Posts Tagged ‘Singapore identity’
What is Singapore design?
Is it just because it is done by a Singaporean, like how the group at “DESIGNED IN SINGAPORE” define it?
Perhaps how it is done with Singaporean products, like how Homespun have done with some of their products? Or like how Larry Peh does with some of his designs?
Or should it be designed for a Singaporean?
The grammar [...]
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Yellow Puff: Now you can have a truly inclusive dining experience at home
What constitutes being a Singaporean besides Singlish and food? I have struggled a lot with how the city of Singapore can be an inspiration for its people, be it artists, designers, film-makers and anyone who creates. Very often, I find that when Singapore [...]
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Why we should create
Today’s Sunday Times lifestyle had an article about Mr Goh Poh Seng, a “cultural maverick” of early Singapore who wrote If We Dream Too Long in 1972 about a young man’s quest for identity in the newly independent nation. I have yet to read the book, but this sense of the importance of culture creation [...]
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Tags: Alternatives in Transition, Goh Poh Seng, If We Dream Too Long, Singapore identity, William Lim
