Issue DA12 Pondering Porcelain _ Designer and design educator Hans Tan works a lot with porcelain, but he’s no expert on the material. “I can’t turn on the wheel or cast a piece of ceramic well,” he confesses. “My work contends with issues concerning […]
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Singapore Tatler Homes/ State of Design
Three new hotel concepts in New York City offer the modern traveller different ways of experiencing and enjoying the city.
Design Anthology/ Loving the Land
Landscape architect Chang Huaiyan’s designs reflect his quest to understand the vast complexity and immaterial aspects of one’s natural environment.
Robb Report/ Escape Artists
Lekker Architects compare design to a game, in which they find great pleasure in unravelling. We speak to the firm’s founders on their playful, rigourous brand of architecture and design.
Atelier Vierkant/ National Gallery Singapore
Edition ICFF New York, 2016 National Gallery Singapore _ Singapore is a bustling metropolis whose urban scenery changes year by year. Mainly new skyscrapers and commercial buildings all glistening glass and steel, it is hard to find within this shiny fabric something with history and […]
D+A / The Search for Pace and Place
‘Lost City 3’ is a recent exhibition at Chan Hampe Galleries that highlights and reiterates important viewpoints on Singapore’s fast-changing urban fabric.
D+A / Dissolved into the Neighbourhood
The Whitney Museum of American Art comes home to Manhattan’s gritty Chelsea neighbourhood and is given a vibrant and accessible presence by Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
Cubes / Duality in Abstraction
Hong Zhu An’s artworks are intricate montages combining Eastern and Western mediums and influences.
habitusliving.com.sg/ Gallery & Co.
http://www.habitusliving.com.sg/projects/gallery-co Gallery & Co. A museum shop like no other, Gallery & Co., housed in the newly opened National Gallery Singapore and designed by Foreign Policy Design Group, presents a retail and F&B scheme that is refreshing, youthful and contemporary. Luo Jingmei writes. _ Foreign […]
habitusliving.com.sg/ The Work of Alchemists at the Singapore Art Museum
‘Singapore Design: The Alchemists’ is a fascinating showcase of objects created using progressive production techniques. First debuted at the Triennale di Milano, the exhibition will now be on show from 16 to 31 January 2016 at the Singapore Art Museum. Luo Jingmei writes
D+A / Sitting Game
Studio Juju’s Garden Benches at Gardens by the Bay marry functionality, wonder and play.
D+A / A Very Warm Welcome
The design of the Coppersmith Hotel by Hassell melds history and contemporaneity to present a textural and authentic experience for guests.
Luo Jingmei 