Forms Of Pollution 2

Ann Siang Hill

Forms Of Pollution 1

Some mornings it just doesn’t look like it does in the glossy brochures, you know?
Here’s my journey to work today, starting across the road from my house. They were polite enough not to start until 8am.

Another view from my house.

On the corner of my street.

On the main road.

Crossing the main road to the train station.

Across [...]

Singapore’s Invasion of the Flippin’ Online Zines

It’s true, one person on this island sneezes and we all reach for a tissue, but I’m not sure what’s behind what seems to be a recent rash of online flipbook zines. But welcome, one and all. It’s a richer online nation for having you around!
M&M is basically a platform for artists under Music & [...]

Colour Me Green

I don’t care what your corporate colours are, we’re doing all websites now in a limited palette of 5 colours. Think of it as an update on Henry Ford’s “any colour as long as it’s black”. Here are your choices:

OK, I’m joking about your choices, but you might want to consider the palette anyway. It [...]

Singapore Street Art

You may have lost the coveted Singapore Airlines account to TBWA, but keep your chin up Batey Boffins, the peeps at Dim Street Art still love you.

Another cheery corner of Batey headquarters on Ann Siang Hill.

And something near my home in Kembangan.

When Numbers Don’t Crunch

I knew I shouldn’t have spent so many of those Economics 101 lectures daydreaming, because recently I’ve been having trouble understanding the newspapers. Seriously. At the moment I’m reading Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner’s “Freakonomics” (“A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything”) and I’m understanding every word and statistic, but every time I [...]

Creativity: Herd Some More

I thought I’d post a quick followup to a post a couple of days ago about the line between inspiration and plagiarism. Liz asked an insightful question: Is it laziness or a last resort? I suspect it’s nearly always the last resort of the desperate. Weirdly, in the short time it took me to [...]

Hi-Tech Green Guilt

I was having a pretty normal day right up to the point where I discovered my office, my home and my pants pocket all suck in the e-waste department. Greenpeace’s ranking of companies (based on their global policies, practice on eliminating harmful chemicals and on taking responsibility for their products once they are discarded by [...]

Creativity – Seen And Not Herd

I’m taking in good humour the fact that recently I was ripped off. Over the weekend I was coming down the escalator from what used to be Seiyu Department Store in Bugis (and is now a set of non-memorable initials) to the food hall, and at the foot of the escalator there’s a Japanese restaurant [...]