Vikas Kailankaje

The LASALLE Show 2026 exhibition opens on Thu 21 May and will run from Fri 22 May to Wed 3 Jun 2026. Details: www.lasalle.edu.sg/events/the-lasalle-show-exhibition-2026

Sketches with 2nd and 3rd year students in BA Design Communication over the course of this semester, 2 of 2.

Sketches with 2nd and 3rd year students in BA Design Communication over the course of this semester, 1 of 2.

Our annual work-in-progress showcase for the School of Design Communication, Open Studios, runs from Tue 31 Mar to Thu 2 Apr 2026.

Our annual work-in-progress showcase for @lasalledesigncommunication , Open Studios, runs from today, Tue 31 Mar to Thu 2 Apr 2026. RSVP for industry 👉 https://shorturl.at/bqfHt Thanks @zhiliangggg for visiting this morning 😀

SAM Design Collection Symposium, Sat 28 Mar 2026, 9:30am-5:30pm, at the National Design Centre auditorium. Images: [1] Afaina De Jong, [2] Giang Nguyen, [3] Jo+Kapi, [4] Sulki and Min, [5] Danah Abdulla.

"The Picturehouse - Singapore's first cinema for the art-film lover opened in November last year." and "Singapore's Home For The Arts - The Substation" Reproduced here are photocopied pages, 31–37, from The Goodwood Journal (Oct 1991) covering The Picturehouse, and The Substation.

This looks more like The Shoppes (!!) at Marina Bay Sands today even though this was one of the proposals for what is now the Esplanade. Caption from source: Figure 3-17. Singapore Performing Arts Center Competition, lobby view. (1992) T.W. Schaller. Architects: Kohn Pederson Fox. Watercolor and pencil, 28cm x 43cm. A gestural treatment of architectural form emphasizes the great expanse of light-filled interior space - the focus of this design. From: The Art of Architectural Drawing: Imagination & Technique, by Thomas Wells Schaller (1997).

Hallucinations

Stand fans at Karanataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore, 28 Jul 2025.

Side A: Singapore. C. K. Tang Limited. Side B: 新加坡. 詩家董有限公司. Fine print at the bottom: 310, Orchard Road, Singapore 0923. Tel: 7375500 (5 Lines). Cable: 'TANGUNTIEN' SINGAPORE. Telex: CKTANG RS 24515. Plastic bag, c.1970s.

I have been meaning to meet Su Yeang – who helmed her eponymous design studio from 1983 to 2010 – for some time and am glad she accepted my invitation to view the BA(Hons) Design Communication graduation projects at The LASALLE Show 2025. It's a bonus that @justinzhuang was able to join, having previously interviewed Su Yeang a decade ago. Su Yeang's son, Jason, and daughter-in-law, Valerie joined the tour as well. Some of the titbits shared by Su Yeang are neatly summarised in Justin Zhuang's 15 Feb 2012 survey of graphic design studios that were prominent between the 1960s to 90s on his blog. Here's an excerpt: Another design studio set up by a female designer, Su Yeang is regarded as the most commercially successful designer of her times. She started her design career working in Cold Storage where she was the in-house designer for the corporate identities’ of the company’s various arms and the packaging of their products. In 1983, she formed her own studio and eventually sold it to a multi-national branding company. Her studio worked on the packaging of Tiger Beer for years, and also created the identities for The Esplanade and National Library Board. In 1997, the World Trade Organisation adopted the logo the studio designed as their official emblem. Read on: /posts/whose-independence-story-do-you-want-to-hear/ The exhibition is open daily till 4 Jun, 12 to 8pm at our McNally campus, gallery B1-09. You can also view the online showcase: https://lasallesodc.show