POW DOWN

We’re wrapping up this season with a very special guest — Saerah Kunjan, an artist, storyteller, and cultural practitioner who works closely with Orang Asli and grassroots communities across Malaysia. Through her projects, Saerah uses creativity to preserve heritage, build connections, and give voice to local stories. In this final episode, we’ll be talking about how art can bring people together and reimagine what community means today.

In this episode, we’re joined by Gwendolyn Chan Mei Yee from Colllab, a Malaysia-based design collective that connects people, places, and materials through participatory design. Gwen’s here to talk about Re:imagining Charcoal — a project funded by the British Council that explores new ways of looking at charcoal beyond its traditional use, blending local heritage, design research, and community voices to imagine more sustainable futures.

Today we’re hanging out with Lee Soon Yoong, designer for Little Giraffe Story House — a warm, community space in Cheras where people come together to read, learn, and share stories. It’s part library, part creative hub, and all heart. We’ll be chatting about how design can shape spaces that bring people closer. So sit back, relax, and let’s pow down with Lee Soon Yoong.

Today, we’re joined by AACE Malaysia, a non-profit that empowers disabled and disadvantaged communities through creativity and design. Their initiatives — from the Vacademy’s training in arts and crafts to the Goods for Good marketplace — are helping people build skills, livelihoods, and dignity. With us is Edmund, one of AACE’s founders. Driven by a deep passion for inclusivity, Edmund has dedicated his work to creating platforms where disabled individuals aren’t just supported, but celebrated as

For our final episode of our first season this year, we have 2 artists who are both architecturally trained but have gone into the realms of digital art. The topic today has been called De/Re:Materialization; the abstraction of a physical object into a digital idea and rematerialized into a tangible outcome again. This process of abstraction has resulted into artworks that transcends medium. Chong Yan Chuah was first introduced to me by Jun as the NFT boy genius. Hailing from the AA, he Co-founded

In this third episode we have Nini Marini and Haris Rashid. Both are artists in their own right and both explore art through traditional textiles. Coming from a digital media background and then moving back to her roots in fine arts, Nini has worked with the likes of the Royal Pahang Museum, Piaget and Nike. As a multi medium artist, her works are translated using ceramics, metals works, textile and even artificial intelligence. She also serves as the President of Citra; a Malaysian NGO for

For this session we have Sarah Merican from R+ and Lew Kong Hui of Process Magazine. R+ is headed by Sarah Merican and Shiela Samsuri, the research arm of the architecture firm GDP. It explores the boundaries between design, research and identity. In that similar vain, they have also published their findings in their first publication called Making Malaysia. Kong Hui on the other hand is the editor in chief and co-founder of Process Magazine. An independent print publication that celebrates the

In the first session we have two highly sought afterartists; the first we have Nawwar Shukriah or better known as Bono Stellar, who is a multi dimensional creative who works with various mediums to create her vibrant paintings or installation. Hailing from Kuala Terengganu, her background in architecture serves as a interesting base for her works. You would have probably seen some of her works at Masjid Jamek LRT or at Good Vibes Music Festival. Our second guest is Jefr, a graffiti artist from KL