21st April 2019 turned out to be a tragic surprise for Sri Lankans. The Easter Sunday attacks placed the country in the limelight, causing deaths to...
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Fashionable Identities
How might we design for individual identities among millennials seeking to differentiate themselves through product choices and experiences? Beyond...
Quantum is at Singapore Design Week (4 March to 17 March)
Quantum is excited to share that for the first time we will be participating at Singapore Design Week (SDW) 2019. It is a great honour to be...
Myanmar, where Buddhism and the material intertwine
What do you think about when you think of Buddhism? Peace, meditation, nirvana, and perhaps a certain detachment from the material? In my recent...
La Dolce Vita
Who has not dreamt of La Dolce Vita, a fresh summer night and sitting astride a Vespa in Roma? The little wasp (Vespa in Italian) has rapidly become...
The plastic crisis in Indonesia
Plastic pollution in Indonesia is at serious epidemic levels. Of the approximately 2.4 million tons of plastic waste that makes its way into the...
Colombo’s deadly garbage disaster
On the morning of 14th April 2017, when people were preparing for new year celebrations, a large section of the Meethotamulla garbage dump in...
Hyper-localised fast food
When I travel to different countries, I am always struck by the sheer variety and uniqueness of street food. It is one of the most exciting ways to...
Shifts in the Indonesian retail
General trade Warungs, the ubiquitous street-side stores in the neighbourhood, and modern trade supermarkets & hypermarkets come to mind when...
For sale: The culture of nostalgia
Head into any tourist visitor centre in Singapore and you’ll be confronted with a medley of iconic visuals such as local designs of signature...
Creating thinking key to upcycling
Recently, upcycling has become very popular throughout various industries in Sri Lanka. A number of organisations have initiated programs in an...
Urban Wars
Sao Paulo is an urban beast. Like any great metropolis, it has an imagined ‘ideal’ face; sanitised, skyscraper-ridden, and sufficiently Americanised...
