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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.
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.
Kontinentalist at Mapbox’s Locate Day #1
When we found out about Mapbox’s first ever conference, Locate, earlier this March, we immediately set out to find our way to San…
Humans of Kontinentalist: Joceline Kuswanto aka The Legend
My favourite food is Indomie, but it has to be the original flavour. My favourite drink is coconut water. Actually if I think about it, I…
Humans of Kontinentalist: Amanda Teo
I like pineapples on my pizza, and in junior college I was so bad at math and chemistry. I failed math all the way until the final A’Level…
Humans of Kontinentalist : Rifqi Ruhyattamam
My favourite food is nasi goreng kambing (mutton fried rice), or anything with prawns in it, and my favourite drink is water, but I will…
Journey To The Maps: Interning at Kontinentalist
From mid-May to August, we had the pleasure of having Lasalle student, Amanda Teo, intern at our company to assist in our graphic and asset…
Not In Our Name
On the morning of Saturday July 23, I was on a bus to Washington DC to attend the American Muslim March, organized by Florida-based group…