Posts Tagged “singapore magazines”
Indie Magazines and Journals in SG
by j u s t i n . z on April 16, 2013
Some friends up north are putting together MEX, an exhibition of independent print magazines as part of the George Town Festival 2013. I ended up compiling a list of such publications in Singapore for them. There’s a growing scene beyond (…)
Lookback: Singapore Design Magazines
by j u s t i n . z on November 4, 2012
The media is often regarded as the first scribes of history, and is a resource in understanding what things looked like at a certain period of time. A friend recently shared Singapore Unleashed, a 2008 publication that prided itself as (…)
SG Design: Consumption or Culture Cultivation?
by j u s t i n . z on September 5, 2012
When I first began writing about design, an editor of an Asian design magazine categorised my essays as only interesting to designers. Instead, I needed to re-tune my writing for “design consumers” if I was to write for their magazine. (…)
Self-Publishing: Graphic Design’s New Muse in Singapore?
by j u s t i n . z on August 23, 2012
Singapore graphic design studios like fFurious, PHUNK, Asylum, and Kinetic may have different styles and approaches, but there’s one thing that binds their practices: music. The founders of these studios grew up listening to bands like New Order and Joy Division (…)
Upcoming/Latest Design Publications
by j u s t i n . z on March 22, 2012
Back, Spine and Cover Design: H55 INDEPDENDENCE: The history of graphic design in Singapore since the 1960s will be officially launched on April 7 at The Design Society Conference 2012. I’m glad to finally share the stories and work of (…)
