my works
2010
\ Divercity Singapore: A cartoon history of immigration for Mix Media
My first book about the history of immigration in Singapore. It features cartoons from Morgan Chua, and is edited by my editor and publisher of Mix Media, Cherian George.
\ Dreaming of a Home in Tiong Bahru in Civic Life
What’s wrong with being small, Singapore?
\ Carving Back Air in Singapore Architect #256
Taking a look at architect Teh Joo Heng’s new extension for Kampung Siglap Mosque.
\ Playing with dragons — Singapore’s playgrounds of the past for CNNGo
A survey of some of the children playgrounds designed by Singapore that are still standing today.
\ Searching for greener pastures in CITYGREEN #1
A talk with turfgrass researcher Dr M.C. Engelke about Singapore’s grass.
\ 100 ICONS: Interview with The Design Society for CNNGo
An audio interview with Jackson Tan, co-curator of an exhibition about Singapore’s graphic icons.
\ A design of its time in The Design Society Journal #0
A survey of the layout design of Singapore’s leading newspaper, The Straits Times, from 1959 – 2009.
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2009
\ For Malls, Not All in Singapore Architect #253
How maids in Singapore are losing their recreational spaces to shopping malls.
\ It’s time to come out and play in Singapore Architect #252
As with many things in Singapore, our playgrounds have lost their local flavour and become dead globalised spaces.
\ Singapore citizenship: A National Credit Card? in The Enquirer
Does being a Singaporean only mean getting access to a basket full of incentives and subsidies?
\ See this city’s voice in Singapore Architect #251
Would changing the street signs in Singapore to Comic Sans make us a more fun city?
\ Reclaim Land: The fight for space in the little red dot in Singapore Architect #249
An overview of my final-year project on how Singaporeans reclaim their own spaces despite the tightly regulated land here.
\ Reclaim Land: The fight for space in Singapore
My final-year-project on how citizens create their own spaces in Singapore where land is heavily regulated by the state. I still update the blog section regularly with thoughts and news relevant to changes in the Singapore city.
\ Overcoming the deafening silence in The Enquirer
An interview with Singapore’s political opposition leader Low Thia Khiang who leads The Workers’ Party.
\ Where are we going? The future of newspapers in Singapore
We speak to people in Singapore media to find out what the newspaper might be like here in the years to come.
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2007-2009
Articles written as an undergraduate in Nanyang Technological University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
