This publication begins with a single idea: 有情世界 唯心所现 — the world revealed through the conscious mind. For artist Loo Seak Lee, every brushstroke is both observation and transformation, a way of seeing that turns life’s smallest details into luminous expressions of awareness.
Kusa is a space for contemplation, comfort, and slow nourishment. A place that moves with the seasons, but always feels like home.
At its core, Tan Puay Tee’s collection of artwork, bound in a three-part book, is a vessel of memory and devotion in honour of his beloved wife.
Our challenge was to shape a design that could hold this depth of sentiment with clarity and care. We approached the book as a gift that held the journey of remembrance.
We designed the book to echo this unfolding perception. Three chapters trace her vision, while die-cut windows and folded inserts shift scale and perspective, mirroring the act of looking closer, deeper, and differently.
The book begins with layered translucent pages, the title phrase emerging slowly, much like a thought taking shape or rising from the mist. A minimal white-typed cover holds the book in a sense of stillness, before opening into a world coming alive with presence and exuberance. More than a catalogue, this publication is an invitation to pause, to notice, and to see with the mind as much as the eye.
The typography is deliberately understated to serve asa quiet companion to each imagery. From material to layout each book echos the artist’s own intent and pace, to create a work that is both an archive and a love letter.
The oversized cover acts like a frame and elevates each page into an encounter, while the matte uncoated paper grounds the work in subtle contemplation.
