David Tham

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David is the founding director of StudioNorm Design Consultants; established in 2008 with its head office in Singapore, StudioNorm has defined itself as a design consultancy focused on the hospitality industry dedicated to create bespoke pieces of furniture, furnishings and interior architecture. David also established the company’s in-house label named ‘normform’ which distributes across the hospitality industry and beyond in diverse landings

Under David ‘s leadership, the company have been endorsed by the government and recognized by the industry being the inaugural recipient of the Young Entrepreneurship Startup Fund award administered by the national agency Enterprise Singapore (Spring Singapore) in 2008, receiving the Top SME Achiever Award in 2014 and clinching the prestigious Golden Pin award in 2019.
David himself has been named as Singapore’s 50 most influential in design by Tatler Singapore in 2015, conferred as a Leading Hospitality Designer in Singapore by Lux Asia Magazine in 2018 and was also nominated for the spirit of enterprise award in 2019.

David now serves in the executive committee of the Design Business Chamber of Singapore (DBCS) and has served on various judging and award panels as an adjucator across the region and at the same time nurtures the next generation of design successors through lecturing in various instituitions in Singapore.

Education

2005- 2007 Design Academy Eindhoven
Masters in Design (MDes), course of IM (Conceptual Design in Context)
Major- Industrial, Interior, and identity Design

2017- 2019 University of Westminster
Masters of Architecture (MArch)

2000- 2003 Temasek Polytechnic - School of Design
Diploma (Dip.Pid) Course of Product and Industrial Design


Professional Experience

2007 - Date Managing Director at StudioNorm Design Consultants Pte Ltd

2008 - Date Adjunct Lecturer at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

2015 - Date Adjunct Lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic Design School

Studio

StudioNorm
https://www.studionorm.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-tham