July 30th, 2010 HJGHER
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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December 5th, 2009 HJGHER
We just received news that we won a Silver Award for the Spatial Category in Retail for Kith Café in the HKDA Asia Design Awards 2009. And the best part, Thomas Heatherwick was a judge. We’ve been huge fans of his organic work since Littlehampton’s East Beach Cafe.
We cannot thank the folk at Kith enough for the trust they bestowed upon us, with complete design freedom for their branding, interior and furniture. We really wanted Kith to not just be another café, but a physical and emotional experience that could well justify their sincerity in doing what they do best, coffee (and our current favourite, kith’s special hot dog) from the heart.
So if you catch us there this week, be sure to ask for your free cappuccinos, on us. See you at Kith!
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December 3rd, 2009 HJGHER
Tonight, our very own DJ Phay spins alongside Zouk resident DJ Hong in Velvet Underground for another aural adventure into a ElectroNuTrance Dance Dance Dance Mofo Dance. Doors open at 10pm and free flow drinks till 11.30pm for invited guests only.
See you all there
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September 1st, 2009 HJGHER
We are extremely honoured to be featured in the only magazine (of the dozens that we subscribe to) that every one of us here at HJGHER eagerly awaits for their own personal copy. The Monocle Singapore Survey 2009, covers many of our retail faves; Books Actually, Chocolate Research Facility, Strangelets, Know It Nothing, and Blackmarket, as well as our latest branding and interior design project Kith Café, in the Top 5 bars, restaurants, coffee shops in Singapore.
The Monocle Singapore Survey 2009 in Monocle Issue 26. Out at your local newsstand now, whichever part of the world you may be.
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July 2nd, 2009 HJGHER
With hard electro influences from Boys Noize, Teenage Bad Girl and Digitalism to uplifting trance from Above & Beyond and Gareth Emery, DJ Phay, a former classical cellist and self-taught boy wonder debuted his live set for a HJGHER party, in conjunction with VUTOPIA at Velvet Underground, alongside Zouk resident, DJ Hong.
For all of you who have been requesting for DJ Phay’s next performance, do sign up here and we’ll be sure to keep you informed. In the meantime, you can always listen to his mix here.
DJ Phay is under H/Recordings, the music label of HJGHER.
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June 29th, 2009 HJGHER
you all for coming, for we would not be where we are today without you.
till next time,
From all of us at HJGHER
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September 30th, 2008 Justin
They re-powered contemporary art at London’s Tate Modern, allowed us a clearer insight of high fashion with Prada in Tokyo, helped break Olympian records with Beijing’s “Bird Nest” and now, stacked 57 levels of 145 apartments in lower Manhattan’s Tribeca, in what has been reviled as “Jenga-esque” and even “a bad Tertis ending”.
Doesn’t it conjure an image akin to a monolithic oak tree around the beginning of a much welcomed autumn season? More information about how to own your very own concrete tree house here.
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November 27th, 2007 Justin
Reception party for Dual City Sessions: Null this Fri 30th Nov, 7.30pm onwards at Old School, Singapore. 
Expect no less than sashimi, sukiyaki, fugiya miyagi, california hand rolled delivery and sake to me, all served in one 2000cc suzuki party. So see you wannabe tokions there.
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November 9th, 2007 Jerry
So we’re back from the land of extremely polite and the insanely good looking, where we had our first ever out of Singapore exhibition. Still overwhelmed by the whole experience, we’re taking our time to sort out the 3 million amazing people we met and 5 million cool things we saw. We’ll do our best to write as much as we can over the weekend. Meanwhile, check out some of the photos from the opening night of DualCity Sessions: null.
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October 31st, 2007 Justin
We’re all set to fly off to Nippon right now.
In a couple of airline packed meals later, we will be running amok down Tokyo town, especially National Stadium where it is the main site for DesignTide. This is the third year running for DesignTide. Based on the continued ideology that is the necessary things in life, the exhibition will show work from the fields of interior, products, graphics, fashion and art. We’re already planning to hit the ground running so if you do catch us hyperventilating in glee, don’t worry… we’ll still stop/chat/take pics with you and then drag you along with us.
As part of DesignTide, our contribution for DualCity Sessions: null is now being exhibited at the giulianoFujiwara store at Minami Aoyama, Tokyo. This is Masataka Matsumura’s first ever flagship store in Tokyo, and we are proud to be within space of his Milanese crafted label. The exhibition is coordinated by design studio, Artless and architectural firm, Upsetters Inc.
“Null” is the brainchild of Shun Kawakami who also is the founder of renowned design studio, Artless. This is the seventh exhibition of “null” which also includes the collaboration of 13 other artists from Singapore (14 including us).
More to come about all things Nippon when we return. And we promise no less in translation.
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October 1st, 2007 Jerry
Along with 14 other artists/designers from Singapore, we were invited to participate in Dual City Sessions: Null.
We were tasked to produce a visual artwork using elements found in Singapore, based on the theme “- = +” (to subtract is to add). We finally submitted our artwork few days back, having worked on it for the past few weeks and were told earlier today that it had been sent to print.
Curated by the ever progressive Silnt, Dual City Sessions is a platform for international collaboration and cross-pollination from the diverse creative disciplines. It aims to showcase the collaborative effort between two creative communities, bringing together emerging and innovative practitioners in the field of art, fashion, design and music.
Having exhibited throughout Japan in cities such as Tokyo, Sapporo, Osaka and Nagoya. The first installment of Dual City Sessions marks the first overseas collaboration for null. This is the first time they are exhibiting out of Japan and also the first time it involves foreign artists.
Dual City Sessions launches at DesignTide Tokyo on the 30th October - 4th November 2007, and we’re crossing our fingers that we”ll be able to convince our clients that we”ll still be able to work from Tokyo during this period.
Read more at:
Dual City Sessions” official site.
DesignTide Tokyo’’s official site.
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September 19th, 2007 Jerry
We just received our invites to the opening reception of the AIGA 50 Books / 50 Covers exhibition in New York.
Dear J, will be showcased during the exhibition at the National Design Center, followed by Next: AIGA Design Conference in Denver. In addition, selections become part of the AIGA Design Archives, and are documented in 365: AIGA Year In Design 28, an annual print publication. The physical artifacts join the AIGA Design Archives in the Denver Art Museum.
The exhibition starts today and runs through November 21, 2007. We’re unfortunately bound here by our work and won’t be able to make it (unless of course we dump everything and head over, which we just might). If you happen to be in New York during this period, please do drop by and give our book a little pat, rub and a flip.
Check out the AIGA 50 Books / 50 Covers 2007 selections.
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September 17th, 2007 Justin
Agathe de Bailliencourt’s 2nd exhibition at Taksu Gallery, Singapore, titled “Urban 64″ runs from 21 September till 11 October 2007. Her solo show will feature a series of her paintings done in Berlin in the last few months.
Agathe’s work is unnervingly poignant, unassumingly primal and unmistakably indelible. And if you ever chance upon meeting her in person, you will not fail to know why.
In adoration, always.
More about Agathe here.
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