The HJGHER Journal

R.I.P. Maurice Sendak

“I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more.”
—Maurice Sendak

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HJGHER x GREEN SPACE HEROES

In partnership with Cubes magazine, Space invited five designers to create an installation revolving five quality products built to last through high standards of manufacture and timeless aesthetics. We were more than honoured to be part of the exhibition amongst interior maestros Minstry of Design, Peter Tay Studio, Takenouchi Webb and Terre. Having always loved light installations, we chose the Flos Kelvin LED light designed by Antonio Citterio to be the heart of our installation.

Inspired by Paul Scheerbart’s Glasarchitektur, we built a Glass City, which was meant to depict a utopian city of self sustainability through honoring the use of resources. Two Flos Kelvin LED lamps sits at the heart of the installation, representing a city’s illumination as street lamps, headlights or signboards. Mirror prisms of varying heights were randomly placed to illustrate buildings and skyscrapers.

The mirror prisms create multiple effects with each light path reflected from one mirror prism onto another, building a constant dialogue between light and glass. As we tested and built the installation, it was a joy to watch it transform in various environments. It reminded us of how cities courageously adapt to the challenges of a new world with new solutions.

An infinite light labyrinth is our metaphor for utopia—perfect, limitless and unattainable, yet, it is a dream we must dream.

Green Space Heroes is exhibited at Space Asia Hub until 30th April.

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Praisehaven Salvation Army

Cabinet of Curiosity

In collaboration with Team Tracy and Team Daniel, we were tasked to reinvent the public’s perception of shopping at the Salvation Army, as part of Channel NewsAsia’s Invest In Me. Our area of focus being the interior of the 5000sqft entrance area at Praisehaven Salvation Army.

At the beginning of this project, we were not too sure what could be done with little budget and a space cluttered to the brim with unwanted things. This was a project that made us think harder, work better, take a step back to seriously consider what we could do for the society. It was not about fabricating new things with a grand concept to match, but about doing the bare minimal and maximizing the things donated by people. One thing we knew for sure though, we wanted to make a difference and we were not the only ones.

Looking through the collection of discarded objects at The Salvation Army was an experience unlike any other. Some peculiar, some beautiful, some bore scribbled gift notes, some functioned to the needs of a different world. Once a part of someone, they had been given up for a sole purpose—to give back to charity.

It was important for us to create a space that would allow shoppers to do more than just browse, but to display objects in a way that triggered their sense of wonder. We divided the entrance space into eight showrooms to give the objects a stage to breathe and rediscover their value. The diversity of items also meant that they could be depicted in various ways, hence we engaged the minds of Outofstock, triggerhappy, Foundry, Jarrod Lim,
H O K O, Studio Juju and S U P P E R M A M A (plus Team Hjgher), to curate each showroom, using materials found at The Salvation Army thrift stores. The result is a mixture of expression about salvaging the old, whether or not they were given a fresh coat of paint or had reinvented purpose, the end goal was for them to become somebody’s prized possession again.

We would like to thank the studios for generously contributing their time and effort to work on this project in good faith. It was a romantic affair with unwanted objects, a feeling that is almost magical.

Visit the showroom exhibition at Praisehaven Salvation Army, 500 Upper Bukit Timah Road.

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INDESIGN: HJGHER

Here’s to the guys at Indesign for profiling us alongside designer greats like Shigeru Ban and Rolf Hay amongst others.

They pieced all our projects together and made us look and read really well, something we’ve never had time to actually digest ourselves. So from all of us here at HJGHER, thanks Indesign for making us sexy again.

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Underscore Magazine - President*s Design Award Singapore 2011

We were awarded Design of the Year at the President*s Design Award Singapore 2011 ceremony held at Istana Banquet Hall last night. The jury could not have been more generous with their words, “Underscore is a magazine you want to read. It is emotional, it has depth, it has a heart. You want to feel it, open it, and devour it - voraciously. Not only is the magazine well-balanced, with good design and thought-provoking articles, the contents are outstanding. It is not your run-of-the-mill magazine; it is a labour of love.” We were at a loss for words, due to sheer joy to have touched people along this journey.

Once again, we would like to sincerely thank everybody who have supported us one way or another. All winning works will be exhibited at the official opening of SPACE Asia Hub tonight. We hope to see you there!

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BRAIN Magazine Japan

When BRAIN magazine invited us to work on their front cover, all we could remember were the other great covers done by Neville Brody and local creatives WERK and Phunk. Much to our delight, their request was simple, our contribution should be an interpretation of the theme for their October issue. Much to our concern, how simple and open their theme was too; Wine Red.

Well, we knew what we wanted to address; the current state of affairs in Japan. It’s no surprise that we’re fond subscribers of almost everything Japanese, their work, their food, their ethos, their respect for all. When tragedy struck that one unforgettable March afternoon, their lives changed forever. Important new issues were unearthed, many concerns reset for new paths and the truth, or shall we say, the beauty is, live is change. We build our web of lives and through weathered conditions, we fight on, and we rebuild. And we do all this because we live our lives with hope, dreams and wishes.

Our contribution will only work if you have an iPhone/iPad, please go to Settings/General/Accessibility/White on Black and turn it on. Then turn on your Camera and use it to look over our image again. Everything Japanese, we wish with a wine red Daruma.

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Made for S.A.M - Trophy Hunter badges

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R.I.P. Steve Jobs

“This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had” —Steve Jobs at his apartment, 1982.

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We learnt about Steve Jobs’ demise through a device he invented, quite naturally so. It only took a few seconds for us to realise what it meant—though we took much longer to recover from the shock—that we have lost a king. The king of invention and imagination. The king who led with vision and determination. The king who lived with both passion and ambition to the end.

Looking back, Steve’s Commencement address in 2005 at Stanford University still strikes a chord today; this speech, along with his many creations, will serve as a testament, and his legacy for years to come:

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“I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: “We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” They said: “Of course.” My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents’ savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn’t see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn’t interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn’t all romantic. I didn’t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can’t capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it’s likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something—your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky—I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation—the Macintosh—a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn’t know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down—that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me—I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.
During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple’s current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor’s code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.

This was the closest I’ve been to facing death, and I hope it’s the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960’s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.”

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A truly saddening day. Rest in peace, sir.

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Underscore N°3: The Fight Issue

Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you Underscore N°3: The Fight Issue.

Underscore N°3: The Fight Issue continues on from N°2 by confronting a constant and inevitable—the human fight. To struggle, endure, withstand and persevere against all odds. The fight may be quiet, but it is no less spirited nor mindless. It is entered for a cause, with hope for greater things to come.

The world witnessed the Japanese display of Gaman, strong forbearance and poise, in the aftermath of the biggest earthquake to ever strike Japan. Inspired by their fight, the last signature of 16 pages was dedicated to Japanese creatives to voice their hearts.

N°3 contains personal narratives, original content and photographs from homes, kitchens, subzero mountain terrains and the world of classical ballet dancers in relation to the theme. Conversations with Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson, the editor of ACNE PAPER Thomas Persson, founder of BYREDO PARFUMS Ben Gorham, and designer Lyna Ty of Song for the Mute explore their creative processes and journeys. ʻNeighbourhoodʼ features create vivid journeys to Naples, Breite in Basil, Utrecht in Netherlands and Tiong Bahru best described by Karen Wai of BooksActually in Singapore. Photographers include the aerial visions of Stephan Zirwes, mountain landscapes by Ryan Simon and more.

The resilience of both people and nature are represented on the cover by Taisuke Koyama, where his photographs in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, taken months after the earthquake, portray the impact of the resulting aftermath.

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In conjunction with the launch, we would also like to introduce to you THE U CAFÉ—an independent magazine exhibition in collaboration with 8 select cafés throughout Singapore.

The idea; to enjoy an ideal magazine/café experience.

It is our intention to encourage an awareness of international independent magazines with distinct design and content. All magazines have been curated and exhibited in independent cafés that proudly dedicate themselves to the art of the culinary and brew. During this event, specialty coffee, drinks and snacks will be crafted to complete your reading pleasure.

What can you find at THE U CAFÉ?
032C, Acne Paper, A Guide Magazine, A Magazine Curated By, Apartamento, Dumbo Feather, Dansk, Elsie, Fantastic Man, Gagarin, Grafik, Inventory, It’s Nice That, I Love You, Kasino, Lay Flat, Little White Lies, Monocle, Mono.Kultur, Paris, LA, Pin-Up, Port, Process Journal, Shoppinghour, ‘Sup, The Design Society Journal, The Plant Journal, The Travel Almanac, Tiger, Too Much, Underscore, Werk, Wrap and more.

Where can you find THE U CAFÉ?
PS.Cafe, A Curious Teepee, Kith, The Plain, Papa Palheta, 15 Minutes, Maison Ikkoku, and Loysel’s Toy.

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We know where we will be spending the next few weekends at, so see you around! Say hi, and let us know your thoughts on The Fight Issue!

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Underscore magazine - 90th ADC Award

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded Bronze in the 90th ADC Awards under the category of Editorial Design. Other winners include our fellow patriots - The Design Society Journal, Carl*s Car and veterans, Bloomberg Businessweek, GOOD and The New York Times.

We would like to thank everyone for sticking with us so far! Its been a delightful journey.

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HJGHER x DREAM INTERIOR

Dream Interior approached us for a collaboration for the inaugural Saturday InDesign Singapore (see previous post). Being the over-ambitious and hopeful people we are, we dived into a universe we’ve never entered before: light installation.

And it proved to be a challenging one.

Given this opportunity to do an installation in a furniture showroom, we wanted to examine the relationship between time and space, man and object, creator and creation. We decided to juxtapose the timelessness of a diamond with the value of a furniture piece. Viewers are invited to question what is, ultimately, the worth of a chair or table sitting in their living room.

Proud to proclaim, we are now proficient electricians.

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HJGHER x SATURDAY INDESIGN

When the Australian publisher of INDESIGN, Habitus and DQ called upon us to collaborate with them for SATURDAY INDESIGN, Singapore, they had only one single request; do whatever you want with 120 copies of our magazines.

Immediately we wondered, how do we show the relevance of design/architecture with respect to the content of the magazines? How do we highlight it’s necessity in our daily metropoli-tic lives? And what could we work on for an installation that was engaging and simple enough to explain design/architecture in it’s rawest form?

Our idea was simple. Build an infrastructure of miniature highways/buildings using all the magazines we were given, let the lifeblood of this micro city be marbles instead of vehicles/people, attach a vertical pulley system and let gravity do all the work.

We had much bigger plans but having received the magazines only the day before the event, we did whatever we could on the fly to ensure everything worked as we imagined.

SATURDAY INDESIGN, Singapore was held on Saturday 21st May 2011 at 72-13, Mohd Sultan Rd.

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V Ave S.R.

We love big packages, so big the postman had to hand-deliver it to us.

The content was even better—Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair announced their new collection with a new identity—both impressive. Now V Ave Shoe Repair, the label spots a more raw edgier look.

For AW11, V Avenue Shoe Repair Atelier (previously By The No.) collaborated with metal designers Mikael Årsjö, Jacob Erixon and Erik Thulén. The result, evidently darker and more emotional than before, has again surpassed our expectations of Astrid Olsson and Lee Cotter.

A rhythm between space, architecture and sculptures, like the irregular, flowing idiom of the baroque era. Minimalistic exploration of materials, rubber, steel, aluminium and various types of plastic in a non-figurative expression.

You can also view some of them up-close at Eric Thulén’s personal site.

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11:03:11:14:46

We are constantly fed with news of worldwide disasters, deadly and unfortunate, but these occurrences often serve us only as informative reports, detached and distant. On rare occasions, that reminder strikes a tender chord, too close to the home in our hearts and too real for us to be unmoved.

The affinity we share with Japan, from their aesthetic to their beliefs, from those who have inspired us from our inception, to those whom we now consider more than just friends; all of which give shape to who we are and why we do what we do today.

Manga artist Takehiko Inoue has been drawing one smile a day; an old man, a baby girl, a housewife or a teenage boy, they all share the same smiles on their face.

While the whole world tries to either extend their helping hands or speculate what the future holds, the Japanese are braving on. We are reminded of their incredible stoicism, their inherent ability to unite in the face of adversity, and their overwhelming optimism (and courage) when opting to fight for what they believe in.

We are also reminded of the least we can do; smile for Japan.

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Underscore Magazine N°2: The Constant Issue

We have finally gotten around to catch a breather after we rolled out Underscore N°2, which has been an insane whirlwind ride for us. We took part in the 5th Magazine Library at Tokyo Maison Aoyama, followed by a 4-venue installation in Singapore, at 2902 Gallery, BooksActually, Fred Perry Laurel Store and Grafunkt.

Then, back in Tokyo, we were invited to participate in DesignTide 2010, where we were seen bracing the typhoon, hand-carrying four bicycles to Tokyo Midtown at Roponggi all the way from Singapore. Quite literally, a ‘whirlwind ride’. We meet heaps of amazing folk from all over the world, including Singapore of course and definitely some images to follow real soon. Thanks again to all who helped to make it possible for us!

Underscore N°2: The Constant Issue

Fills in the blank created by N°1. Inspired by the notion of wabi-sabi (侘寂), three simple truths were acknowledged: nothing is perfect, nothing lasts, and nothing is finished.

N°2 features content from post-rock band 65daysofstatic, artist Sam Winston, Swallow Magazine editor James Casey and Tom Michelberger, owner of Michelberger Hotel. Conversations with visionaries Lee Cotter—co-founder of Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair, Damir Doma and Hideki Toyoshima were also documented. Creating meaningful intervals are an installation by Sean Lam and photographic work by Christopher Colville, Nguan, You Li and Yang Tan.

In addition, A Store Curated By Underscore is introduced with the inaugural collaboration with bespoke bike-makers Vanguard, previewing a one-off limited edition series of four bicycles inspired by the hydrologic cycle: Cloud, Rain, Mist and Dew.

As a reminder of the possibility of beauty in the event of devastation, the cover features a deformed bug by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger. A pullout at the last page comes in versions of four different bugs. It can be displayed as a keepsake of the idea that things will always change, for better or worse.

We sincerely hope you enjoy reading Underscore N°2: The Constant Issue, as much as we did making it. And if you’ve picked up a copy, do feel free to let us know your thoughts and comments. We’d be more than delighted to hear from you!

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Magazine Library at Maison Aoyama

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UNDERSCORE N°2: THE CONSTANT ISSUE OFFICIAL LAUNCH

The official launch of UNDERSCORE N°2: THE CONSTANT ISSUE at 4 installation venues in Singapore from 21st - 25th Oct 2010. We do hope to see you there.

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Underscore in Inéditos 2010, Madrid

What better to do than reading magazines made with love while sipping your Sangria in this 40°C summer?

Currently making rounds at De Zines, one of three exhibitions of Inéditos 2010, Underscore is seen rubbing shoulders with Apartamento, Purple, McSweeney, The Journal, Monocle, 032C, and ±400 other publications at La Casa Encendida, Madrid.

Organised by Roberto Vidal and Óscar Martín, De Zines “aims to reflect what is happening in contemporary publishing concerning independent publications; how this field relates to the field of artistic production and the contemporary social, cultural and political environment”. It is running from now till 29 August.

Hey, where did the pencil go?

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Launch of the new Eclecticism shop at Paragon #03-08

“We want Eclecticism at Paragon to look like no other shop…” as directed by the ever full-of-sunshine client, “…it must be something we wouldn’t have thought of ourselves.” Another interior design project that allowed us just enough creative freedom to stay true to ourselves while we redefined the most often mentioned adjectives during the project; “cute”, “feminine” and “vibrant”.

Inspired by the circus, carnivals and joyrides that never ever end at never never land, soft “feminine” colour hues were juggled with a considered random pattern of three distinct emerald shaped gems that playfully balanced the interior walls. This helped set the background for the precise positioning of the reinforced metal rings of “vibrant” gold, where a gloriously glamourous myriad of womenswear from plain strapless tees to floral jumpsuits, little knicker shorts to denim overcoats, hang upon its roller coaster rails, surreptitiously engineered by our team of scientists that profess physics on the construct of “cute”. And what could be cuter than an array of Ferruccio Laviani table lamps converted and strung from the ceiling in its metallic colour splendour?

Sneak a peek visit and don’t blame us if the bright white fitting rooms tips your decision in making that purchase. We would sleep in there if we could.

For more images and information on their designer labels, look them up on Facebook.

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Time Taken To Make A Dress

After several months of sourcing, sketching and conceptualising, Time Taken To Make A Dress, a made-to-measure women’s label is finally ready to be introduced, with an exhibition by the dressmakers themselves.

— Of vein skin and bone, a debut collection defined by fifteen artisanal pieces will be showcased within their workspace for an intimate setting. Come, share their pride and joy as the studio opens its doors to the public for the very first time this Saturday, 17 July, 7pm at 61 Niven Road. We guarantee that time would be well spent.

Time Taken to Make a Dress × HJGHER.

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