The
Wanderings
of a flaneur
Taking a shower as a kid, I liked filling my mouth with water and pretending I was the Merlion by spitting it out and often I wondered why do Lion Heads grow on fishes? Also, why can’t I find them when I go to the market with Mom to her favourite fishmonger.
As I grew up, I wondered why chlorophyll is green and skies are blue on a good day, and what if they switched colours? Will the world be a better place with blue plants and green skies?
Then I became a flaneur and wanted to see what the rest of the world is like and if they wander and wonder like I do all my life like my mother’s sor zai.
Taking a shower as a kid, I liked filling my mouth with water and pretending I was the Merlion by spitting it out and often I wondered why do Lion Heads grow on fishes? Also, why can’t I find them when I go to the market with Mom to her favourite fishmonger.
As I grew up, I wondered why chlorophyll is green and skies are blue on a good day, and what if they switched colours? Will the world be a better place with blue plants and green skies?
Then I became a flaneur and wanted to see what the rest of the world is like and if they wander and wonder like I do all my life like my mother’s sor zai.
Visual Arts
\ Collaborations
I marry ideas as I meet minds
2022
SMASH!
The end of a long-standing love affair between an artist and the world of porcelain
2020
#NeverBefore.sg
Singapore’s first and largest online art showcase, featuring 91 Singapore-based creatives and 140 works expressed into 9 immersive chapters that reflect thought-provoking artworks inspired by the pandemic
2020
MU/SE Magazine
Guest Editor
2018
Face Of The Day
A collab of creatives, FOTD was a 369-day digital visual dialogue that culminated in an interactive installation at the National Museum of Singapore and Urban Art Singapore C(hope) Show in Paris
2014
ART REPUBLIK
Creative Consultant
Costume Design
\ Fashion
I hem & haute
2021
Sayang Sayang
A special collab for Design Orchard
2019
CNA Liftstyle’s Style Switch
Practical makeovers for busy professionals that don’t break the bank
2019
NDP Bicentennial Parade
Art Direction/Costume Design for the NDP Bicentennial show at the Padang
2017
Peranakan Love Story
This six-minute theatrical film plays at Changi Airport’s Heritage Zone, giving travellers a glimpse of life in 1930s Singapore
2017
Forbidden City:
Portrait of an Empress
Costume design for the re-staging of the most successful original musical ever produced in Singapore was an epic cultural event
2015
Beauty World
Costume design for the return of Singapore’s much beloved musical… a darker, more dangerous Beauty World
2014
Hotpants
Costume design for the re-staging of Dick Lee’s 1997 musical musical comedy set in the 70s
2006
Nature + Couture = Future
LANCOME, LIBERTE D’ETE
Singapore Fashion Week
2006
The Dresser
Costume design for Oscar-winning Ronald Harwood’s play based loosely on the life of one of England’s greatest Shakespearean actors, Sir Donald Wolfit, for whom Harwood was a dresser for five years
2006
Man of Letters
Costume design for the epic tale of a love triangle fuelled by passionate letters set in 1950s Singapore
Creative
\ Art Direction
I doodle as I dream
2019
Orchid Extravaganza
‘Our SingaPop’ Edition
A celebration of our unique pop culture featuring beloved landmarks and icons
2016
SNEC Vision Save
Campaign Creative Direction
2015
Christmas On A Great Street
Co-Creative Direction for a kaleidoscopic Christmas on Orchard Road
2013
FLOWER DIAMOND
Creative Direction
2013
Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix
Creative Direction for the Temasek Suite
2012
C&A Cindy Crawford Collection
Creative Director at C&A
2012
Yishion
Creative Consultancy for Branding + Image Design services
2006 – 2008
CK Tang
Group Creative Consultant
1994 – 2006
Esprit International
Global Image Director
1987 – 1994
Jean Charles de Castelbajac
Paris, France
Directeur de Style
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