Presented by DesignSingapore Council, National Design Centre (Singapore) and the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) (London), the second edition of the project will make its international debut at the V&A London. Co-curated by Hans Tan Studio (SG) and Jane Withers Studio (UK), as a London x Singapore exchange, ‘R for Repair: London x Singapore’ will be shown during the London Design Festival (LDF) 2022, and in conjunction with Singapore Design Week.

The exhibition will include ten items repaired by ten different designers for 2022, alongside three repaired objects from the original exhibition in 2021. The exhibition will feature in the V&A Design 1900 – Now section in a concept created by Nice Projects. All final repaired objects will be displayed in an exhibition at the V&A (London) from 17 September 2022 to 30 October 2022. Everything on display will be returned to the owners thereafter.

"What interests me with this project is how we can create a richer understanding of repair culture. It celebrates the possibilities of repair as a creative process, something that adds new layers to an object’s identity and meaning – addressing the ‘emotional’ as well as the ‘functional’.

Co-Curator, Jane Withers

“Though repair used to be the first response when something breaks down, current day hyper-consumption has diminished the transformative role of repair. It is important to reframe repair in the contemporary context through design, which I believe when done well, comes with a good value system for how we could consider ownership.”

Co-Curator, Hans Tan