Notes From The Team At Naiise.

This Saturday, we celebrate our nation's 49th birthday! What better time to celebrate all things local and all homegrown makers? (:

We have invited three individuals from different walks of life to select their favourite locally made or designed items, and share with you what this country means to them.

Meet Aun Koh, the face behind Chubby Hubby - one of the world's premier food and travel blogs since 2005. Aun began his career as a journalist and photographer, and now runs a creative lifestyle services group Ate. A seasoned traveller because of his work, Aun shares a little about what he loves about Singapore in the interview below. Hop on over here to check out his top picks.

Meet Yun & Shairah - the fun-loving duo behind Stitches and Maps, a lifestyle blog with plenty of do-it-yourself tutorials, travel adventures (both near and far), fashion styles and of course, food. 

Apart from sharing a mad crazy passion for writing, these two best-buds also enjoy having a good gathering of friends, regardless of indoors or outdoors, and often input DIY into their aesthetics. For this curation, they fell in love with our "beautiful range of kitchenware and dining accessories" (that's a direct quote!), and so we put together a small cosy picnic just for them and us. Check out what we did on a hot sunny day at Botanic Gardens (:

This week, the Naiise team is going a little gaga over animals. From talking about having a Bring Your Dog To Office Day to bringing in new animal-inspired product designs, we really want to talk about animals this weekend. So, we invited Robert Zhao, one of the most prominent photographic artists in Singapore today, to curate a special collection for us.

Robert is extremely passionate about animals as a subject matter. A full-time artist, he also founded the Institute of Critical Zoologists, the first interdisciplinary scholarly centre dedicated to promoting critical zoological dialogue and research. Hop on over here to view Robert's curation, or read on to find out more about him.

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Everybody loves a secret getaway, for a brief respite or for priceless moments of luxurious living. But we don't always have to travel to foreign lands just to enjoy these finer things in life. For this collection, we invited Anton D. Javier, the associate editor of CATALOG magazine, to curate products that can - hopefully - let you indulge in an opulent lifestyle, almost like a vacation right at home.

CATALOG magazine is a monthly publication that chronicles the best in fashion, shopping, art, design and lifestyle. View Anton's curated collection here, and scroll down to find out more about Anton and the CATALOG team's upcoming plans.