POW DOWN

In the last episode of our first season, we spoke to Fariz Hanapiah and Abdul Shakir, co-founders of projection mapping collective, Filamen who are on a mission to bring interactive art to a greater audience. Filamen creates contemporary art that moves by reimagining our city, Kuala Lumpur in a different dimension. Join us on this episode as Fariz and Shakir takes us on a different facet of 'clarity' as they talk about the realities behind the dream they've built thus far. 

In this episode, we dabbled into the world of whiskies and spirits together with Eiling Lim, Malaysia's first independent bottler. Encouraged by  her husband to start her own independent whisky bottling after moving to Belgium in 2013, the Eiling Lim label was then launched a year later. Apart from whiskey, she has then explored bottling other fine spirits such as rum, gin and vermouth. Join us on this episode as Eiling Lim shares her take on 'Clarity'- from the consumer's experience, label design, to the quality of fine spirits.

Chef James Won, Chef-Patron of Enfin by James Won, is a big believer in incorporating local produce with his ingredient-led menu, using contemporary cooking methods. In this episode, Chef James Won explains his process of 'Clarity' being a chef through his years of training at some of France and Japan’s finest three-star Michelin restaurants . He's also shared his journey of starting his culinary career in Malaysia, from opening a brasserie to a fine dining restaurant. 

In this episode, we brought two individuals together who have made waves on their own- Syazwan Asyraf, an art director turned fashion and architectural photographer, and Trisha Toh a food stylist extraordinaire. What do these two creative individuals have in common? We discuss both their struggles in making a name for themselves in the industry as freelancers who began their career in the early days of Instagram, and how 'clarity' has been a part of their process in finding their niche. 

From working in an advertising agency, to setting the bigger creative direction of the brand, Jack Gan shares with us his journey into his Lead Creative role in Pestle & Mortar Clothing and how he sees clothing as a blank canvas to create conversation starters and tell stories of the youth today. As the brand is celebrating their 10th anniversary, in this episode, join us as he takes us through the brand's process of 'clarity' in becoming one of South East Asia's leading streetwear brand today.

A multi-disciplinary studio that integrates branding and spatial design, Studio Kanta was founded by Adrien Ritzal and Suek Mei in 2019. With collaborations stretching back to 2012, Adrien and Suek Mei are best known for their work in designing Common Ground, the fastest growing co- working space in Southeast Asia. In this episode, Adrien and Suek Mei discuss how design has to be grounded in reality, and how 'Clarity' has shaped their creative process and communication of ideas as design individuals.

In our first episode of POW DOWN, co-founders of architectural design studio POW Ideas, Kyle E and Jun Ong discuss their approach to modern design, and how inaugural design conference POW DOWN was birthed from a small informal sharing and collaborative session called POW WOW(we held 28 of them across two years!) Kyle and Jun also tackles the theme 'Clarity' and how it will shape the creative conversations at POW DOWN. To contact POW Ideas with comments, questions or other ideas, please DM us on Instagram @podieas, or email us at powdown2020@gmail.com. For sponsorship enquiries, please get in touch with Kyle at k@powideas.co.