Popweekly: Digest for 11.30

Red Windows in Singapore by swisscan

Popweekly is a weekly report (at the beginning of the week instead of the end) which contains a digest of news, events, and issues of interest to Popwuping readers. It's something new I am trying as a means of sharing all that I read over the course of a week. It's subject to iteration of course - especially this opening paragraph.

The Mobile Office

The Mobile Office, by The Practice of Everyday Design, was constructed from discarded materials within a one block radius from the site. All the material was transported to the site with our bikes and a makeshift dolly. The only purchased items were the hardware used to hold it together. The mobile office has allowed us to consolidate all the furniture and shelving into one mobile unit. This has freed up our office space allowing us the flexibility to make large scale models and have spontaneous dance parties.

Workspace, a project by Joseph O.Holmes.

The Workspace project is my ongoing attempt to examine the quasi-private spaces people carve out of their public work lives. Such spaces represent a tug of war between personal expression and comfort on the one hand and the unyielding demands of work on the other. The long-term accumulation of the tokens of that struggle, over years or even decades, can be formally beautiful in a very human and touching way. The project is part of a larger series in which I ask friends and strangers to open up private spaces to my camera.

Call for entries: The Singapore Short Film Awards 2010

An entire week of short film screenings every night showcasing all Singaporean short films produced in 2009! Deadline: 15 December 2009

The Singapore Short Film Awards will re-cap all that's happened in the Singapore short film scene in 2009! If you have made a short film in Singapore in 2009, submit it to us and you can be in the running for Best Documentary, Best Script or even Best Director!

Mall shoppers delight in the opening of Singapore's half-completed Mandarin Gallery

It is only half complete, but Mandarin Gallery will open its doors to the public over the weekend after a $200-million facelift.

About 50 of the Orchard Road mall's 103 tenants will open in time for the Christmas buying season, says Mrs Patrina Tan, 41, senior vice-president of retail, marketing and leasing at Overseas Union Enterprise, which owns Mandarin Gallery.

Looking to work overseas?

The second annual Expat Experience survey, commissioned by HSBC Bank International, revealed that expats in Canada have the best quality of life and found it among the easiest places in the world to integrate with the local population.

Australia and Thailand also came in the top three in the survey of 3,146 people working in 30 different industries and 50 countries, even though Thailand was one of the countries worst-hit by the recession for expats.

What Will Come Of Brand Dubai?

Aside from the fact that Dubai was (and still is) trying to cram 100 years of development into less than two decades - the making of Dubai marks one of the most audacious and epic branding exercises undertaken in modern times. The task, to transform a Middle Eastern port into an ultra-modern global financial, business and cultural centre, has been attacked with gusto, to say the least, funded by incredibly deep local pockets. Like a new brand of soft drink, the marketers approached Dubai like a product and brought it to life.

I hope all of you who recently celebrated Thanksgiving had a wonderful day.

Popweekly: Digest for 11.30

Red Windows in Singapore by swisscan Popweekly is a weekly report (at the beginning of the week instead of the end) which contains a digest of news, events, and issues of interest to Popwuping readers. It's something new I am trying as a means of sharing all that I read over the course of a week. It's subject to iteration of course - especially this opening paragraph.

The Mobile Office

The Mobile Office, by The Practice of Everyday Design, was constructed from discarded materials within a one block radius from the site. All the material was transported to the site with our bikes and a makeshift dolly. The only purchased items were the hardware used to hold it together. The mobile office has allowed us to consolidate all the furniture and shelving into one mobile unit. This has freed up our office space allowing us the flexibility to make large scale models and have spontaneous dance parties.

Workspace, a project by Joseph O.Holmes.

The Workspace project is my ongoing attempt to examine the quasi-private spaces people carve out of their public work lives. Such spaces represent a tug of war between personal expression and comfort on the one hand and the unyielding demands of work on the other. The long-term accumulation of the tokens of that struggle, over years or even decades, can be formally beautiful in a very human and touching way. The project is part of a larger series in which I ask friends and strangers to open up private spaces to my camera.

Call for entries: The Singapore Short Film Awards 2010

An entire week of short film screenings every night showcasing all Singaporean short films produced in 2009! Deadline: 15 December 2009 The Singapore Short Film Awards will re-cap all that's happened in the Singapore short film scene in 2009! If you have made a short film in Singapore in 2009, submit it to us and you can be in the running for Best Documentary, Best Script or even Best Director!

Mall shoppers delight in the opening of Singapore's half-completed Mandarin Gallery

It is only half complete, but Mandarin Gallery will open its doors to the public over the weekend after a $200-million facelift. About 50 of the Orchard Road mall's 103 tenants will open in time for the Christmas buying season, says Mrs Patrina Tan, 41, senior vice-president of retail, marketing and leasing at Overseas Union Enterprise, which owns Mandarin Gallery.

Looking to work overseas?

The second annual Expat Experience survey, commissioned by HSBC Bank International, revealed that expats in Canada have the best quality of life and found it among the easiest places in the world to integrate with the local population. Australia and Thailand also came in the top three in the survey of 3,146 people working in 30 different industries and 50 countries, even though Thailand was one of the countries worst-hit by the recession for expats.

What Will Come Of Brand Dubai?

Aside from the fact that Dubai was (and still is) trying to cram 100 years of development into less than two decades - the making of Dubai marks one of the most audacious and epic branding exercises undertaken in modern times. The task, to transform a Middle Eastern port into an ultra-modern global financial, business and cultural centre, has been attacked with gusto, to say the least, funded by incredibly deep local pockets. Like a new brand of soft drink, the marketers approached Dubai like a product and brought it to life. I hope all of you who recently celebrated Thanksgiving had a wonderful day.