Describe your design philosophy.

We live on a simple rhythm to create all that is pure, all that is honest and all that is beautiful.

Projects you are been busy with at the moment.

Preparing UNDERSCORE N°4: THE FLIGHT ISSUE for print and its launch in Tokyo/Helsinki/Dubai.

Launch of THE U CAFE, our first pop-up Underscore cafe in conjunction with the Hermés exhibition “The Gift of Time” at the Tanjong Pager Railway Station. We’re also working on a new experiential showcase of the entire creative scene in Singapore.

Upcoming new publications/restaurants/cafes/bars/hotels/furniture…

Underscore N°3: The Fight Issue

Top 3 influences.

Conversation/cultures/sounds.

Favourite local landmark/building.

http://goo.gl/maps/tTcb. Where nature and Kiki (our French Bulldog) run free… where thoughts are gathered after dark.

Maison Ikkoku

Favourite international landmark/building.

http://goo.gl/maps/r7F8. Where change is constant.

Dream project – real or imaginary.

To build a new religion – it’s mantra, history, places of worship, rituals, beliefs.

Dream person to collaborate with.

My wife, the only Bunka trained pattern maker I trust.

Eclecticism

Favourite decade of design.

Perhaps in the year 2200, when we are no longer, we hold faith that our unearthed works will speak legends.

Favourite chair.

http://www.underscoremagazine.com/F1.html. Buy it.

Number 1 concern for the design industry.

Shortsightedness.

The U Store

One item in the workplace you can’t live without.

https://www.facebook.com/kiki.thefrenchbull. Kiki.

The most interesting thing about the way you work.

That we are not really designers, we are storytellers.

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