balcony design

FL.ag magazine cover

2006-07-25T19:15:00.000-07:00

preview

2006-05-31T09:05:00.000-07:00

balcony town

2006-05-30T01:55:00.000-07:00

handdrawn by des

coverpage

2006-05-25T07:29:00.000-07:00

netherworld- the 'made' paradise

2006-05-25T01:32:00.000-07:00

a book cover design-des

black angel

2006-05-25T00:23:00.000-07:00

cd cover artwork by des

black cube in WhiteRoom

2006-05-18T09:35:00.000-07:00

The limited edition black cube is now exclusively available at Whiteroom 37 Haji Lane

blackanniversary launch pack retail @asylum

2006-05-01T04:52:00.000-07:00

concept by Des

new version of botero art

2006-04-20T07:48:00.002-07:00

title ' give me back my home'

des

Shepard tee

2006-04-09T06:45:00.000-07:00

shepard tee from JT

riverkoi tee

2006-04-04T07:03:00.000-07:00

one of my favourites...fusion of calligraphy and koi

Des

netherworld tee

2006-04-03T20:13:00.000-07:00

adicolor customisation

2006-03-23T23:01:00.000-08:00

A new design from Des..the westkoi

New canvas painting - Reggae queen

2006-02-22T05:17:00.000-08:00

Fl.ag magazine interview on Balcony

2006-02-18T04:15:00.000-08:00

FL.ag: Let me start by asking you how the both of you got together on Balcony?

Des: We both had this idea in our minds for years.
JT: The Idea was rather sudden and we do not wish to shelf it any longer, the rest came on pretty naturally. We sat down, trashed out ideas and started conceptualizing our first collection “ The Minamalist Collection”
Des: Yeah, definitely we had our fair share of hiccups and screw ups, but it kind of just spurred us to move further and faster. In fact the first design “Balcony” surfaced on our very first day!
JT: Exactly, Des got a good shot of a balcony somewhere in Thailand and we like it so much we named ourselves Balcony.

FL.ag: Describe the moment when the both of you conceptualised Balcony.

JT: Ideas kept storming into our mind.
Des: It was so fast that we had to jot down what we thought of, forgetful people. Subconciously, we had the idea there, we wanted to develop and design tees that carry a certain aura and charisma. They all had a meaning somehow, that’s why we chose to name all our designs. Tees with souls, that is what we want.
JT: Basically inspiration for us are derived from our daily lives, things we see and how we perceive.
Initially we revolved around mixed concept, fusing 2 totally different culture, feel or era together. This way things become fresh and innovated.

FL.ag: Tell us more about the idea behind the Minimalist collection and the Baltasy collection.

Des: Basically the Minimalist collection revolve around traditional cultures/era/feel, that’s where we draw our inspiration from. Colours and print used were subtle.
JT: Baltasy collection has been a very well received collection, here’s where we sneaked into the fantasy world. Creating designs that held a mystical feel. Personally we both like this collection a lot too. Who knows, we might do “Baltasy 2” .

FL.ag: How important is product packaging as far as the buyer is concerned?

Des: we always believe consumers will make the wise choice of getting something
unique and nicely packaged. It will be good if the product is not overly mass produced. You wouldn’t want to be caught in a situation where everyone in town wears the same as you. We rather focus on unique packaging. Product design, an area we hope to develop further in the future.

FL.ag: And we hear 'The Cell 2' is out. Tell us more about it.

JT: Definitely one of our favorite packaging, we love wood and so this time round we incorporate that into “The Cell 2”. The tees are encased in a 12cm x 12cm ply cube. Portraying the timeless, classic element.

FL.ag: 2006 looks like a promising year for Balcony with new designs on the production line - Sneaker, Revolution, Rebel and Execution. What can we expect?

Des: We are in the midst of experimenting with various new techniques and designs, I am sure more illustrative designs will be coming along, we might stray away from vector designs for the moment.
We will be working on more graphic artwork and we might take a step further and produce fashion based tees. It is an exciting year for us also as SoDa , a graphic design magazine from Switzerland, featured Balcony in their 'Go East' issue.We are also looking forward to the book 'Tshirt360' from Barcelona to be published in April, which showcases our designs on an international platform.

FL.ag: Are there any collaborations on the horizon? Tell us who you would do anything to work with and what kind of a collaboration would it be?

JT: We are so busy lately that we haven’t had time to think about collaborations, however we figured a cross disciplinary design collaboration would be great.
Des: Right, a matter of time. Hah

FL.ag: We'll make the last one easy. As an artist where do you find your greatest source of inspiration?

Des: greatest inspiration lies within you. Freedom to express you can even find inspiration is the toilet. hah
JT: we travel, traveling exposes us to alot of stuffs and great design inspiration.On the contary, we like to say, “Never look too hard or too far for inspiration, it should be just beside you”

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Trexi Customization

2006-02-16T20:07:00.000-08:00

Trexi customization by jt

Art gets smaller

2006-02-01T07:57:00.000-08:00

Everyday my job is to explore new mediums to express our artforms..
We presents you the matchbox art...just for fun!

Pimp My Ride

2006-01-26T00:13:00.000-08:00

Lets pimp our ride like this...balcony roofing

black hybrid

2006-01-25T23:04:00.000-08:00

Hybrid's cell - A new packaging design .

New artform

2006-01-25T19:15:00.000-08:00

My new expression of a lady using more fluid strokes..

THE CELL II

2006-01-13T09:23:00.000-08:00

balcony new design

2006-01-11T20:10:00.000-08:00

teabox!

2006-01-08T23:20:00.000-08:00

Look what my colleague got me! a london teabox! hehe

customised kimono fabric on jeans

2005-12-25T08:39:00.000-08:00

Too many fabric available...

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2005-12-25T05:45:00.000-08:00

I represent all balcony's crew to wish everyone that have been supporting us a Merry Merry Christmas! Hohohoho

nice webbie -naked

2005-12-20T01:40:00.000-08:00

http://www.nakedcomms.com/

Give me that goldie for christmas!

2005-12-19T00:59:00.000-08:00

canvas painting by Caia Koopman

2005-12-18T22:04:00.000-08:00

soDA - German Graphic Magazine

2005-12-18T19:04:00.000-08:00

http://www.soda.ch/en/magazin/archiv/

furniture design - 'tian' table

2005-12-15T08:43:00.000-08:00

the nicest pair of nikedunk

2005-12-15T00:16:00.000-08:00

By White Dunk artist

furniture design - aqua table

2005-12-14T19:06:00.000-08:00

Tokyo Design Week

2005-12-14T18:29:00.000-08:00

http://www.japandesign.ne.jp/HTM/JDNREPORT/tdw05/big/01.html

my favourite room -spooky!

2005-12-14T03:27:00.000-08:00

more rooms

2005-12-14T00:18:00.000-08:00

The rooms

2005-12-14T00:02:00.000-08:00

Hotel Fox in Copenhagen

2005-12-13T23:44:00.000-08:00

For the launch of the new Volkswagen Fox 21 international artists from the fields of graphic design, urban art and illustration turned Hotel Fox in central Copenhagen, into the world’s most exciting and creative lifestyle hotel.

new creation in the cell- artefact tag

2005-12-13T09:31:00.000-08:00

mtv logo design

2005-12-13T09:25:00.000-08:00

At the same time, ‘Kingdom’ had also caught the attention of the judges from Noisesingapore, a design network serving as a platform to showcase young creative talent in Singapore. ‘Kingdom’ had been morphed into an MTV logo for the logo competition and is currently featured in the MTVasia website. This recognition by a famous cult icon opens the doors of opportunities for Balcony to have further collaborations with MTV itself.

the revival of baltasy - renaissance

2005-12-13T09:20:00.000-08:00

Baltasy Chapter 2 promotes ‘Renaissance’, the revival of the Baltasy collection. Coupled with it is ‘The Slave’ tee.

The Cell packaging

2005-12-13T09:14:00.000-08:00

A concept packaging for baltasy range selling exclusively at Asylum.

hybrid poetry

2005-12-13T09:07:00.000-08:00

The poetry behind this sad charactor 'Hybrid’ is an imaginary illustration of one that is neither human nor beast. The tee’s design had inspired a poem, which was included at the back of the tee.Baltasy’s chapters come in a limited run of 30 pieces per design. Once all the tees has been sold, with only 1 piece remaining, that final piece will be encased in an acrylic cube, almost like a time capsule to remember the design for all time. This set is called ‘The Cell’ and is featured as a collector’s item. Locked together with the tee in the cube is Balcony’s tag named ‘The Artefact’.

Concept collection - Baltasy

2005-12-13T09:00:00.000-08:00

Spurred on with the success of the first series, Balcony began the launch of its second series quickly. This time, the designers flirts with inspirations from the fantasy world, bringing to life imaginary characters from different historical eras. Baltasy was born. Split into a number of chapters, Baltasy chapter 1 features 2 designs, ‘Kingdom’ and ‘Hybrid’

‘Kingdom’ was inspired by one of the biggest and oldest kingdoms around, the animal kingdom. Fused with a chandelier, common during the Victorian period, it creates an almost romantic feel in the design.

balcony asian spirit

2005-12-13T08:56:00.000-08:00

Balcony, a design boutique setup by 2 aspiring designers to promote multi-disciplinary design. Having been armed with experiences from freelancing in various planes of designing from interior to web to product.

Balcony was the brainchild of Des (creative)and JT (art) . Initially started as a pet project, Balcony was seen as just an outlet to vent off artistic inspiration that occasionally catches hold of our 2 designers. As Balcony’s popularity started to climb and a small fan base started growing, Des and JT realized that they had begun a new chapter I n street art expression. Thus a decision was then made to turn Balcony into a tee label and develop it further overseas.

Both designers turn artists start to create sketches to express themselves. With their perspectives firmly ingrained in their Asian roots, the designs created followed suit, thus developing a distinctive Asian mood in each and every pen stroke. Like most Asian countries, Singapore is one that is also greatly influenced by the west. However as designers, a new direction was adopted by fusing east and west to create a more interesting re-interpretation.

Inspiration was drawn from all cultural arts around the world and presented in Balcony’s flagship series called the minimalist collection. A total of 8 tee designs were featured in this series with the intention to inspire the masses. The first of the tees to be created bore the namesake of the entire label, Balcony. It was considered one of the series’ success stories as its popularity reigned amongst all other designs. Incorporating a rustic look, famous during Singapore’s 70s period, both color and design were chosen to create one look. Vintage.
Geisha, a courtesan from the land of the rising sun, is an iconic representation of Asia. In this particular design, she dons on a new look with a French floral motif in muted colors. Other interesting and unique subjects selected for this series are the likes of Buddha, old folks and the lonely nomad girl.