Story Of Us

AS FOUNDERS OF DESIGN FIRM Foreign Policy Design Group, married couple Arthur Chin and Yu Yah-Leng tell their clients' stories through branding and design. They founded the firm in 2007 and some of their clients include Stellar M, a Singapore-based specialist and purveyor of coffee equipment; Italian restaurant Bottura and Gallery & Co, for whom they designed the space and curated the merchandise. The couple also co-own the retail and cafe space at National Gallery Singapore with hotelier and restaurateur Loh Lik Peng of the Unlisted Collection group and Alwyn Chong, managing director of cosmetics and fragrance distributor Luxasia.

When it comes to the design of their apartment in Balestier, Ms Yu says: "we want to tell our own story. The space is about what we like, what we are comfortable with and having the things that we want around us."

The apartment is a mix of Scandinavian and Japanese elements with touches of eclecticism, but somehow all falling in nicely together.