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back to basics: learning from my roots— issue #67

In design school, I was taught very western-centric design theories. This made me think about other design conventions, especially ones that speak to my heritage.

Gwyneth Cheng
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The cost of mining Asia’s transition minerals

In this article, we detail the thought process behind our latest story about the world’s reliance on Asia’s transition minerals. We go through the reasoning behind how we designed and presented the piece, in a way that would be accessible and educational for the layperson audience.

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Kontinentalist
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Kontinentalist’s 2020 New Year’s Resolution, Secret Santa style

Christmas ended last month, but we’re not quite ready to say goodbye yet. That’s why we did our New Year’s Resolution in a Secret Santa…

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Will you have a happy new year? — issue #7

Do you have 2020 vision? As we crossed into a new decade, many took the opportunity to recount their significant moments during the past 10 years. At Kontinentalist, we too reflected on our journey and shared our favourite moments. We've published more stories than ever, and even won

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Humans of Kontinentalist: Zu Xiang

What does it take to tell a data vis story? Our editorial intern Zu Xiang shares his experience.

Joceline K
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How I design custom map styles with Mapbox

As told through a map style inspired by Indonesian Batik.

Kontinentalist
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Konti in retrospect 2019

We started 2019 by mapping out our resolutions for the year (both personal and professional). The year flew by and we grew so much as a…

Pei Ying
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What is an ‘Asian’ perspective

At Kontinentalist, we often describe ourselves as an Asian-focused editorial studio that strives to present an ‘Asian’ perspective to our…

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All I want for Christmas is a...scratchable map? — issue #6

It's the most wonderful time of the year! I’ve just spent the past 2 months sojourning in Japan for a leadership training programme, and it’s so wonderful to return to Singapore during the festive period. There’s something magical about December, and it has always been

Griselda Gabriele
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Inktober Journal

As Inktober 2019 draws to a close, our resident animator Griselda walks us through her #Inktober illustrations and the quirky stories that…

Kontinentalist
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A day in the life of a programmer at a startup

Hi, I’m Dylan, the lead developer at Kontinentalist. So as a developer, people often think that my work entails sitting in front of my computer all day, with 1s and 0s filling my screen. They are wrong. I have three screens! 😉 Today, I’ll walk you through a typical

Dewi Fitzpatrick
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What does partnership work entail?

When I first sat down with Bella, our Medium editor, to talk about what sort of articles I could contribute, Bella suggested something…

Kontinentalist
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Where got ghost in Singapore?— issue #5

Trick or treat! It's Halloween season! The ghouls and pumpkins fill store aisles across Singapore. But Southeast Asia has about as many ghouls as we have tropical fruits and types of spices. We're diverse like that. So step away from the usual stories and explore our

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Humans of Kontinentalist: Rayson

A few weeks ago we caught up with Rayson, our summer intern. Rayson is a third-year university student studying for a Bachelor in…