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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.
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.
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…
What does it take to tell a data vis story? Our editorial intern Zu Xiang shares his experience.
As told through a map style inspired by Indonesian Batik.
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…
At Kontinentalist, we often describe ourselves as an Asian-focused editorial studio that strives to present an ‘Asian’ perspective to our…
As Inktober 2019 draws to a close, our resident animator Griselda walks us through her #Inktober illustrations and the quirky stories that…
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
When I first sat down with Bella, our Medium editor, to talk about what sort of articles I could contribute, Bella suggested something…
A few weeks ago we caught up with Rayson, our summer intern. Rayson is a third-year university student studying for a Bachelor in…