In that red building

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June Yong’s post titled Baby, You can turn me on has enticed me to visit the Red Dot Museum when I was at Tanjong Pagar area some time ago.

This post is adapted from a post that I have put up on one of my blogs.

The Red Dot Museum is housed within the building named Red Dot Traffic.

What caught my eye when I was approaching the Red Dot Traffic building was its striking red colour. I got to find out that this colonial-style building used to be the headquarters of the traffic police.

Unconvinced that anyone would have painted the building’s exterior completely red, I walked around the perimeters of the building. True enough, the back of the building was in white. My only question on my mind was: Is that white colour the original colour of the building? Could someone please enlighten me?

I shalln’t digress, I shall share with you about my visit to the Red Dot Museum. It was relatively quiet on a Sunday afternoon when I was there. There was quite a number of exhibits to treat my senses with.

Here are some of works that had caught my eye:

I thought it was a brilliant idea to have a tool that not only slices the cake, but could also be used to serve the sliced piece of cake.

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This shoe is special. I understand that it is designed for people who may have be in a prolonged kneeling position in the course of doing their work. A practical yet interesting design, in my opinion.

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The portfolio case looked simple yet functionable. I like its light and simple design.

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On hindsight, I wish there was a designer who could share with me the concepts behind the various designs. I think I would have appreciated the designs much more if the designer could be present to share with me his/her source of inspirations. I believe that the designs would make more sense to me if I could better appreciate the cultural and societal context in which they were conceptualised. A guided tour with one of the designers would have made the visit to this museum much more enriching, I would think.

One interesting observation of the museum that I have made: While using the Ladies, I found that even the taps in the washrooms have quite interesting designs. Please view below for an example:

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If you would like to read more about the museum, do read June’s post: Baby, You can turn me on too. I like it for its comparatively more vibrant and enthuasiastic style of writing.

And for those of you who wish to visit this museum, here is a link to the visitor’s general information:
http://www.red-dot.sg/concept/museum/general.htm

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