The Evaluation Panel
A graduate from Temasek Polytechnic Design School and LASALLE College of the Arts, Germaine started her professional career as a Graphic Designer in 2012, but quickly found her passion in Advertising as an Art Director. A believer of storytelling and advertising that touches peoples’ hearts (or gives them laughs and giggles), she’s had the opportunity to do it for brands like NTUC Income, IKEA, Spotify and Singapore Airlines, scooping up rewarding accolades such as a D&AD Wood Pencil for Integrated (2015), Silver CANNES Lions for Entertainment (2016), and a Bronze at the APAC Effie Awards (2021).
Most recently, other than running after a 5-year-old, she has been privileged to serve as a jury member at our renowned local creative award, The Gong Show (Creative Circle Awards) (2022) for Craft.
With the call for solutions to wellness issues in Singapore – Germaine believes we can navigate through real-world challenges together through the power of storytelling and innovative creativity.
Pann Lim is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of creative agency Kinetic Singapore.
He is addicted to design, advertising and communications, and strongly believes that creating work without an idea is a sin.
This belief has earned him over 550 industry awards including Singapore’s highest accolade the President’s Design Award in 2013, 2015 and 2020. Gold Pencils from the New York One Show and a D&AD Yellow Pencil.
A firm proponent of giving back, Pann plays an active role in nurturing the next generation and sharing his passion for creativity.
While formally trained as an industrial designer in Singapore, Kevin is an inquisitive creative. To gain an alternative perspective, he pursued the MA, MSc Innovation Design Engineering programme at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College in London.
Kevin has also worked at Deloitte Digital, Tokyo Design Lab and currently serves as an senior industrial designer for Dyson. He has also been a design associate for the Design Singapore Council since 2018. His passion to educate led him to take on the tutor roles at the Royal College of Art, National University of Singapore, LAC Studio in Shanghai and Creator-In-Residence for the Hong Kong Design Institute.
His work has been featured in Archpaper, Channel News Asia, CNN Style, Core77, Dezeen, Reuters, The Financial Times, and Wallpaper*. Kevin has won various international awards, most notably the James Dyson Award (National Winner, Singapore and International Finalist) in 2018.