Up-Front with Front and Off-Centre

Up-Front is a podcast where we speak with guests about their creative practices. In the first season, we talk to entrepreneurs in Singapore and learn how they get things done. The podcast is brought to you by Front & Off-Centre, a cultural agency offering communications, curatorial and programming services. It is co-hosted by Director Nadya Wang and Curatorial Lead Ian Tee.

Up-Front with Front and Off-Centre is a business podcast hosted by Front and Off-Centre, with 17 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Dr Roopa Dewan | S4E1

  Aug 12, 202653 min

  Today’s guest is Dr Roopa Dewan, a Singapore-based educator, museum docent, and art patron. She holds a doctorate in Linguistics and has a distinguished career teaching at institutions such as Singapore American School. A long-time docent with STPI and National Gallery Singapore, Roopa has also helped write and implement education outreach programmes. Together with her husband, Shiv, she is an active collector of works by artists from Southeast Asia, and supports arts and arts-education initiatives locally and beyond. IIn this episode, hosted by Ian Tee, Roopa talks about how the psychology of language learning impacted her teaching philosophy, guiding as conveying the magic of art and the serendipitous nature of life. Up-Front is brought to you by Front & Off-Centre, a cultural agency offering communications, curatorial and programming services. It is co-hosted by Director Nadya Wang and Curatorial Lead Ian Tee, with production by Isaiah Cheng and visual design by Sharrona Valezka. To learn more about us, follow us on Instagram ⁠@frontandoffcentre⁠ and visit ⁠ frontandoffcentre.com ⁠

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  Justin Zhuang, In Plain Words | S3E5

  Jun 1, 202641 min

  Today’s guest is Justin Zhuang. He is a writer and researcher, and co-founder of Singapore-based writing studio In Plain Words. In 2013, Justin was awarded the DesignSingapore Scholarship to pursue a Master of Fine Arts in Design Criticism at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Since returning home, Justin has continued researching local design through his writings, teaching work, and the Singapore Graphic Archives, a digital repository he started. Important titles he has worked on include: Everyday Modernism: Architecture and Society in Singapore; Mok Wei Wei: Works by W Architects; and Fifty Years of Singapore Design, among others. In this episode, hosted by Ian Tee, Justin talks about his background in journalism, what criticism means to him, as well as In Plain Words’ latest book titled Critical of/for What? Notes on Criticality in Singapore Design Education and Practice (2026). Up-Front is brought to you by Front & Off-Centre, a cultural agency offering communications, curatorial and programming services. It is co-hosted by Director Nadya Wang and Curatorial Lead Ian Tee, with production by Isaiah Cheng and visual design by Sharrona Valezka. To learn more about us, follow us on Instagram ⁠@frontandoffcentre⁠ and visit ⁠ frontandoffcentre.com ⁠

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  Justin Zhuang, In Plain Words| S3E5

  Jun 1, 202641 minS0

  <p>Today’s guest is Justin Zhuang. He is a writer and researcher, and co-founder of Singapore-based writing studio In Plain Words. In 2013, Justin was awarded the DesignSingapore Scholarship to pursue a Master of Fine Arts in Design Criticism at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Since returning home, Justin has continued researching local design through his writings, teaching work, and the Singapore Graphic Archives, a digital repository he started. Important titles he has worked on include: Everyday Modernism: Architecture and Society in Singapore; Mok Wei Wei: Works by W Architects; and Fifty Years of Singapore Design, am...

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  Aqilah Zailan, Studio Gypsied | S3E4

  May 25, 202645 minS0

  <p>Today’s guest is Aqilah Zailan. As a Malay Singaporean of Javanese descent, She unpacks identity and memory through batik, a cloth synonymous with the peoples and cultures of the Malay Archipelago (Nusantara). With a focus on Javanese batik, Studio Gypsied designs womenswear that intuitively connects the wearer to an identity—an act of coming home.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, hosted by Nadya Wang, Aqilah talks about when she first discovered her love–and knack–for retail, engaging with customers for more than a decade, and honouring her roots and she continues to innovate. </p><p><br />...

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  Bea Camacho | S3E3

  May 18, 202639 minS0

  <p>Today’s guest is Bea Camacho. She is a visual artist and Regional Director for Southeast Asia at IDEO. Her artistic practice spans performance, installation, and video, exploring memory, the body, and material gestures. Alongside her art practice, she works at IDEO as a design consultant applying human-centered design to help organizations develop new products, services and user experiences.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, hosted by Nadya Wang, Bea talks about the foundations of her practice, working between art and design, and what creativity means to her. </p><p><br /></p><p>Up-Front is brought to yo...

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