From shots of sprawling oceans meeting the skies in sun kissed horizons to panoramic landscape of coral gardens to subaquatic oddities that lurk where the sunlight can’t reach, we’ve always thought we’ve known how life under the surface looked like — until now.
Today, we are on the brink of a new technological and design paradigm, where the capabilities of technology and design aesthetics have progressed faster than in any period of human history. These two decades have seen a rapid change and advancement in technology – the rise and fall of compact disc; the substitution of cartridge […]
For most of us, the turntable is nothing more than a DJ’s tool. It’s this… thing that plays vinyls, and makes ‘scratching’ noises that sounds pretty cool when laid over the tracks we’ve come to know and love. But the humble turntable is more than that. It has a rich history that goes way back […]
In the first of a two-part series, Contented explores busking – street performance that breathes life into a city – and why it is gaining popularity with buskers and audiences alike in Singapore. Some 20 years ago, busking got a bad rep when laws were flouted by those who performed in non-designated areas. Fortunately, National […]
In Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, he wrote “Packaging can be theatre, it can create a story”, when referring to the beauty of an unboxing experience. Steve Jobs understood that a simple action like that could set the tone for a consumer’s relationship with a product. Similarly, the first glance of a product on […]
They say you can never truly “get away from it all”, but perhaps you’ve never been to Raja Ampat. In English, ‘Raja Ampat’ literally translates to ‘Four Kings’, and the islands get their name from a local mythology about four kings who occupy the four big islands of Salawati, Batanta, Waigeo and Misool. The stunning […]