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In conversation with: Howie Lau on how history illuminates the future

11 Jul 2021

MA Asian Art Histories student Howie Lau is not only an art enthusiast and collector, but also a giant in the tech industry. Recently named IT Leader of the Year …

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In conversation with: Nerissa Arviana Prawiro on her TechWomen 100 win and her evolving approach to user-centred design

19 Jan 2021

Product Design alumna Nerissa Arviana Prawiro is no stranger to using her design skills for social good. In 2014 during her final year of diploma studies at LASALLE, she earned …

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Industry as classroom: inside the MA Design Residency Programme

30 Sep 2020

Design thinking has become a trendy buzzword even beyond the design sector. Be it in the realms of public policy, tech or finance, the ability to think like a designer …

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In conversation with: Dr Stephanie Burridge on Routledge’s new anthology of LASALLE research

22 Sep 2020

Come October 2020, LASALLE College of the Arts will be launching a new monograph of multidisciplinary research emerging from the College. The first publication of its kind, Embodied Performativity in …

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In conversation with: Samuel Lim on redesigning Singapore’s subway signage

18 Sep 2020

I was taken on a tour of Singapore’s mass rapid transit system in early March to see its new signage system. As lead designer Samuel Lim guided me through a …

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In conversation with: Alex Christiaan Koen on culturally-aware therapeutic training

9 Sep 2020

Alex Christiaan Koen came from an established background in counselling prior to pursuing his MA in Art Therapy at LASALLE College of the Arts. He had originally trained in psychology in his native …

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In conversation with: Daniel Jenkins on how his postgraduate studies reinvigorated him

1 Sep 2020

There’s a secretive nature to the world of teaching, as theatre practitioner Daniel Jenkins observed. Even as an experienced theatre educator and actor trainer, he rarely got the opportunity to …

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In conversation with: Sin Shiu Heng on design that drives social change

25 Aug 2020

Like many Singaporeans, the arts had been a huge part of Sin Shiu Heng’s life growing up, before his passion was deferred in favour of pursuing the sciences. During his …

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In conversation with: Joelyn Yep on being a practitioner-manager

21 Aug 2020

It may have come as a surprise to some when writer Joelyn Yep applied to LASALLE College of the Arts’ MA Arts and Cultural Leadership programme in 2019. Being a …

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In conversation with: Aswani Aswath on writing through uncertainty

9 Aug 2020

Looking in from the outside, most success stories don’t start with failures. Aswani Aswath, a fresh graduate of the MA Creative Writing programme at LASALLE, tells a different tale. “To …

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In conversation with: Usha Chandradas and Pauline Gan on injecting fun into the way we talk about art

7 Aug 2020

From a student-run blog to its current incarnation as an art magazine with a difference, Plural has come a long way. Covering a wide range of topics in Southeast Asian …

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In conversation with: Chua Jia Xiang on the role of design in the fight against COVID-19

15 Apr 2020

Ask Chua Jia Xiang about a typical day at work, and he’ll rattle off a wide-ranging list of tasks that would not seem out of place in a Silicon Valley …

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Preparing dance students for the global stage

13 Mar 2020

LASALLE’s dance students are a rare breed of artists that emerge after graduation, ready to carve their own artistic paths. From Biennale Danza (Venice, Italy), MOTUS Danza’s Move Off Festival …

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My experience at: Harpers BAZAAR x Chanel Paris immersion programme

20 Dec 2019

In October 2019, three LASALLE students travelled to Paris for a four-day immersion programme fully hosted by Chanel and Harper’s BAZAAR. This collaboration, exclusively open to LASALLE students, aimed to …

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