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A Letter From The Founder

I grew up in a shophouse -- I think that's where it began.

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Belong Everywhere with Figment

In this increasingly globalised world, we constantly ask our location-independent selves the question of where we should live.

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Artist Profile: Leow Wei Li

The visual artist talks about her recent explorative works with everyday objects, which have taken over Gallery House.

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Rattan Made New—Part I

Our characterful homes are designed and inspired by our community of homegrown creatives, and you’ll find some of our conversations and musings here on the Figment Journal. Perhaps there’ll be a lesson or idea to bring into your own home!

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How Artisan wares from rural Japan landed in a Duxton Hill Shophouse

From coffee mugs to sake ware, every item inside Yusuke Shibata’s Duxton Hill gallery-store is an exquisite masterpiece.

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Our Jalan Besar: Craft, Community, Coffee & more

Thoughts on Jalan Besar from its residents and enthusiasts.

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Artist Profile: Yen Phang

The artist, whose series of paintings Still. Here. occupies Alexandra House, invites the beholder to contemplate their physical and spiritual beings.

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Sign Language: Singapore’s Graphic Vernacular in Jalan Besar

Design researcher Vikas Kailankaje retraces Singapore’s industrial past through the traditional shop signs that still line the footways of the Jalan Besar area.

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Behind The Scenes: with Inn-Siang Gan from the Figment Team

You’ve seen the gorgeous shophouses, now find out how they come together. By popular request, we’ll be sharing more behind-the-scenes coverage of our projects and the Figment team and collaborators making it happen.

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Networked Communities: Digitally Native, Natively Digital

In this increasingly globalised world, we constantly ask our location-independent selves the question of where we should live.

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Artist Profile: Khairullah Rahim

The artist, who works across various mediums, shares how recurring themes from his upbringing and lived experiences loom large in his works.

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Artist Profile: Nature Shankar

After living in close quarters with their creator, the works by the textile artist now reside in Red Dragon House. She shares why the physical intimacy is significant in her creative process.

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Can Virtual Cities Replace Physical Ones?

Geographic space once played a major role in defining communities, but the internet is now decoupling our conception of boundaries.


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Figment’s visual identity by Foreign Policy Design Group in Type Director’s Club, Monocle Magazine and more

Pop the champagne! — During a time of nostalgia for travel and wanderlust, our evocative visual identity designed by our friends at Foreign Policy Design Group has been showcased across esteemed platforms for visual culture worldwide.

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Picassos of Singapore’s built heritage: Figment on Travel+Leisure

Picasso pieces amid Singapore’s “corporate blandness” and “flavourless internationalism”.

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Notable co-living startups: Hospitality Design feature

Figment has been listed alongside major players in the US and UK in Hospitality Design’s spotlight on the emerging co-living scene.

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Prestige 40 Under 40: Figment CEO Fang Low

Co-founder Fang Low is featured in Prestige Magazine’s esteemed 40 Under 40 list.

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d+a: Shang House

Find out how design and curation comes in with our partnerships and what’s in store for Figment, despite COVID

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Interview with Robb Report

Find out how design and curation comes in with our partnerships and what’s in store for Figment, despite COVID


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Friends of Figment: On local culture and new takes on heritage, with Yah-Leng Yu of Foreign Policy Design Group

Local design luminary (and Figment collaborator) Yah-Leng Yu shares her thoughts on local heritage and craft, and how her studio Foreign Policy Design Group incorporates this passion into their projects and creative process.

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Figment’s visual identity by Foreign Policy Design Group in Type Director’s Club, Monocle Magazine and more

Pop the champagne! — During a time of nostalgia for travel and wanderlust, our evocative visual identity designed by our friends at Foreign Policy Design Group has been showcased across esteemed platforms for visual culture worldwide.

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All about CANVAS HOUSE

Read about CANVAS HOUSE from the MOD design team and check out photos from the inaugural Case Study Homes launch on 15 Feb

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STILL HOUSE

Located along Koon Seng Road, STILL HOUSE is a conservation shophouse redesigned in collaboration with Studio Juju. It is part of the first set of homes in Figment’s flagship Case Study Homes series, launching Feb 2020.


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Artist Profile: Leow Wei Li

The visual artist talks about her recent explorative works with everyday objects, which have taken over Gallery House.

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Artist Profile: Yen Phang

The artist, whose series of paintings Still. Here. occupies Alexandra House, invites the beholder to contemplate their physical and spiritual beings.

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Artist Profile: Khairullah Rahim

The artist, who works across various mediums, shares how recurring themes from his upbringing and lived experiences loom large in his works.

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Artist Profile: Nature Shankar

After living in close quarters with their creator, the works by the textile artist now reside in Red Dragon House. She shares why the physical intimacy is significant in her creative process.

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What Figment members get up to on the weekend

Our members are up to all sorts of adventures—in the kitchen, in the neighbourhood, and beyond. Here’s how some residents spent their first weekend in September.

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d+a: Shang House

Find out how design and curation comes in with our partnerships and what’s in store for Figment, despite COVID


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Rattan Made New—Part I

Our characterful homes are designed and inspired by our community of homegrown creatives, and you’ll find some of our conversations and musings here on the Figment Journal. Perhaps there’ll be a lesson or idea to bring into your own home!

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How Artisan wares from rural Japan landed in a Duxton Hill Shophouse

From coffee mugs to sake ware, every item inside Yusuke Shibata’s Duxton Hill gallery-store is an exquisite masterpiece.

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Our Jalan Besar: Craft, Community, Coffee & more

Thoughts on Jalan Besar from its residents and enthusiasts.

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Behind The Scenes: with Inn-Siang Gan from the Figment Team

You’ve seen the gorgeous shophouses, now find out how they come together. By popular request, we’ll be sharing more behind-the-scenes coverage of our projects and the Figment team and collaborators making it happen.

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Friends of Figment: On local culture and new takes on heritage, with Yah-Leng Yu of Foreign Policy Design Group

Local design luminary (and Figment collaborator) Yah-Leng Yu shares her thoughts on local heritage and craft, and how her studio Foreign Policy Design Group incorporates this passion into their projects and creative process.

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Thank you, next: Looking back on 2020

Here’s a personal take on the best of 2020 from some of our team.


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Figment on the Move: Run/Cycle routes from our very own explorers

It turns out our cosy shophouse streets are also great routes for a regular workout, with the city’s best sights not too far away!

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