Established: 2018
Profile image: Yanika Gunawan, Director; Sujono Lim, Director; Molina Hun, Director
Location: Parenthesis’ office. This space symbolises Parenthesis’
humble beginnings and its small yet tight-knit creative community, where emphasis is placed on the communal setting – conference table, lounge
area and bar – where they can freely work and collaborate, albeit having
individual workstations.
What is your company’s background?
Parenthesis began as a group of friends with diverse creative industry backgrounds who created a design community that has grown organically into a design firm.
What is your studio’s design identity?
Instead of conforming to a single design language, we put an emphasis on diversity and collaboration united by contemporary ideas. We believe that every project can have the most unique possible result through the combination of creative thinking and functionality.
What makes your studio and its work unique?
We explore the relationship of space, material and objects in an immersive interior environment, threading the cultural context and lifestyle aspect through a modern lens. Our approach to each project is design driven and client specific. Thus, we encourage dialogue between the clients and us because good design is not just about aesthetics, but a tailored solution to a specific brief. In this modern digital world, things are interconnected and there are integrations of different industries. We look beyond the interior and implement what is relevant to our projects.
“Good design is when our approach answers all the brief and, at the same time, gives us a new perspective – not repeating the same formula but an improved version of the old one.”
– Sujono Lim, Director
With its light wood carpentry, terazzo floors and fluted glass panels, this HDB flat showcases Parenthesis’ knack for designing calming yet creative spaces.
