Interior Decorating For Kids

Who spends the most time in the kids’ bedrooms? The kids do of course! So why not make it a room they want to be in?

By Komee Carpenter

I BELIEVE kids are born creative. Unfortunately, living life usually squelches most of that creativity unless it is carefully nurtured. You can help your children maintain their creative nature by allowing them to express it. That’s where interior decorating for kids comes in.

Kids start having color preferences at an early age. Test this out yourself by giving them choices. Rather than purchasing a cute outfit for your child because it’s fashionable or because you like it, pick out two or three and give your child the choice. If you do this often enough with various items and choices, you’ll start to see a pattern emerge. Go with it.

Who spends the most time in the kids’ bedrooms? The kids do of course! So why not make it a room they want to be in? Let your kids have a say in how it’s decorated. Give them choices, and guide them along the way.

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Burger King Ad Controversy

Tray liners portray an onion getting strip-searched

AN ADVERTISING agency in Europe has created controversial tray liners for Burger King that shows an onion clearing the airport security, stripped and with its pants down. Yes, you read right. An onion. With its pants down.

According to the website www.ideasandbox.com, the artwork is part of a series called Veg City, created by an ad agency called .start. The campaign seems to be for use only in certain European countries, and thus won’t make it to Asia or Singapore. Earlier themes included a Red Light City, Halloween, and New Year’s Eve.

Read more about the Burger Kind Ad Controversy.

Soh Ee Shaun, 26 y.o.

The man behind colour pencils and paintbrushes
By Mavis Ang

Having freelanced his way into collaborations with MTV, National Youth Council, Red Bull, and the Children’s Cancer Foundation, graphic artist Soh Ee Shaun has so much more yet to colour and doodle. 88DB presents to you the man with a sole mission: Brighten up Singapore.

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Yeo Siak Goon, 50 y. o.

Former book designer and now full-time painter, this elusive talent shares some of his thoughts on the occasion of his exhibit entitled ‘The Art Of The Offering’
By Mavis Ang

SINGAPOREAN artist Yeo Siak Goon was born in 1957 in a small village in Benut, West Malaysia. At the age of 16, he headed for the bright lights of Singapore to learn watercolour painting and drawing under two local masters, Hua Chai Yong and Leo Hee Tong.

A book designer with a publishing firm, Siak Goon has nevertheless found the time to participate in innumerable shows since 1977, representing Singapore in art exhibitions in Hong Kong, Taiwan, France, USA, Malaysia, Brunei, the Netherlands, Macau, Japan, Indonesia and Vietnam.

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Ginette Chittick, 30 y. o.

She sings, teaches, designs, and DJs. Just who is this superwoman?
By Mavis Ang
Photos courtesy of FrüFrü & Tigerlily

BEST known for fronting the local indie band Astreal, Ginette Chittick has much more up her creative pockets. She also lectures communication design at LASALLE College of the Arts, is co-owner of fashion label FrüFrü & Tigerlily, and resident DJ at Home Club. Just who is this 30-year-old pint pint-sized rocker?

Get to know more of Ginette Chittick.