I am a Researcher, Interior Designer, and Multi-disciplinary Artist. For me, my research, design and art sides are all intertwined, inspiring and enriching each other. They are a part of me, what I do and who I am.
|Design and Research| Interior Design and Built Environment Research—I believe in creating an inclusive built environment. Built environment design, particularly public interior spaces, should go beyond the physicality of space. It needs to respond not only to functional, aesthetic, and purposeful needs but also to aspects of sociocultural, personal, and lived experience that are reflective and inclusive of diverse being-the-world-ness. Through built environment research, I advocate for an Inclusive Culture that embraces Diversity. My research project interests are the ones that place the lived experiences of those who are on the margins and marginalised at the centre to inform built environment design, policy, and facilitation to embrace diverse ways of being-in-the-world inclusively.
|Art| Abstract Impromptu – My art is an extension of my being and my thoughts. My paintings have been a way of channelling the emotional richness, turmoils and elations in a dynamic, organic and impromptu way.
|Music| Jazz and Chanson Française – The first form of expression that I have known since I was a child is singing. I find that Jazz and Chanson Française repertoires resonate with my artistic and creative senses. The lyrics and melodies may, at times, be deceptively simple, but the intricacies within those songs are what intrigue me to interpret them.