Local design association The Design Society is appealing to the public for help after a piece contributed for an exhibition went missing last Saturday at the National Design Centre.
George Goes To Japan, a company annual report unconventionally done in the fashion of a beautiful graphic novel by local design studio Couple, was said to have been absconded with by an unknown party. It had been placed alongside other exhibits and was available for people to peruse through the pages, but it appears that someone found it beguiling enough to misappropriate.
“We are urging the person who took it to bring this back as this is the only copy of the design studio,” wrote The Design Society in an urgent Facebook post, calling for any person with relevant information to step forward.
“You can just leave it with the reception at (National Design Centre). We just need it back.”
George Goes To Japan
The piece had been part of the DRAWN/DESIGNED exhibition, which showcases a curated collection of fine Singapore-produced works by local creatives and design studios. And George Goes To Japan is probably one of the finest works you could appreciate at the exhibition.
Singaporean philanthropic organization Lien Foundation had engaged Couple to produce an illustrated annual report for the year 2014/2015, and the result is a 111-page graphic novel lovingly illustrated by artist Esther Goh with a cohesive storyline by copywriting agency In Plain Words.
The report itself follows the adventures of a man named George, who learns about the various quirks in Japanese culture, interspersed with writings in his journal that double as reports for the initiatives the foundation has carried out.
The entire report can be viewed online (with Goh’s amazing illustrations being animated as well), but nothing beats having a physical copy of the book. Alas, the design studio’s only copy — which they were willing to showcase to the public for the exhibition — just had to be stolen.
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