Category — Singapore

More Banksy than Futura, Singapore-based Trase uses shadows and physical surroundings in the execution of his full-time street artwork. From graffiti writing to fine art, his unique style has him regarded as one of the leading young artists in the local graffiti art movement.

Shadows & Scars 1, 2 and 3

More on Trase’s website

Via Golgo73

CNN’s Asia travel guide, CNNGo, published their lists for the top hot people in Asia to watch. There are a total of 135 mentioned for you to pore over with all coming from East Asia and also some from India.

The list is a mixture of creative personalities and business people and anything in between so there’s likely to be an entry that will spark your interests. CNNGo starts with a selection of 39 people across the region and then provide separate lists for each country as follows:

39 Hot People in Asia

Tokyo Hot List: 20 People to Watch
Hong Kong: 20 People to Watch
Shanghai: 20 People to Watch
Singapore: 20 People to Watch
Bangkok: 20 People to Watch

Found via 88 Bar, they also posted a link to an entertaining listing of the HOTTEST people on the internet in China.

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Chordata, a project by Singaporean Joanne Lin consists of a design made up of four square polypropylene sheets and two customized clips. You wouldn’t think it looking at the gorgeous result which shields a lightbulb to create a lamp.

Read more on CulturePush

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Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore created a direct mail piece that was sent out to six thousand graduating ‘A’ level students. When opened, the piece shows off a crisp, white Naval Officer’s jacket, complete with medals and decorations.

The mock uniforms were to help the students better imagine themselves dressed for success. 4.7% of them responded, a higher than average response rate compared to previous direct mailers sent out.

“We sent out direct mailer packs, which opened out to be the ultimate uniform – a crisp, white Naval Officer’s jacket, complete with medals and decorations. An awe-inspiring uniform that is revered and respected. The life-sized uniform could be held up, immediately allowing the recipient to see how he would look in it. A business reply card was placed in the breast pocket.”

Via Neatorama

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Jing Quek is a young Chinese photographer from Singapore whose unique style creates a “Superhyperreal world“, depicted in photo compositions of people from various subcultures with subtle and sometimes comical gestures and expressions.

His work has been featured in Time Out Singapore, Newsweek, Communication Arts, Surface, and Maxim.

If you like his shiny work, check out his website for more on Superhyperreal.com

Via Lost At E Minor

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Fashion photographer Zhang Jingna (a.k.a zemotion) only picked up a camera two years ago but already has a fantastic body of work made popular online.

Born in Beijing but relocating to Singapore, she broke the national record whilst in the Singapore air rifle team at 14 before being awarded the Singapore Master Photographer of the Year 2007 at aged 19, being the youngest ever recipient.

Read more about talented Zhang Jingna

Via Hongkiat

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Once again, The Big Picture selects another round of amazing photos, this time for the latest Formula 1 Grand Prix that happened on Sunday in Singapore. It was the 800th race and also the first Formula One race to be held at night.

Organisers built, then lined a 5 kilometer track with over 1,600 lamps, said to be four times brighter than those used at football stadiums. Twenty drivers drove 61 laps for a total of 309 kilometers at speeds sometimes approaching 300 kilometers per hour – in a country that once banned the sport, in part for promoting reckless driving.

See the photos on the Big Picture

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The Flesh Imp brand in Singapore is giving Singaporean youth an expressive outlet through style, and in many ways driving a fashion revolution.

While the brand is still young (they just celebrated their 7th anniversary this past December with a collaboration with Adidas), they are making moves, their most recent project being limited edition Coke Zero gear.

Founder Vincent Q has some poignant things to say about the burgeoning Singaporean street culture and hopes to expand Flesh Imp’s influence from the unique mix that is his city.

Via JoshSpear

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Hunn Wai is an up and coming designer from the island of Singapore. He tries to combine and fuse materials and forms in his designs.

The large size of a table tennis table is a huge deterrent for those looking to acquire one, so Hunn combined work and play functions to create a table versatile enough to be used as a ping pong table (albeit, slightly smaller than official size) and a workstation.

Slight decorative touches result from Hunn sourcing his materials from a flea market. The Paul Smith bit in the name is explained by the fact that the inspiration behind the table actually lies behind designer’s prized pair of Paul Smith Bunny sneakers.

Via BornRich

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A Hindu temple with storm clouds in Singapore by Ben Templesmith, an artist and writer whose most notable works includes the comic book 30 Days of Night (soon to be a major motion picture).

From Ben’s Flickr page

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