Helmi Yusof

Helmi Yusof

DEPUTY EDITOR (LIFESTYLE)

Helmi Yusof is the Deputy Editor of lifestyle news at The Business Times. He covers visuals arts, theatre, cinema, books, travel, leisure and lifestyle trends. He also profiles personalities and leaders from various industries. His Instagram username is @helmiseestuff. Prior to joining The Business Times, he was News Director at video news site RazorTV, and a journalist and sub-editor at The Straits Times.

Labubu used to be the No 1 most searched keyword in the toys and games subcategory on Carousell, but has now dropped out of the top 100 entirely.
FEATURE

Can Labubu and Pop Mart survive the future?

Artist Dana Lam has been a journalist, artist, playwright, performer, founding member of TheatreWorks (now T:>Works) and two-time president of Aware.
ARTS

At 73, Dana Lam opens her first solo art exhibition

The exterior (left) and interior (right) views of Waterwall House, featuring glass interfaces, open voids, split levels and raw concrete walls.
ARTS & DESIGN

Rare brutalist Singapore house opens to the public before changing hands

MenToo’s launch at Timbre+ One North brought together 12 men’s groups to discuss men’s mental health and masculinity in Singapore.
FEATURE

Why Singapore men are joining the new ‘MenToo’ movement

Hiroshi Sugimoto's exhibition in Singapore Art Museum is his largest survey in South-east Asia to date.
ARTS

Hiroshi Sugimoto brings five decades of art to Singapore

The Louis Vuitton x Campana collaboration has resulted in stunning additions to the Objets Nomades collection, such as (from left) the Kaleidoscope Exotic Leather cabinet, Cocoon Dichroic and Odyssee Babyfoot.
DESIGN

Louis Vuitton and Campana stretch travel heritage into furniture and art

Sifa 2026 leaned into spectacle, public programming and accessible entry points, which helped draw more than 100,000 festival-goers.
ARTS

Sifa 2026: What an arts festival learnt from Netflix

Dick Lee and Jacintha Abisheganaden look back at their friendship, collaboration and marriage.
LIFE & CULTURE

Jacintha and Dick Lee revisit love – but remain guarded

Dries Van Noten launches his foundation in a 15th-century Venetian palazzo.
STYLE & TRAVEL

Dries Van Noten’s next act is bigger than fashion

The return of the Festival Village at the Singapore International Festival of Arts drew large crowds with its varied attractions, such as Noli Timere.
ARTS

Sifa 2026: A festival finds its balance