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November 2023
Accolades
HUNGRY DESIGN has been selected for Distinction Award in the Taipei Design Award (臺北設計獎) 2023.
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October 2023
Publications
WONDER has been selected to feature in the Asia-Pacific Design NO.19 annual.
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October 2023
Press / Events
Jonathan is invited as one of the portfolio reviewers at Out of Office design conference in Jakarta this October.
September 2023
Press
Jonathan is invited as a juror for Branding discipline in The Crowbar Awards 2023.
September 2023
Accolades
COCOLOCO (Tetra Pak) is awarded Design Mark at the Golden Pin Design Award 2023.
August 2023
Work
Roots is collaborating with The Affogato Bar (formerly) to rebrand as Caffè Affogato. Stay tuned.
April 2023
Work
Roots is collaborating again with artist/photographer Tan Ngiap Heng on his latest project—Drama Mama, which consists of a publication and an exhibition beginning next year. Stay tuned.
February 2023
Publications
12 is a retrospective of the graphic design of Roots. We are now twelve years old. We have been working on it for a while now and planning to debut it soon. Stay tuned.
November 2022
Press / Events
Roots is exhibiting showcase at Macau Design Week 2022 as part of The Swap Show, organised and curated by Foreign Policy Design Group. Our thanks to FP for inviting us.
November 2022
Events
Jonathan will be giving an online talk for the APD Live broadcast, titled《在一个风和日丽的早晨》on Nov 3, 8pm(SGT).
November 2022
Publications
HUNGRY DESIGN, Malt, Grain & Cane and 'A Day To Wake Up To' are selected to be featured in this year's Asia-Pacific Design (APD) annual No.18《第十八届亚太设计年鉴》.
December 2021
Publications
Jonathan is interviewed for Studio SML by The Press Room.
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October 2021
Events
Jonathan will be giving a lecture On Using Pause, Contradiction & Restrain for Practical Creativity at NAFA this month.
October 2021
Press
Jonathan is heading the Design Jury for the annual GONG Awards 2021 (SG).
September 2021
Accolades
A Day To Wake Up To and HUNGRY DESIGN are awarded Design Mark at the Golden Pin Design Award 2021 (TW). HUNGRY DESIGN is additionally selected as the finalist for Best Design award.
May 2021
Accolades
HUNGRY DESIGN is awarded a Wood Pencil in D&AD Awards 2021 (UK).
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March 2021
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March 2021
Publications / Press
March 2021
Work
A Day To Wake Up To / 我們一起醒来的那一天, by Yvonne Tham (ampulets) and published by Neighbourgoods, will be launching this Friday at Singapore Art Book Fair 2021.
February 2021
Work
Roots is collaborating with White Jacket to realign and refresh their branding with a thoughtful, minimal and flexible identity system. Documentation coming soon.
January 2021
Accolades
November 2020
Publications
Portrait of Sok Sabay is featured in APD (Asia-Pacific Design) No.16.
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Photo by Sandu Publishing
July 2020
Publications
Jonathan speaks with Design360° Magazine (CN) in their latest issue No.87, on the topic of Place-making Design.
February 2020
Publications
Jonathan is intereviewed in étapes: Design graphique & culture visuelle (FR).
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Photo contributed by Charles Taupin (Parachute)
October 2019
Publications
Roots is featured in Novum, World of Graphic Design (DE), issue 11.19.
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Photo by Novum magazine
May 2019
Press
Jonathan is at Shoreditch, London where D&AD Awards 2019 (UK) judging is officially underway!
Photo by D&AD Japan
April 2019
Events
Roots opened up the studio for the TDS Open Studio Series 2019. We thank everyone for their time and the conversations.
April 2019
Events
Roots will be opening up the studio as part of TDS Open Studio Series 2019. The tickets have been sold out.
Image by The Design Society
April 2019
Events
Roots will be sharing the journey as a small independent design studio and how the studio's creative process evolves at the SEARCH book launch (MY).
Image by LIE
March 2019
Events
Jonathan gave a creative sharing session on the studio's design process at Go-Jek HQ Creative Labs (ID) in Jakarta.
February 2019
Events
Roots hosted a studio visit for Japan Package Design Association (JPDA) delegates from Tokyo (JP). The delegates include designers and representatives from major Japanese brands - Suntory, Glico, Asahi, House Food, Kao and Toyo Seikan, among others.
January 2019
Press
Jonathan has been invited as one of the Book Design Juries for D&AD Awards 2019 (UK).
December 2018
Publications
SG Bicentennial logo was featured in an article on The Straits Times, Top of the News segment.
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December 2018
Press / Publications
Singapore Bicentennial logo is officially unveiled today. Jonathan is interviewed by Channel News Asia (CNA) on Singapore Bicentennial.
November 2018
Publications
Nanyang Porcelain, a new collection by Supermama, is officially revealed.
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Photo by Supermama
November 2018
Publications
Design Camp Nara: Baaku is featured in It's Nice That (UK).
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July 2018
Publications
Gabriel Tan Studio is featured in Duotone by Sandu Publishing (CN).
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Photo by Sandu Publishing
June 2018
Press
Roots is the partnered branding agency under J. Walter Thompson (JWT) consortium for the upcoming national commemoration campaign—Singapore Bicentennial.
April 2018
Accolades
Unfettered ink is awarded a Wood Pencil in D&AD Awards 2018 (UK).
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March 2018
Events
Roots designed and conducted Masterclasses for Singapore Youth Festival 2018 Logo Design Contest finalists.
January 2018
Events
Jonathan shared how the Chinese culture and heritage have influenced the contemporary aesthetics and sensibilities in communication design at Tapping Culture for Design, Shophouse & Co. and organised by DesignSingapore Council.
November 2017
Publications
Anatomy of Performance is featured in LAYOUT NOW by SendPoints Publishing (CN).
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Photo by SendPoints Publishing
November 2017
Events
Jonathan will be sharing a session titled 'Thinking creatively inside very small boxes' at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) on Nov 9.
November 2017
Publications
Anatomy of Performance and Unfetttered ink are featured in APD (Asia-Pacific Design) No.13.
Photo by Sandu Publishing
August 2017
Publicatiions
Jonathan shared with journalist Natasha Zachariah on the design contribution for Notebook Vol.2 project, curated and sponsored by Dominie Press. The article was published in The Straits Times' Designed To Celebrate.
March 2017
Publicatiions
Jonathan is interviewed in The U Press on Root's collaboration with UNIQLO Singapore in Project 10 Minutes segment.
Photo by The U Press
November 2016
Publications
'NUS DID 15-year Anniversary' and 'Singapore, very old tree' are featured in APD (Asia-Pacific Design) No.12.