfinished copper was allowed to weather with the natural elements and produce a changing patina, in this way both copper and moss were continually growing alongside each other.

Laputa by Outofstock

The Workshop Gallery is founded by Outofstock as a space dedicated to their passion for handcrafted objects.

Laputa by Outofstock

Bruno Munari once said, ”If what we use every day is made with art, and not thrown together by chance or caprice, then we shall have nothing to hide.” The Workshop Gallery too seeks to bring us objects that rekindle our long-lost contact with the art of making in our daily lives.

Laputa by Outofstock