Notes From The Team At Naiise.

The New Forward is the brainchild of Keat and Aizyl, both of whom are passionate about helping designers within the Southeast Asian region gain more exposure about their art. A Malaysian-based online magazine where tech, design and indie business meet, The New Forward shares frequent updates and stories of those who create, make, and innovate.

Hence, to celebrate the biculturalism that most of us are fondly familiar with, we invited Keat and Aizyl to curate a collection for us, with designs that espouse the cultural similarities of Malaysia and Singapore. Enjoy browsing through the products that the duo have thoughtfully selected here, and read on to find out more about them and what they do! 

Talk about an all-rounded multitalented creative professional! Meet Pooja - a freelance writer, editor, educational consultant, book artist as well as a mother of a young child. Having moved to Singapore from New York in 2010 to "discover the soul of another great city", she journalizes her adventure in learning more about the history, culture and artistic community of this sunny island at her blog notabilia.

We fell in love with her unfettered passion for the arts - literature, independent design, art, and all things pretty - and thus invited this inspiring and high-achieving lady to curate this collection for us. Read on to find out more about Pooja and her passions, or click here to browse through her curation.

Missing multiple turns at life’s cross junction, Rebecca Toh manages to find the right path meant for her. Currently a commercial and editorial photographer, Rebecca is hugely influenced by the ability of a film to tell moving, layered stories, and  works to inject this sense of the cinematic - the emotion, the life, the warmth - into the images she creates.

Based in Singapore, she is nevertheless always on the road. We're lucky to have grabbed some of her time to chat more about her life, craft and love for design, as well as her favourite things on Naiise. Read more about Rebecca here.

Strumming his tunes while perusing his favourite design picks, Shane Low, guitarist of PennyLane, curates a list of masculine yet cheeky items that give a nod to  his creative inclinations, character and sense of personal style. Find out more, as well, about Shane's journey as a musician and design addict.

This is the second  in a 6-part "I Am A... Creative" series featuring six personalities from six diverse creative industries and their curated design picks on Naiise.

Naiise invites Skii and Joyce from the incredibly dynamic and witty Popspoken team to hang out with us and talk some design. Drawing from the inspiration of living, breathing lifestyle and fashion daily, the lovely duo also curates their own top gift picks for this Christmas. Check out our interviews with Skii and Chung, and their curated collections here: Gifts for Hipsters by Skii, and Gifts for Stylish Season by Joyce.