Artist, writer, curator, filmmaker – Singapore Literature Prize 2020 winner Shubigi Rao is all about transcending boundaries.

From the United States, Mexico and France to Australia and China, these spaces have everything to please the eye and boost creativity.

The 17th edition of the London Design Festival was, once again, a celebration of talent from the UK – which has one of the biggest creative economies in the world – and beyond with over 400 different events, exhibitions and installations.

IF THE WORLD OF FASHION – AND CONTENT CREATION IN GENERAL – IS FINALLY WAKING UP TO THE LIMITLESS POTENTIAL OF ANIMATION, WELL HERE ARE SEVEN NAMES TO KNOW: BASED IN SINGAPORE, THEY WORK ACROSS A DIVERSE RANGE OF STYLES – 2-D, 3-D, MOTION GRAPHICS AND MORE. BY KENG YANG SHUEN.

AS WE SPEND MORE TIME AT HOME, HOW BEAUTIFUL ONE’S MAKEUP AND SKINCARE PRODUCTS LOOK ON THE VANITY TABLE MATTERS AS MUCH AS HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY MAKE ONE LOOK. AILEEN LALOR GETS INTO THE AESTHETICS BUSINESS OF A DIFFERENT SORT.

Can heritage be sexy? Should we really prioritise staples over new designs post-crisis? Is purchasing that classic luxury watch indeed a wise investment especially now? Pierre Rainero – image, style and heritage director of Cartier, where he’s been working at since 1984 – gives Keng Yang Shuen an exclusive (and sometimes surprising) lesson on economics and the value of time.

THE GALAXY S20 ULTRA IS A PHONE WITH A LOT OF BIG NUMBERS ATTACHED TO IT. BUT WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN FOR EVERYONE?

Curators Naomi Wang (left) and Jackie Yoong tell us what it means to curate the Asian Civilisations Museum’s first fashion and textiles, and jewellery galleries, which open their doors next year.

French photographer Cerise Doucede suspends objects in mid-air, creating artworks that appear to be frozen in time.

An imaginative showcase of upcycled objects arrives on our shores.

Read on for the 10 hottest trends from the most widely anticipated design event of the year!

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For Goh Guoxin, composite photography is an imaginative play of photos, using elements from multiple photos to form a single image. He often finds the results to be amazing as they help the photo manipulator tell incredible stories.

Spirituality shines through in this collector’s trove of South-east Asian works.

This little red dot just got a lot brighter, with home-grown architectural firm WOHA named Designer of the Year Asia at the recent biannual edition of the Maison & Objet home fair in Paris. It seized the occasion to debut its new design brand, WOHAbeing, on the international design circuit.

Alluring Objects.

Handcrafted woodwork is a dying trade in Singapore, but there is hope yet! Young, talented individuals are embracing working with their hands, and creating with wood, turning their passion into bespoke objects. We profile them here.