CULTUREPULSE
Issue 3
from fresh-faced talents to established creatives-on-the-scene
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Right then you smitten kittens – Ready to lose 10 minutes of your morning? But of course you are. This month it’s about being young & restless, eccentric toy design, Bullwinkle and Bambi sheds on a chain, mian xiang mastery, and more. Lovely stuff all round! May they continue doing what they’re doing for a long time to come.
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IN THIS ISSUE ____________________________
YOUNG & RESTLESS 4
AMADO GUDEK BY ELAINE TAN 8
RENZ HU 12
SUN LEE SIEW LOO 16
DANIEL YU 20
BENJAMIN KOH 24
DREWSCAPE 28
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“We just launched our diffusion line. Unlike our signature line which
explores experimental designs, character dressing, contemporary style
and conceptual storyboard each season, the diffusion line allows me to
strike a fair balance between market demand and my design
aesthetics. The garments focus on effortlessly refined designs, at
affordable pricing pared back to mass appeal based on a sleek
laidback approach of infusing classic designs and simple everyday
basics with an urban edge.The main theme plays on the contrast
between natural fibre and urban materials designed for tropical
dressing. It is built upon both the fluidity of modal jersey fabric and
silhouette, while still maintaining the sharp forms and minimalist
aesthetic that our label is known for.” – Ashburn Eng.
www.young-and-restless.com
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“I have been working on a new collection ‘Anti-Antler’, which is a slight
mockery and ironic rhetoric on how deer are constantly hunted for their
antlers; be it for Chinese herbal medicine or decorative art pieces. It is
also a timely reminder that questions the progress of civilization as
antlers were used since ancient times to make tools and weapons. I
have also been busy with my fifth collection, titled Kaleidoscope
Clouds.“ -Elaine Tan.
www.amadogudek.com
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RENZ HU “I am currently in the final semester of school (Art Design & Media),
working on final year project. The project uses the Chinese traditional
practice of face reading -mian xiang- as a vehicle for narrating an
individual's destiny, through evidences from their old photographs,
documents, belongings, etc. The project is actually an extension of my
interest in Chinese science, my previous project being on Chinese
medicine. There will be x8 life size prints of the portraits, accompanied
by an interactive web (working on it) that viewers can click on the
numbers and 'read' each individual's story. Our show/exhibition will be
on 27 April at Old School. Please come!” – Renz Hu.
www.visualgarden.sg
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“I did an iPhone design collaboration with iconemesis.co.uk. In
addition, my artwork: Grow with me (original artwork) and Anastasia
(print) will be exhibited at the Lj Gallerie in Paris from 15 March till 7
April.” - Sun Lee Siew Loo.
www.growwithsun.com
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Grow With Me
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“I was recently involved in the OMFG -Outlandish Mini Figure Guys-
Kickstarter project. Basically it was an effort to bring together toy
designers and sculptors to create a line of toys reminiscent of the 80s
and 90s monocoloured toys like M.U.S.C.L.E and Monster In My
Pocket. There was an open call and through a voting process the top 5
designs made up the first series of the toy line. I designed and sculpted
“The Crawdad Kid -a crab-like little guy- and will be releasing my artist
proof pink editions online in a few weeks time. Keep an eye on my
blog! I was also involved in the 2011/2012 NOISE Apprenticeship
Program where I worked together with Pann Lim, the Creative Director
at Kinetic. My Sai Kang Warriors were exhibited at the Noise
Apprenticeship Show earlier this month. And then there is my “Rhino
and Friend” piece which was one of the works at Age of Uncertainty, a
group show at Chan Hampe Gallery back in June last year.” – Daniel
Yu.
www.doryphunk.blogspot.com
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OMFG Series
Sai Kang Warriors.
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A Rhino and Friend.
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The Crawdad Kid
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“Frankly I haven't been doing much besides Terroir Magazine (issue 2
has just been released). It has taken up so much of my time. But for
the brief period between graduation and prior to the release of Terroir
Magazine, I did try my hand at illustrating and creating some posters.
Just wanted to dabble in different things after all that monochromatic
stuff for my thesis year.” – Benjamin Koh.
www.pepper-cinnamon.net
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ANDREW TAN AKA DREWSCAPE
“I’ve taken one year off my regular workload to focus on writing and
drawing comics, something I find great delight in. Comics is not just
about drawing pretty pictures. It's also about good storytelling. It's a
craft that is both fun and challenging to perfect. So far, I've been
creating only short comic stories and compiling them into small, self-
printed, hand-bound, hand-trimmed booklets. They are currently being
sold at Books Actually, Woods in the Books, The little Drom store, and
Kinokuniya. I love that I'm learning something new every time I create a
comic story. Perhaps when I've developed the stamina and skill to write
longer comics stories, I will then challenge myself to do a longer
graphic novel length comic.“ – Andrew Tan aka Drewscape.
www.drewscape.blogspot.com
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