HDB

Like the spiral staircases of these upgraded Toa Payoh old flats.

An evening at Hougang

Penguin Little Black Classics

A visit to Times Bookshop yesterday, I found this little black book No. 77 A Slip under the Microscope by H.G.Wells.

It is part of the 80 books recently released to celebrate 80th anniversary of the first Penguins for 80p (SGD2.00) each.

RIP

On 27 March Friday night, Me & my incredible went to join the queue at Padang to pay our tribute to the father of our nation, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. RIP, the man who made Singapore.  Your spirit will live on in our hearts.

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Last Day of Singapore Design Week

It happened that my bookbinding workshop coincided with the Singapore Design Week activities in the National Design Centre.

Here are some astonishing works of one of the world's foremost design company,  Heatherwork Studio in UK.

UK Pavilion, Shanghai World Expo, China 2010
The UK pavilion was designed as a distinct structure and breath-taking experience, rather than simply a building to host an exhibition, it was an enigmatic cube made up of 60,000 clear acrylic rods each 7.5m-long.

It looks so dazzling when lighted up.

Concept to Humanise mega-project
Moganshan, Shanghai, China, est. completion 2018

Changing perceptions of a power station
Teesside Power Station, speculative 2009

BookBinding Workshop : Reliure a la japonais

My 2-day masterclass by Boyoung Lee of 예술제본 _ Reliure d'Art 흘리위르공간. 1st day at The Art House and 2nd day at National Design Centre.  What I learnt this time is the Reliure a la japonais,   an interesting French interpretation of Japanese stab binding technique. Instead of exposing the stitching, the binding is neatly encased with covers exquisitely wrapped with calligraphy mounting cloth.

In the progress ....... (from Left to Right, Top to Bottom)

Stitched each section of 2 folios together with a pc of Tyvek® , 

pasted the Tyvek® together with a slip of cardboard in between, 

wrapped the book block with cloth, 

making of the hardbound cover

The Calligraphy Cloths are gorgeous.  They are brought from France by our instructor

Coca-Cola

Saw these Xmas version at ArtScience Museum last last week.  Bought 2 for my colleagues who are into anything coke-related.

Natural Maps

Guess where are they ?

You won't be able to find them though.  They are actually revealed after scraping away the peeled off paints on my company's walls due to interior moisture.