If you forgot, don’t panic. We’ve got you covered. Our NALA caps are just RM50 in Malaysia and make the perfect gift for the dad who appreciates a bit of style. Better yet, pair one with one of our brand new hand printed T shirts, fresh in store this weekend, for an effortlessly cool combination.

something he’ll actually use and enjoy. No novelty socks, no last minute supermarket chocolates, just thoughtful gifts with a bit of personality.

After all, dads deserve to be celebrated all year round. Better late than never.

Where else are you going to find a giant red chair on the back of a T-shirt? One of our favourite patterns, inspired by an everyday plastic chair, has made the leap from artwork to fashion, continuing its journey from ordinary to art and back to ordinary again.

We’re also bringing back our beloved dandelion. For us, it’s more than just a flower. It’s a little symbol of resilience, of standing tall and blooming wherever life plants you. A quiet reminder, especially for women, that strength can be both gentle and beautiful.

This latest edition is even better. Every T-shirt is hand printed, and we’ve upgraded the cotton to a thicker, more luxurious quality that’s designed to last.

I love that these pieces don’t take themselves too seriously. They’re little wearable artworks that make people smile and, judging by how quickly they’ve been disappearing, it seems we’re not the only ones who think so.

Available from next week, and ready to add a little joy, a little colour, and perhaps even a very large red chair to your wardrobe.

One of my favourite patterns started with a simple plastic chair. It was one of the very first designs in the Banal series, a celebration of the everyday objects we often overlook. I loved the idea that something so familiar could become a piece of art, simply by looking at it differently.

Years later, that story has come full circle.

The pattern has found its way back into everyday life as Sila Duduk, our new collection of stools. I love the journey it has taken. An ordinary object became art, and that art has become an ordinary object once again, ready to be part of someone’s home and daily routine.

Sila Duduk, which means “please, have a seat,” is designed to be wonderfully useful. It can be a stool, a side table, a bedside companion, a footrest, or simply a cheerful splash of colour in a room. Small enough to fit anywhere and versatile enough to become indispensable, it’s the kind of object that quietly finds its place in your life.

There’s something deeply satisfying about this cycle. Good design shouldn’t live behind glass or only on gallery walls. It should be touched, used, enjoyed and lived with. The best objects are often the ones that make everyday life a little more beautiful.

Ordinary. Art. Ordinary Again.

It’s a simple idea, but perhaps that’s exactly the point. Beauty is all around us. Sometimes we just have to look twice.

Exclusively available at Kasturi.

The good news? We’ve managed to create a very small second run.

Our beloved Jalan Jalan skirt, named after the Malay expression for wandering and exploring, is back in a beautiful new colourway. To me, it’s the perfect everyday skirt: comfortable, flattering, and ready for whatever the day has in store.

We’ve also topped up a selection of our favourite tops and the ever elegant Kee Ming Yuet skirts, giving those who missed out the first time another opportunity.

As always with NALA, quantities are limited. We make small batches because we believe in thoughtful production rather than endless stock. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

So if you’ve had your eye on a Brutalist batik piece, this might just be your second chance.

Happy wandering.

Our padded laptop covers come in two sizes:

Small: fits MacBook Airs, 11” to 13” laptops, and iPads
Large: fits larger MacBook Pro models up to 16”

The smaller size is also great for your iPad, although slightly oversized, which honestly just means more room for notebooks, chargers, sketchbooks, cables, and all the other things floating around in your bag.

Available online and in all stores in Malaysia and Singapore starting this Saturday.

Great for work.
Great for travel.
Great for gifts.
And a very easy way to pretend you have your life together.

Take your pick

Brutalism was never about cold buildings. It was about truth. Materials shown as they are. No hiding, no polishing, no pretending. And strangely, or maybe not strangely at all, batik speaks the exact same language.

Batik is not clean. It is not perfect. It does not behave. The wax resists, the dye moves, the fabric absorbs differently every single time. Edges shift, lines break, colours deepen or soften without asking for permission. You don’t control it fully. You work with it and that’s what makes it raw.

And that rawness is exactly what brutalism stands for. Not the aesthetic, but the philosophy. To show the process. To accept the mark of the hand. To leave room for imperfection, because that is where something real begins. In a world that is increasingly filtered, corrected, and identical, batik refuses to comply.

This collection started in Milan, in courtyards, in markets, in quiet details that most people walk past. Radicchio on a table. Palms behind closed doors. Dandelions that have always been part of our language. Orchids that carry Singapore in their roots. From Milan to Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, we turn what we see into patterns. This is how we keep our stories alive . But this time, we didn’t clean it up.

Every piece in this collection is fully padded. Not just for comfort, but for presence. It holds shape. It holds weight. It holds intention. It feels like something. We wanted this collection to stand its ground, to not disappear into the background, to exist with the same quiet strength as the process behind it.

No two pieces are ever exactly the same. Colours shift, alignments move, small imperfections appear where fabrics meet. That is not a flaw. That is the point .

Real luxury is not perfection. It is knowing that something was made slowly, that someone’s hand was involved, that what you have is not replaceable. In these brutal times, we are choosing to return to that. Less polished, more honest, more human.

The brutal times collection launches in all stores this coming saturday.
Singapore few days later.