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Alvin Tjitrowirjo: Bringing a New Voice to Indonesian Design
Malya Dining Chair At the beginning of his career, Indonesian product designer Alvin Tjitrowirjo worked with local manufacturers who were keen to create their own furniture. However, his forms were...
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Schiavello: Asia Now
In Australia, you can hardly go anywhere without coming across or experiencing a Schiavello product. From skyscrapers to office furniture and wine, the Schiavello brand – founded by brothers Tony and...
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Brewin Design Office: Crafting Spaces
Brewin Design Office is a Singapore-based, multidisciplinary design studio established by Bobby Cheng in 2012. The five-man practice, whose portfolio includes showflats, art galleries and houses, is...
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JUNYA ISHIGAMI: A NEW ARCHITECTURAL WAVE
Known for an explorative and conceptual approach to architecture, Japanese architect Junya Ishigami presents his global projects and ideas as unimaginable possibilities in a somewhat predictable...
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MAKK Architects: Joys Of A Solo Journey
The business of architecture is not an easy one, so it is understandably quite rare to find an architect that has built an entirely solo career by choice. But Lee May Anne, founder of Singaporean...
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Park+Associates: Architecture as a Way of Life
Singapore-based architecture firm Park+Associates was founded by Lim Koon Park in 1999. In the following years, he roped in Tan Peng Geok and Christina Thean, who are now directors. Park+Associates’...
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The Questioning Mind of Ron Gilad
Ron Gilad grew up in Tel Aviv with basic living conditions: a sofa “with an ugly painting above”, a small table and a lamp. “There was no beauty about it, it was completely functional. Then I realised...
View ArticleWoods Bagot’s Ross Donaldson appointed Executive Chairman
This newly created executive role, which takes effect from 1 March 2015, would see Donaldson continue to work in the business in a full-time capacity after he steps down as Group Managing Director in...
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Thomas Heatherwick: Finding the Right Stew
Addressing a full theatre, Thomas Heatherwick began his lecture at LASALLE College of the Arts by providing context as to ‘why’ and ‘how’ he became a designer. Growing up, a young Heatherwick was never...
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Digital Craftsman Zhang Zhoujie
Zhang Zhoujie’s highly conceptual stainless steel furniture created quite the buzz when they were shown at Maison&Objet Asia in March, where he was also recognised as one of the “Rising Asian...
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The Design Abode: On Meaningful Architecture
Top image (left to right): Adrian Ong, Ewan Wong & Daniel Wong Founded in 2010, The Design Abode is a young design consultancy founded by Ewan Wong whose ethos is “to deliver honest and...
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KETTAL: Innovation as foundation
Top Image: Alex Alorda KETTAL had a playful and rather unorthodox promotion strategy in the early days, ranging from giving out animals to customers who bought furniture, to releasing KETTAL beach...
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Designers’ Experience of Milan: Lanzavecchia + Wai
Top Photo: Lanzavecchia + Wai How would you describe the 2015 Milan Design Fair? Energetic, positive, fun, critical and conceptual. For us, it was a time of catching up with heads of brands and...
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Georges Hung Of Atelier Blur: Perspective On Asia
Despite having chalked up over 20 years of experience in the field, becoming an architect wasn’t a given for Georges Hung. The Taiwanese-born architect had originally read English Literature at the...
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Sasivimol Sinthawanarong: Looking Beyond Thailand
Graduating with a major in interior and architecture from the Chulalongkorn University, Sasivimol Sinthawanarong worked in IA49, a Thailand based interior firm, before continuing her studies in design...
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Bompas & Parr On Epicurean Design
Top: Harry Parr at World’s First Magnum Infinity Playground. Photo: Magnum Singapore Culinary designers Sam Bompas and Harry Parr are renowned for their studio’s larger-than-life installations that...
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FLIQ: Looking At Design From Different Angles
Top: George B. K. Soo, Founder of FLIQ George B. K. Soo, founder of design consultancy FLIQ, has a distinctive way of looking at things around him. Always in search of new perspectives and unique...
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Designing for a flea-market in 20 years: Bouroullec Brothers for Kettal
Top Image: Erwan (left) and Ronan (right) Bouroullec Kettal Stand, RHO Fiera, Milan, 14.4.2015 Lorenzo Logi [LL]: How did the collaboration with Kettal begin? Ronan Bouroullec [RB]: Kettal wanted to...
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Colourliving Hong Kong: Software Matters
Photos: colourliving You have been running colourliving for more than a decade now. It is a real pleasure and motivation when what I personally aspire to in life becomes an integral part of the...
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Stickman Tribe: Hospitable Spaces Come Together Like Classical Concertos
Top Image: Karen Hay, Stickman Tribe. All photographs courtesy of Stickman Tribe What is Stickman Tribe’s backstory? How did you meet Marcos? I was working for a larger international firm in Dubai as...
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