Forest & Whale

Wallflower was born from a personal desire to be more connected with nature, especially as we spend more hours at home. For the longest time we wanted to grow our own herbs and vegetables and use fresh them as part of a healthy culinary habit.
That desire many times clashed with our busy schedules and constant reliance on our devices, even at home. We realized we needed a visual compass, a reminder of what we wanted and a way to measure our commitment to our goals.
Wallflower became a subtle reminder for us to rekindle our relationship with nature. To germinate the seeds, simply tear off one colour chip embedded with the seeds of the herbs you desire and grow it in a pot of soil. Each colour represents a particular herb making it easy to trace the types of herbs one has planted over time. The design and development was only possible with the help of and the software support by .

If you are in Milan this week, drop by “Future Impact”, an amazing exhibition curated by and and organized by , where we are presenting Wallflower to the public.

We have been working on alternatives to single use plastic waste for a while. More ideas and solutions soon to come.

Going Green HOW did you mark Earth Day this year? By practising the 3Rs of waste management - reduce, reuse and recycle? Or did it pass by with you none the wiser of its significance? Read more at The Business Times.

Trash to Treasure is an installation we have put up in to depict the evolution of the jewellery collection we designed from the by-products of auto-parts machining, an extension from the book The Machinist. For the month of October at 263 Beach Road. @ SCENE SHANG Flagship

For Maison&Objet Asia, held in Singapore in March 2016 we designed the experience for visitors to The RugMaker's booth.
They were presenting their new rug collection, that we designed between 2013-2015 as part of collective outofstock.
We set up a table full of tropical leaves we collected from Fort Canning, and using magnifying glasses we explained the rugs' design process and encouraged visitors to interact and discover interesting detail on their own.
The booth was covered by white foliage, hanging from invisible wires along the top. These leaves, provided the rugs with the perfect shadows as if they were in the middle of the forest.

Maria Jose Troncoso (artist and founder of Muton), helping us with a very special project from her workshop in Buenos Aires.

A design practice founded by Gustavo Maggio & Wendy Chua to create experiences that tell stories of people & spaces, craft & rituals, nature & wildlife.

The Garden Stop. Our vision for the next generation of bus stops in Singapore.
Bus stops are essentially places for waiting and resting but can it be for play and discovery? In our hectic urban life, we imagine taking this pause in a garden stop, instead of a bus stop. Its roof is filled with little trees and shrubs, genuinely representing the tropical nature of Singapore. The large roof overhangs to provide more shade to the verandah. Aside from its sensorial beauty, the planted roof plays a vital role in thermal insulation. Additionally, watering the plants draws heat of evaporation and cools the space below in that process. Temperature under the roof garden will drop by a few degrees.

A garden stop would not be complete without discovery! Through periscopes, children or adults can explore the plants, insects and birds in the garden. This activates the space and creates social interaction. Peering into the garden that is above our heads, we can immerse ourselves in the present, as we wait for our ride.

Nestled in a historic area that bears witness to our colonial past and natural history, Plain Vanilla Cluny Court is a neighborhood bakery that connects people, architecture and nature.

We created the cabinet of wonder as a physical interface to make the rug projecting experience engaging and fun.
The 528 color yarn poms surrounding the body invite you to plug and match with the different hues of your personalized design. Inside, the rug samples showcasing a variety of construction techniques and materials await to be discovered.

When we were asked by MUJI to design a resting space for the garden city of Singapore, we naturally thought of the rest of mind. Perhaps, it is due to the breathless pace of life here or maybe it is the continuous tick-tock of the equatorial city without seasonal pauses. We decided to design a pause, one each day. To step away of clock time, the incense stick is the natural choice for an indication of how much time has passed. One has to fight the urge to check the time or messages on the phone. 20 mins of pause, mindfulness or just simply being present, this is a space to experience every passing moment - not in the past or the future - just here, now.