ARCHIVES
Culture
Our Logo Is 30 Million Years Old
I received the most beautiful book for my birthday from Soraya, the wife of the Dutch ambassador: The Hidden Histories of Flowers by Maddie and Alice Bailey. Besides being a beautiful book to look at, it is filled with exactly the kind of stories I love.
Taste
Happy Times Are Here
If you haven’t discovered Happy Times yet, now is the time.
Culture
The Man Who Bet on Orchard Road
For now, we are saying goodbye to our little Nala home at TANGS.
Design
It Takes Two Lungis to Make One Skirt
The pelikat balloon skirt is back.
Culture
The Thursday Show Is Back!
Did you miss us? Don’t worry, Thursdays aren’t going anywhere.
Taste
From Compromise to Conviction
A pop-up may be temporary, but your standards should never be.
Travel
A Morning at MacRitchie
Our original mission was simple: spend the morning walking around the beautiful MacRitchie Reservoir and then find a good plate of nasi lemak afterwards. The first part was easy. The second… not so much.
Design
The Story Behind the Fan
In Japan, the fan is more than just beautiful. Because it opens outwards, it symbolizes new beginnings, happiness and a future full of possibilities.
Travel
Print Isn’t Dead. It Just Got More Beautiful.
A love letter to friendship, photography and the printed page.
Design
Never Judge a City by Its First Impression
Our Love Affair with Taipei
Events, Taste
Watch the Patterns Come to Life
This weekend, the studio moves to Great World.
I’ll be painting live at our Great World boutique on Saturday and Sunday from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm, working on two brand new illustrations right there in front of you.
Culture
Wednesday Is the New Monday
Because if you don’t treat Wednesday like Monday, it will already be Friday.
Culture
Right Book. Right Time.
There are books you read because everyone says you should.
And then there are books that arrive exactly when you need them.
Travel
Things Worth Finding
Just when I thought Instagram had finally decided I needed another motivational quote, another productivity hack, and another five-step guide to becoming a better human being, it surprised me.
Taste
Every Scrap Tells a Story
I was raised in a family where making things with your hands was simply part of life. My mother and grandmothers taught me to sew, knit, crochet and embroider. They taught me how to mend things instead of throwing them away, and how to take pride in making something well.
Design
Patience. It’s Coming.
We’ve had so many messages asking, “When can we buy the new Pasar Nala collection?”
The answer is: very, very soon.
Unagi Club
Vol.19 ハワイを着る。新作制作にかける想い。
Nalaの最新コレクション、ハワイアンシリーズの『Aloha』はもうチェックされましたか？
リセッテが一年という構想期間を経て生まれたこのAlohaシリーズは、ハワイではなくペナンで誕生しました。
Culture
Sila Duduk. We’ll Save You a Seat.
Some illustrations have a way of finding their own place in the world. Our little red chair was one of them.
Food
Bubala Walhalla
I have a slight obsession with beautiful cookbooks, and this one was my favourite find from Holland.
Taste
The Universe Sent Me Aliya
I often say that the universe gives us what we need, not always what we want. Looking back, I’m convinced that’s exactly how I met Aliya.
Travel
Manifesting Nala × Royal Delft
If you’ve followed Nala for a while, you’ll know I have a lifelong fascination with Delft Blue.
Design
The Faces of Aloha Kita
One of the questions we’ve been asked most since launching Aloha Kita is, “Who are the models?”
Design
We Didn’t Go Far… Just Upstairs
Our new little shop is open.
Taste
One Great Piece Can Change a Room
Our collection of handcrafted furniture upholstered in Nala archive fabrics has now found a new home at Nala Bangsar Village.
Culture
Seal the Deal Turns Blue
Seal the Deal Blue was inspired by Taipei, where Nala spent her gap year studying at Taipei University.
Travel
What Would We Do Without Museum Shops?
I was in Antwerp visiting my sister Fleur, and naturally, we ended up in a museum bookshop. We didn’t even visit the museum. We went straight to the shop.
Culture
The Original Source of Vitamin D
Since this week is all about Aloha, I thought I would finish with one of my favourite books.
Taste
Aloha Botanica: One Night on Penang Hill
Every collection starts differently.
Aloha by Nala began with one night on Penang Hill.
Travel
My love affair with Aloha shirts
Long before Aloha became a story at Nala, I was collecting Hawaiian shirts.
Design
Aloha, from Penang to Singapore
Aloha is our very first Hawaiian-inspired story, born from a love of islands, optimism, tropical flowers, and the simple beauty of life by the sea.