Browsing “Designer”

“I like to change my hair colour every six months. Subconsciously, it might be because I like G-Dragon who’s also well-known for changing his hair colour!”

“I’m wearing a tee that I designed myself—I have my own brand called Skull Porn, where I draw skulls, no porn! I got the domain name and thought it was a good catch.”

“My favourite place in Singapore is the toilet at Bras Basah MRT. They have steel panels that are grey and black, which really speaks to the brutalist in me.”

"I have two beautiful fat snails that I got after watching the movie Turbo—it’s an animated film about snails racing! Watching them grow has been really heartwarming.”

“I like listening to music and just walking around, exploring new spaces. Sometimes, I walk around HDB estates to find a nice spot to sit and chill. I do enjoy those slower, quieter moments a lot.”

“As a paper artist, I try to pick out projects that are in line with what I’m trying to explore, or ones that give me more exposure. But I also have a day job as a designer, so sometimes I have to force myself to pull the brakes instead of just making and making and making!”

“A lot of the time at work we’re just in autopilot mode to meet other people’s expectations, right? What I really want to achieve this year is inner peace, and to find a balance within myself without caring too much about other people’s judgement.”

“I love travelling—one of my favourite places to visit is Melbourne, Australia, though I don’t get to travel there as often as I’d like to. I just love the vibes, the people, the thrift scene, and the local art and design markets there.”

“I’ve been traveling and living around the world for 22 years now, but the one place that has remained in my heart is Cuba, where I lived for six years. The country itself is beautiful, but the people that I met is what makes the country so special to me.”

“I fell while attempting a rollerblading trick so my pinky has to be in a brace for 16 weeks. Sadly, my wife will kill me if I step foot into a skate park until then, but I’m only three weeks in and already getting so restless! I’m excused from all housework for now though, so that’s a blessing in disguise.”

“If I were to describe my personal style in one sentence, it would be ‘Innocent village maiden who is also a love cult leader at night that nobody knows about’. My wardrobe is half girly, frilly and pink, and half black, with a bunch of other colours in the middle, so my style is pretty multidimensional.”

“I find that many Gen Z’s like myself are very insecure about their local identity because we’ve been Westernised and cannot speak our own dialects or mother tongue. But for me, being Singaporean is about carving out a space that we belong to right here.”