Creating a stylish hybrid office for the new normal

TO say that work life has changed since the Covid-19 pandemic is an understatement. But how it has changed life in the office is still a question mark as companies try to figure out just what the workplace should even look like in this new normal.

In tomorrow's BTLifestyle, we look at how companies are fuelling the trend in hybrid offices with design studios reporting an uptick of such requests. Some enterprising studios have even created hybrid "show offices" which potential clients can pay to try out the concept for themselves, and hopefully hire them to re-design their premises.

Meanwhile, if work-from-home is still your default, it's time to upgrade your home office with tempting new desks, chairs and gadgets to keep you glued to your laptop.

In Arts, we head to the opening of the Singapore International Arts Festival where, despite even tighter safety measures, the show must go on. We also take a look at artist Zhang Chunlei, winner of the UOB 2020 Painting of the Year, who launches his first solo exhibition.

Finally in Dining, we head to AO Ringo, a tiny restaurant helmed by a Japanese chef who spent much of his career at the three Michelin starred Sant Pau Spanish restaurant and now singlehandedly pushes out tasty Spanish-accented bites at Orchard Plaza.