Residential Interior Design Course– Design for Interiors (Basic)

Mark Teo is an Assistant Professor of Design in the Business, Communication and Design cluster at the Singapore Institute of Technology. He has more than 15 years of experience, straddling practice and higher education, and has practiced in Singapore, Australia, and Canada. Mark is interested in how spaces impact people’s lifestylesand vice versa. He has crafted and overseen projects ranging from small lighting installations to conservation shophouses and multi-unit high-rise residential developments. Mark is a member of the Singapore Institute of Architects and served on the Sustainability Committee in 2009, during which he was a contributor to the institute’s policy paper on the attributes of a sustainable built environment. He is also serving on both the Sustainability Education Committee and the Sustainability Work Group at  the Singapore Institute of Technology. His current research interests are in human-centred design, sustainability, urban agriculture, and food security.

Gyn Kong graduated with a Master of Architecture from the School of Architecture at the National University of Singapore. She started her career specialising in exhibition and retail interior design. Through working on small projects with short completion timeframe at an early stage of her career has enabled her to grasp the full spectrum of handling a design project from design inception to construction. 37 Degree - a casual wear retail chain, The Ninth Vine Wine Academy were some of her earlier works. Gyn joined Alsop Architects in 2003 to work on larger scale retail and mixed-use projects. She was part of the design team for the Clarke Quay redevelopment, and she managed the Alsop Singapore office during the project. Later, she was posted to Beijing to work on a mixed-use project - Raffles City Beijing. She was vital in the design and detailing of the office tower component. Since 2007, she founded Orangeink Design Studio. The range of projects includes master planning, shophouse A&A, and interior design for education institutions, commercial and residential. In the course of her design practice, Gyn was also a part-time design tutor in the architecture school at the National University of Singapore. Gyn is passionate about education and enjoys sharing and imparting knowledge for design of environment to her students.