2022
Everyday Modernism: Architecture and Society in Singapore
Co-authored with Chang Jiat-Hwee and Darren Soh
Published by Ridge Press
Design by H55
Through a lens of social and architectural histories, the book investigates how modernism, through both form and function, radically transformed Singapore and made its inhabitants into modern citizens.
2020
Control Chaos: Redefining the Visual Cultures of Asia
Published by Thames & Hudson
Design by BLACK
A monograph to commemorate the 25 years of PHUNK, a Singapore-based “visual rock band” who went from silk screening T-shirts in their bedrooms to becoming one of Asia’s leading creative studios today.
2020
Mok Wei Wei: Works by W Architects
Published by Thames & Hudson
Design by Duet Design
The first-ever monograph of Singapore’s leading second-generation architect, Mok Wei Wei, showcases key works in his career spanning from the late 1980s to the 2010s.
2019
By Design: SINGAPORE
Additional stories by Sheere Ng, Don Wong, Vikas Kailankaje, Atelier HOKO, Timothy Misir and Jovian Lim
Design by Modular Unit
For DesignSingapore Council
A collection of 10 stories from the city-state of Singapore that reframe what design is today.
2017
TOMORROW: Design Stories of Our Future
Concepts and Illustrations by Alfie Leong and Teresa Lim; Danny Tan and Caleb Tan; forest&whale and Koh Hong Teng; Hans Tan and André Wee; Joshua Comaroff and Esther Goh; Kinetic Singapore and Chris Chai; Nathan Yong and Ng Xinnie; Randy Chan and Lee Xin Li; STUCK Design and Dan Wong; Tan Cheng Siong and Sonny Liew
Project Concept and Design by BLACK
Exhibition Design by LAANK
What would a day in Singapore look like in 2065?
2016
Designing with People and Not Just for People
Written by Mizah Rahman and Jan Lim (Participate in Design (P!D))
Design by Studio VBK
Published by P!D
This book documents the research and work of Singapore-based participatory design studio P!D. Working off the authors original report, I helped reorganise and edit the content to create a book that is targeted at general readers interested in carrying out citizen engagement and community participation in the Singapore context.
2016
Fifty Years of Singapore Design
Published by DesignSingapore Council
Design by H55
Assisted by Dawn Lim and Sheere Ng
This book expands upon the Fifty Years of Singapore Design exhibition curated by WY-TO for Singapore’s National Design Centre in 2015. Expanding on the original chronological approach, this 333-page volume introduces thematic collections, captions for all objects and a Singapore Design History Timeline.
2016
Eating Together
Design by ROOTS
Photography by Caleb Ming (SURROUND), John Nursalim (VISUALMIND), Clarence Aw, Zeng Liwei and Samuel He (WEAVE)
Commissioned by FoodCine.ma
What does it mean to eat together? This exhibition examines the objects, systems and spaces designed to help us share food in this increasingly connected world. Far from a state of bliss, eating together serves up issues that takes time to digest.
2015
Design Piracy Institute
Design by Melvin Tan and Darius Ou
For School of Visual Arts’ MFA in Design Criticism
Set up to promote piracy as a force for creative innovation, this project builds upon my thesis Piracy & Design: Re-thinking Intellectual Property in the Third Industrial Revolution (2015), which examines how the rise of digital fabrication technologies is changing our understanding of piracy.
2015
Word by Word We Build Ourselves
Design and published by H55
A dictionary of 55 terms commonly used by creative director Hanson Ho, the founder of Singapore graphic design studio H55. Starting from “Absolute” and ending with “Work,” this handy paperback that I edited outlines the philosophy of this award-winning designer who is known for his systematic and efficient approach to distilling modern-looking designs.
2013
Singapore School Crests: The Stories Behind the Symbols
Design by Somewhere Else
Photography by Jovian Lim
Published by Singapore Memory Project
An examination of over 100 Singapore school crest designs to trace the evolution of the country’s education system. This e-book also features interviews with teachers and students on memories they have of their school crests.
2013
Art in Transit · Circle Line
Design by H55
Photography by Darren Soh
Published by Land Transport Authority
Stories on the creation of 32 public artworks installed in the stations of the Circle Line, a network of Singapore’s mass rapid transit system. They were commissioned as part of the Arts in Transit programme.
2012
INDEPENDENCE: The History of Graphic Design in Singapore Since the 1960s
Design by H55
Published by The Design Society
The first-ever book tracing the evolution of the graphic design community in Singapore. The 376-page volume examines the scene from a socio-political standpoint, and contains interviews with pioneering designers as well as an album of their works.
2012
Mosaic Memories: Remembering the Playgrounds Singapore Grew Up In
Illustrations by Wee Ho Gai
Photography by Zakaria Zainal
Published by Singapore Memory Project
A collection of four stories about how a generation of Singaporeans grew up with a series of public housing playgrounds built between the 1970s to 1990s in Singapore.
2010
Divercity Singapore
Published by Mix Media
Edited by Cherian George
Illustrated by Morgan Chua
An illustrated book on the historical role migrants played in Singapore’s growth from a trading emporium into a modern metropolis over the last 700 years.
2009
Reclaim Land: The Fight for Space in Singapore
Co-authored by Serene Cheong, Sam Kang Li, and Wong Shu Yun
Photography by Sam Kang Li
For Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
A website featuring stories of ordinary people in Singapore “reclaiming” spaces for themselves in a city where land use is tightly regulated by the state.