A TILE OF YOUSINGAPORE PAVILION

MANY ENCOUNTERS. ONE PERSONAL EXPRESSION.

Your journey, in a tile.

A little of what you discover.
A little of who you are.
A Peranakan-inspired keepsake, formed layer by layer.

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THE BLANK CANVAS
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Every journey begins with possibility.

ONE DESIGN LANGUAGE. MANY EXPRESSIONS.

Different journeys. A shared story.

62,208 possible compositions
HERITAGE INTO A LIVING DESIGN SYSTEM

Rooted in craft.
Open to possibility.

The tiles associated with Peranakan homes tell a story of exchange. This concept continues that idea through a contemporary, personal composition.

01 / THE REFERENCE

Floral, flowing, richly glazed.

Historic examples include floral Art Nouveau ornament and richly coloured glazes. The Peranakan Association also documents imports from Europe and later Japan, with a wide range of motifs.

The Peranakan Association ↗
02 / THE CONTEXT

A heritage of adaptation.

NUS Baba House describes how floral decorative tiles were joined by Chinese auspicious imagery as they became popular in Southeast Asia. The heritage is varied; there is no single universal tile formula.

NUS Museum / Baba House ↗
03 / OUR INTERPRETATION

Four layers, one composition.

Six composition families bring large flowers together with coloured fields, interlocking petals, star medallions and rich borders. Each uses the same four-layer reveal and coordinated colour roles.

These are original digital studies inspired by the references, not reproductions of historic tiles. The four-layer structure is our proposed design system.

04 / PERSONALISATION

A journey becomes a visual signature.

Future visitor encounters can shape the composition, bloom, pattern, ornaments, border and palette. This prototype simulates those outcomes without defining the interactions or collecting visitor data.

6 composition families × 6⁴ layer combinations × 8 palettes = 62,208 complete combinations. Personalised does not yet mean globally unique.

Next stage: develop the motif collection with a Peranakan design collaborator, refine the visitor mapping, and validate the physical display.