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Art & DesignSeptember 24, 2020July 22, 2024

Bangkok’s Best Art Museums: From Buddhism to Batman

We all know and love Bangkok for its food culture, but this bustling city is home to so much more. Get to know a different side of Bangkok and visit s…

Art & DesignSeptember 4, 2020July 25, 2024

Designs On Asia: Canvas House, An All-White Co-Living Shophouse In Tanjong Pagar, Singapore

Among the colourful shophouses lining Blair Road, number 28 stands out like a ghost. Save for the heritage black-and-gold signboard and the aged swing…

Art & DesignAugust 18, 2020July 25, 2024

Knowledge of Design Week 2020: Into The Looking Glass Of Our Virtual Future this August

This year has been a rollercoaster ride of unprecedented times, prompting a re-evaluation of our ideas of wellbeing, travel, and work, among others. Well, one thing trying to help us make sense of it …

Art & DesignAugust 7, 2020July 22, 2024

Designs On Asia: Stiletto House, A Curvaceous Home That Thinks Outside The Box In Singapore

Picture a house in your mind and it's almost certain to be rectilinear – squarish walls, boxy roof, compact lines and right angles. This is especially…

Art & DesignJuly 3, 2020July 22, 2024

Designs On Asia: House Partying In Style At 1027 Sticks, A Monochrome Apartment In Singapore

House parties are the new night out – at least in our post-pandemic times. And if homes were city hotspots, Redhill condo apartment 1027 Sticks would …

Art & DesignJune 15, 2020July 22, 2024

One Essential Nation: Why Can’t Singapore Understand The Different Worths Of Its Cleaners and Artists?

All art, the great Oscar Wilde once said, is quite useless. In a remarkable letter to a young fan, he compared art's uselessness to that of flowers: "A flower blossoms for its own joy. We gain a momen…

Art & DesignJune 5, 2020July 22, 2024

Designs On Asia: Living Zen In Shizukokoro, A Ryokan-Style Apartment In Singapore

More than a sleeping spot for travellers, ryokans are rooted in the philosophy of Zen – a space where peace breathes and the mind is free of worldly c…

Art & DesignMay 8, 2020July 22, 2024

Designs On Asia: This Resort-Inspired Apartment In Singapore Brings Home The Bali Vibes

If we had a penny for every time we've dreamt of Bali during this home quarantine, we'd fund our first-class flight over in three days flat. What happ…

Art & DesignApril 22, 2020

Made In Quarantine: Check Out Art Inspired By Isolation In Online Exhibition ’14-Days Stay Home Notice’

With each of us alone together in COVID-19 lockdown, it's truly a lonely planet out here right now. Cut off physically from loved ones and social distractions, what happens when we must confront our b…

Art & DesignApril 7, 2020May 18, 2020

Virtual Vacations: Travel Through Your Screen with Northern Lights Livestreams, Otter Cams, And Osaka Street Tours

There's a bug going around now that the world's on lockdown – the travel bug, that is. Now that our globetrotting is on hold for the year, there's no …

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