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You know that word of mouth thing, where one thing passes to another and sometimes it comes right back at you?

superfuture is a site I visit from time to time. First knew about it back in the early part of this century after frequent visits to various graphic design newsfeeds. It has a main section dedicated to Singapore now and it certainly makes sense to me given the raft of shops I've seen popping up in recent times. I remember a couple of months back, when I had a chat with a friend of a friend, who owns homespun, a tidy little shop tucked away in the artier district of Singapore, near the Asian Civilizations museum. Normally, all you'll find would be tourists and kids on school tours but they have been getting some press. So here I am to spread the word even more. Other than some funky retro furniture by said friend, you can also find products from all over South East Asia, Local Brand tees, jewelry, recycled product lamps and more.

Back to superfuture. There's only one map for Singapore, unsurprisingly. We are still a tiny dot on the map after all. There's also a link to a satellite image via Google Maps and you'll see what I mean. Still, the density of shopping means there are separate areas to visit, with Orchard getting the most hits. Its just rather poignant to see a word like Kim Seng as a section itself, dedicated to Zouk.

Back to homespun. In that chat I had with Catherine the owner, she told me that she got put onto superfuture because of a friend, who's part of a collective called FARM, which meets up monthly to show off and discuss design related stuff. Their last meeting was preposterously timed at night on the 10th of June. (Hello? World Cup?) In any case, each ROJAK meeting is a chance for almost anyone to showcase their work, be it photography, art, design, architecture etc and have people talk about it. So anyway, this ex-classmate sends us all an email about FARM and it took me a few days (Hello! World Cup!) to realise that oh its that farm, not the one in Lim Chu Kang.

I suppose a small country like ours, its hard to keep things under wraps and everyone will know in time. Still you have to help push things along the way, so I'll be superultranationalistic and dedicate a section to Singapore myself, with a distinct local flavour so ang mohs reading won't know wtf is going on.