Singapore’s iconic Orchard Road is a world removed from the sleepy nutmeg orchards which once grew there. Our design for Aesop Ion looks to these simple origins for inspiration.

Located at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront, right by the iconic Singapore River, the beloved local establishment aims to push not just the frontier in Singapore seafood, but elevate the enjoyment and experience for diners through its interior design and branding.

Sensuous materiality is at the heart of a hotel that pays homage to its breath-taking surroundings. Nature is seamlessly woven into the interiors, softening the boundaries between the interior and the landscape.

This Artwork imagines the tiger as a creature that dissolves into the greenery, something which is ‘there’, yet ‘not there’. It is conceived as layers of patterned porous screens which align to form a larger-than life tigers head.

Situated on a large trapezoidal plot tucked away at a cul-de-sac, the architectural leitmotif of this family home was to reverse the facades to create privileged interiors; spacious yet intimate in the unassuming depth of the house’s cavernous volumes of internal patios.