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Inside Na Oh, Hyundai and Corey Lee’s experimental Korean restaurant in Singapore

Acclaimed San Franciscan chef Corey Lee is the driving force behind Na Oh, a new Korean restaurant at the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore

By Daven Wu Published 9 August 24

Design, culture and jewellery: Cartier in Singapore

Cartier is celebrating 100 years of Trinity with a series of pop-ups around the world

By Daven Wu Published 22 July 24

AIR is a new OMA-designed Singapore restaurant and cooking club

AIR is a Singapore restaurant, circular campus, and cooking club, designed by OMA and inspired by a ferverous approach to innovation, sustainability and food

By Daven Wu Published 6 April 24

Changi Airport’s Terminal 2 is a relaxing traveller experience that stimulates the senses

Changi Airport’s Terminal 2, designed by Boiffils Architecture, is an organic space inspired by Singapore's vegetation, forming a gateway into its garden city

By Tianna Williams Published 25 March 24

Urban Fabric design exhibition spotlights new designers from Asia

Yoko Choy introduces Urban Fabric, a commissioned series for Dubai’s Gallery Collectional (on view until 31 March 2024), showcasing varying designs of contemporary craftsmanship from artists across China, Japan, Singapore and South Korea

By Jasper Spires Published 10 March 24

Eastern and Western flavours meet at Jiak Kim House in Singapore

Jiak Kim House, led by Chef Seow Tzi Qin, pays a heartfelt tribute to Singapore's vibrant history through traditional and contemporary dishes

By Daven Wu Published 8 March 24

Restaurant Araya is Singapore’s first South-American fine dining odyssey

Araya sees chefs Francisco Araya and Fernanda Guerrero celebrate their native Chilean South Pacific cuisine heritage

By Daven Wu Published 22 January 24

Art SG 2024: what to see at Southeast Asia’s biggest art fair

Art SG returns for its second year with a rich international roster of artists and galleries

By Daven Wu Published 17 January 24

Artyzen celebrates tenth anniversary with grand openings in Shanghai and Singapore

Artyzen New Bund 31 Shanghai and Artyzen Singapore are the luxury hospitality group's latest state-of-the-art offerings

By Daven Wu Published 8 December 23

Step into the best Singapore cocktail bars

Singapore cocktail bars are among the world’s finest, as highlighted by the city’s recent hosting of the World’s 50 Best Bars awards 2023

By Neil Ridley Published 21 November 23

Mandarin Oriental Singapore emerges from a six-month overhaul

The newly refurbished Mandarin Oriental Singapore slots into the city’s skyline with a look inspired by the tropics

By Lauren Ho Published 6 November 23

Singapore Design Week 2023 prioritises sustainability and inclusivity

Singapore Design Week 2023 (until 1 October) explores the theme ‘Better By Design’ with exhibitions at the National Design Center and across the city

By Laura May Todd Published 29 September 23

Suzuki by Kengo Kuma in Singapore serves up sushi in a garden

Suzuki by Kengo Kuma launches at the Mondrian hotel in Singapore, serving sushi in a Japanese garden setting

By Daven Wu Published 27 August 23

Six Singaporean designers look at the impact of design and new technologies on our lives

Supported by DesignSingapore Council, ‘Future Impact’ at Milan Design Week 2023 presents Singapore as a design-led hub of innovation and creativity

By Cristina Kiran Piotti Published 25 April 23

Ian Chee’s Singapore apartment blends past and present

Architect Ian Chee welcomes us into his Singapore apartment, where past and present cohabit in perfect equilibrium

By Daven Wu Published 12 March 23

Holistic co-working: WeWork Singapore is attentive to culture and lighting

WeWork Singapore opens – a 21-storey flagship co-working space and the company’s second-largest globally

By Martha Elliott Published 19 December 22

Knock on wood: Snøhetta-designed Aesop ION store opens in Singapore

By Sam Rogers Last updated 3 November 22

History of Raffles published ahead of Singapore hotel’s grand reopening

By Elly Parsons Last updated 3 November 22

Papa Palheta coffee, Singapore

By Melina Keays Last updated 2 November 22

Trouble free: Allies of Skin’s range works hard so you don’t have to

By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated 31 October 22

Louis Vuitton Island, Singapore

By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated 31 October 22

World View: Letter from Singapore

Introducing our new series, which shines light on the creativity and resilience of designers around the world as they confront the challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with contributing editors across eleven global territories, we reach out to creative talents to ponder the power of design in difficult times and share messages of hope. Here, on the eve of a monthlong lockdown in the city state, our Singapore editor Daven Wu checked in with architect Charles Wee, artist Dawn Ng, and designers Elyn Wong, Clara Yee and Olivia Lee, discovering tales of self reflection, crisis messaging and mutual assistance.

By Daven Wu Last updated 31 October 22

Singapore Design Week 2019 features musical pavilions, Indonesian craft and ‘Passion Projects’

By Daven Wu Last updated 31 October 22

Global conversation: Ariake marries Japanese craft with modern design

By Sujata Burman Last updated 28 October 22