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Rethinking design beyond the algorithm— issue #69
With AI and data analytics offering personalised experiences, it seems technology is now a few steps ahead of us. Machines are anticipating our needs and making people feel seen. Yet it cannot replace what makes us human. Can we design with this in mind?
Simulating what it feels to be a Kpop fan
Our latest story The Physical Phenomenon explores why physical albums remain so popular in the K-pop industry despite the rise of digital streaming. This behind-the-scenes looks at the motivations behind the writing, illustration style, and data visualisations created for the piece.
Getting started with basemap design for map first UI — a non-cartographer’s guide
From apps like Uber and Snapchat, to storytelling platforms like National Geographic’s Geostories, the map has increasingly taken centre…
Storytelling with maps
Recently we were invited by the Data Vis Singapore Meetup group to present our story on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in China. This…
The Road to v1.0 of Kontinentalist’s website
Setting up a website from scratch may be easier than building Rome, but Kontinentalist wasn’t built in a day as well. Our Wayfinder / lead developer Dylan details his journey in making v1.0 happen. When I first joined Kontinentalist, my primary task as the head developer was to set
5 tips for better writing
The first thing that must be understood about writing, is that anyone and everyone can write. The key question is: how do we write well?
Humans of Kontinentalist: Griselda Gabriele
Hi Griselda, when did you join Kontinentalist?
What we learned from creating a viral map
Exactly a month ago, we published this map to show the distribution of lottery winners across Singapore Pools outlets in anticipation of…
Ying Xuan’s Journey to the Maps: Interning at Kontinentalist
My name is Ying Xuan and I am currently a third-year student at the National University of Singapore, majoring in Environmental Studies…
Docker — Time to Isolate Up The Development Environment to Containers!
The story of how did we migrate to Docker as a development environment. Let’s get to know more now!
Humans of Kontinentalist: Ying Xuan
In this edition of Humans of Konti, we catch up with Ying Xuan. Ying Xuan interned at Kontinentalist for a month from December last year…
Make It Matter: Spider-Verse (Animator’s perspective)
Being the seventh Spider-Man film, added only a year after Spider-Man: Homecoming and a PS4 game, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse could…
Mapping Kontinentalist’s resolutions for 2019
As a small startup, Kontinentalist often relies on our people to shape our objectives and content. For the editorial team, our stories…
Humans of Kontinentalist: Dylan Ng
I joined Kontinentalist officially in October 2017, however before that I was already helping out Pei Ying with some programming work…