Yah-Leng Yu | Brand Design | Singapore

Yah Leng is the founder of Foreign Policy Design, an award-winning design bureau and think tank of artists, scientists, problem-solvers, polymaths, storytellers and strategists. Yah Leng also co-created the official museum store Gallery & Co at the National Gallery Singapore. She is the President of The Design Society in Singapore. On today’s episode, we talk about Yah Leng’s journey as a designer and about how she started the Foreign Policy Design design bureau. We talk about some of the projects created by the design bureau including Brand Guide, Critical Mass, Space Program and Gallery and Co. We also talk about activities based projects like Lumen sessions and The Swap Show. And Yah Leng shares her opinion on design in Singapore. RELEVANT LINKS Kyoorius Design Yatra - https://www.designyatra.com Foreign Policy Design - http://foreignpolicy.design Yah Leng Yu - http://foreignpolicy.design/about/ Gallery & Co - https://galleryand.co The Design Society, Singapore - http://designsociety.sg Brand Guide Singapore - http://foreignpolicy.design/portfolio/web-interactive/brand-guide-singapore-edition/ Critical Mass - http://readcriticalmass.com BUY Critical Mass (Limited Copies) - https://foreign-policy-shop.myshopify.com/products/critical-mass-issue-18-01 Space Program - http://foreignpolicy.design/portfolio/space-interiors/the-space-program/ Lumen - http://foreignpolicy.design/about/ (Bottom half of the page) Swap Show - http://foreignpolicy.design/portfolio/space-interiors/the-swap-show/ Mumbai - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai Kyoorius Design Awards - https://awards.kyoorius.com/2018/design/ Indian Signage Lettering/Vernacular Design in India - http://kawal.co/swatchbharat Indian Truck Art - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_art_in_South_Asia History of Sinapore - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Singapore Japanese occupation of Singapore - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore Chinese Calligraphy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calligraphy Boston, Georgia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston Macromedia Director (Later known as Adobe Director) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Director Flash Websites - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Websites Hangul Script - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul Photograph credits - Jovian Lim - https://www.instagram.com/jovian.lim/