From Me to We:
Transforming our CBD with
the Buzz of Personal Identity.

From Me to We: Transforming our CBD with the Buzz of Personal Identity.

Building a design system that allows communal engagement and personalities through crowd-generated artworks.

Overview

Raffles Place, as Singapore’s Central Business District (CBD), is a vibrant hub but often feels impersonal, lacking a strong connection with its working community. How can we use placemaking to transform perceptions, fostering a sense of belonging and positive recognition?

Big Idea

Big Idea

'What’s Your Buzz Mark?' campaign plays on “trademark,” inviting the public to create unique designs that reflect both the bold energy of Raffles Place based on their personality traits. The crowd-generated artworks were installed on public benches to foster ownership. These could also be turned into personalised tokens for retail perks, while game installations inject vibrancy and shareable moments into public areas.

Challenge

Challenge

Known to be an urban jungle, how do we develop novel and delightful ways that could make the CBD more personal and relatable?

CLIENT

CLIENT

CLIENT

Raffles Place Alliance, LopeLab

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

2023

PROJECT

PROJECT

PROJECT

Campaign, Identity Design, Environmental Graphics,UI/UX

fellow design TEAM

DESIGN LEAD

DESIGN LEAD

DESIGN LEAD

Izyanti Asaari

UI/UX

UI/UX

UI/UX

Xin qian Chua

EXHIBITION DESIGN

EXHIBITION DESIGN

EXHIBITION DESIGN

IFFAH DAHIYAH

Design System

Inspired by the Raffles Place’s brandmark, a total of 10 pattern glyphs were designed to be part of the graphic formula to form the buzzmark.

6 Personas, 10 traits and over 4000 possibilities. What is yours?

Infusing the CBD with a personal Buzz with a Pop-up event.

Onsite Interactive: Buzzspot Game

We transforms passive spaces into playgrounds of interaction.

Spot, Match and Unlock rewards.

Spot, Match and Unlock rewards.

To create some cognitive challenge, there are a total of 20 artworks on the structures around the grass lawn. By scanning to QR code on site, it will take player to the microsite, where they will have to input the correct numbers to match. Player would need to complete 3 matches within 5 minutes.

To create some cognitive challenge, there are a total of 20 artworks on the structures around the grass lawn. By scanning to QR code on site, it will take player to the microsite, where they will have to input the correct numbers to match. Player would need to complete 3 matches within 5 minutes.

The result? A win-win: meaningful moments for the public,
and measurable footfall and sales uplift for the client’s network of merchants.

The result? A win-win: meaningful moments for the public, and measurable footfall and sales uplift for the client’s network of merchants.

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