These Creatively-Designed National Day Products Will Make You Proud To Be Singaporean
HDB shoe racks, red and white necklaces, Merlion stationery and nyonya kueh tea, anyone?
Yes, we're proud to be Singaporean and of Singapore products all year round, but every August 9, there's an extra burst of SG pride that makes you want to bust out the red and white clothes and celebrate all things local. Here are some awesome Singapore-inflected design-centric products we want this SG53.
HDB Shoe Rack, $290
Alamak, we so need this to keep our slipper and shoe lor! Online design store Degree's HDB Shoe Rack pays homage to the iconic HDB block, modelled after the colourful flats at Rochor. The plywood and laminate rack comes with a pack of Singapore flag stickers, which can be used to decorate the exterior of the block (funny!). Like all flags on real HDB blocks, they can be removed after August, lol. The shoe rack is made-to-order and will take about four weeks to produce. It comes in blue, orange and red and each order can be customised to include a block and unit number.
Where to buy: Degreestore.net
HDB Shoe Rack, $290
What the shoe rack looks like open, and without rah-rah National Day flags.
Scented wax mooncandles, $65.40 for box of two
It's mooncake season, no? Check out these scented mooncake candles from Degree made from pure soy wax. Each candle will burn for around five hours. If you eat a whole real mooncake, though, we think it will take more than five hours to burn off the calories. Bleah.
Where to buy: Degreestore.net
Merlion Tape Dispenser, $17.90
No National Day product photo gallery is complete without the Merlion, and here's this year's sticky contribution, from Lovesg.
Where to buy: www.lovesg.sg
$HPBD$ T-shirt, $25
If only real money was as easy to print. SGAG's National Day merchandise gave us a good chuckle. Now, back to making moolah so we can afford this T-shirt.
Where to buy: http://ndp.sgag.sg
Fast Food Pouch and Satay Punny Pouch, $9.90 each
Only Singaporlians can make fun of the way we pronounce tings, okay? Kthnxbye off to buy meh-donner feese burger. Pouches from Lovesg.
Where to buy: www.lovesg.sg
1872 Clipper Tea National Day Collection, $15 per tin
Fancy watching the NDP while sipping on tea with flavours inspired by nyonya kuehs? The 1872 Clipper Tea Co. celebrates SG53 with three blends, Butterfly Pea, Nyonya Kaya and Gula Melaka. The cool local flavours come in gift boxes shaped like iconic Peranakan shophouses — too cute.
Where to buy: The 1872 Clipper Tea Co. stores
1872 Clipper Tea National Day Collection
A very pret-tea and very local spread, inspired by Peranakan kueh.
Little Red Dot Series – SG05 necklace, $51.70
A polymer clay necklace from The Lorem Ipsum Store that will NDP-fy any outfit.
Where to buy: Degreestore.net
The LampPost Project tote bags and T-shirts, $28 each
Totes and tees upcycled from National Day lamppost banners and flags? Genius. That profits from sales benefit the Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH), to help Singaporeans with mental illness reintegrate into society? Amazing. The LampPost Project turns old National Day banners into tote bags and the sleeves and pockets of stylish T-shirts, sewn by beneficiaries at SAMH. It's full-circle and just really meaningful.
Where to buy: https://www.lamppostyle.com
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