Designer Pursuits
How working from home spurred creatives to pursue their own passions.
Tay Suan Chiang
BUDDING SCREENWRITER Nathan Yong, founder of Nathan Yong Design
Industrial designer Nathan Yong has built an illustrious career designing furniture, but in the future, his clients may well catch an award-winning film by him.
Mr Yong has been working on a screenplay since the circuit breaker started. "The world seems to be on pause mode now, and this is the best opportunity to focus on what I've always wanted to pursue without distractions from other projects," he says.
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