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Lianhe Zaobao: LASALLE and SUTD teams come up with electric sports car with insect-inspired body shell

Using 3D printing technology and drawing inspiration from the biological structures and characteristics of insects, Tithonus is a revolutionary electric vehicle design developed from a collaboration between LASALLE's BA (Hons) Product Design programme and Singapore University of Technology and Design's Project EVAM (Electric Vehicle Additive Manufacturing).

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Channel NewsAsia: SUTD and LASALLE students team up to build electric vehicle from scratch

A collaboration between LASALLE College of the Arts and the Singapore University of Technology and Design is attempting to revolutionise electric vehicle design.

Combining engineering excellence and design innovation, this joint effort has produced a cutting-edge electric vehicle prototype, exhibited at LASALLE as part of Singapore Design Week 2023.

Watch the report here.

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The Business Times: Focus on continuity, more than change, in updated Singapore arts plan

Singapore is a highly planned society: from the economy, housing, urban space and transport, to even the arts and cultural sector. In 1989, the watershed report of the Advisory Council on Culture and Arts noted the potential of arts and culture to contribute to tourism and our economy.

Since then, the government has built infrastructure, set up funding schemes and established the statutory boards National Arts Council (NAC) and National Heritage Board to shepherd the development of the sector.

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The Straits Times: LASALLE, NAFA arts educators in the spotlight

Three private art galleries at Tanjong Pagar Distripark ­— 39+ Art Space, Art Agenda and Gajah Gallery — are focusing on the practices of arts educators at LASALLE College of the Arts and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA).

39+ Art Space’s Thinking About Abstraction, Part I exhibition features five artists from LASALLE’s faculty, including senior fellow Milenko Prvacki and lecturer Jeremy Sharma.

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The Straits Times: We should look at every student differently, because every student grows differently

After spending five years as an art teacher in Marsiling Secondary School, Mr Muhamad Lokman Mohamad, 35, found himself back as a student in 2020 at LASALLE College of the Arts.

BA (Hons) Fine Arts alumnus Lokman speaks with The Straits Times’ student publication about his experience going back to school and how his time at LASALLE has shaped his approach as an educator.

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BERITAmediacorp: Two LASALLE College of the Arts graduates pursued their dreams to achieve a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree

After waiting for so long, 35-year-old Muhamad Lokman Mohammad's dream of getting a degree has finally come true.

He was among 832 LASALLE College of the Arts students who graduated this year.

Lokman received a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Fine Arts.

The father of two children returned to school three years ago to pursue a dream he had been harbouring for a long time.

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Media release: LASALLE College of the Arts launches Brother Joseph McNally centenary celebrations, in commemoration of late founder’s 100th birth anniversary

On Friday 11 August 2023, LASALLE College of the Arts unveiled the Brother Joseph McNally centenary celebrations in commemoration of its late founder’s 100th birth anniversary. Guest of Honour, former Senior Minister Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, officially launched the celebrations with the opening of the exhibition Brother Joseph McNally: A Comparative History of One Life.

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Berita Harian: A lifelong passion for learning drives dad to earn a bachelor's degree at LASALLE

Despite facing difficult times, Muhamad Lokman Bin Mohamad was not discouraged from continuing to strive and eventually earning a BA(Hons) Fine Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts.

Berita Harian speaks with Lokman, an art educator and father of two, on how he overcame his challenges to eventually earn his degree, and how he shares what he has learnt at LASALLE with his students.

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Lianhe Zaobao: LASALLE programmes include technologies to prepare students for the future

In this article, Lianhe Zaobao expounds on how LASALLE has been embracing new technologies in its teaching and learning, as shared by Minister for Communications and Information Mrs Josephine Teo in her speech at LASALLE’s 37th Convocation ceremony held on 4 August 2023.