Yeo Ker Siang (Yang Hexiang) 楊賀翔 is a Singaporean interested in design as a fabrication activity that makes things up for society.
Through research, making and teaching, he utilises media and technology to propose conceptual engagements that enrich the interactions among people, values, and cultures.
He has been certified and approved as a designer since 01 July 2014, when he graduated from the National University of Singapore, with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Industrial Design. In 2017, he became more designerly when he graduated from the Royal College of Art with a Master of Art in Information Experience Design.
Curatorial Work
2023 BYOA, Peace Centre, Singapore
2023 Thinteractions, Visual Arts Centre, Singapore
2022 Finding Je Ne Sais Quoi, 125 Desker Road, Singapore
2022 Dellaboration, Re-route Festival, Singapore Design Week
2022 Design Superposition, National Design Centre, Singapore
2021 RE- (Virtual Showcase), Archifest, Virtual
2020 If Pixels Could Dry, Virtual
2019 Another Place, Another City, URA City Gallery, Singapore
2019 30 Years of Conversation Facade Artworks by School of the Arts students, URA Centre, Singapore
2019 Curiocity for Jurong Innovation District, Singapore
Exhibitions
2020 PLAY! Tropical Cities, National Design Centre, Singapore
2019 Original Simulations, VRSciFest, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
2019 Resonance, Re: Bench, Urban Redevelopment Authority Centre Singapore
2017 Original Simulations, Quantum Computer Art collaboration with University of Bristol and Institute of Physics, White City, London, United Kingdom
2016 Absolute Relative for ABSOLUT. Blackbox, SONAR+D, Barcelona, Spain
2016 A Community-focused Camera, RE-PUBLICA, Berlin, Germany
2013 Kallang Medallion, WOOD Exhibition, Urban Redevelopment Authority Centre, Singapore
Presentations & Feature
2022 Op-ed on Design+Architecture Magazine, How can Design be Valuable to Singapore? ︎
2022 ZBNow, Feature article on Design Superposition
2019 ZBNow, Feature article on Re:Bench
2017 Quantum Computer Art Presentation, Original Simulations, Victoria & Albert Museum
2017 Clot Magazine, Absolute Relative: How Our Senses Are Linked to Reality
2013 The Design Society Journal, Kallang Medallion, The Magic of Design, pg 49