There’s no better time than the present to take the leap as an individual creative. In a time of seismic shifts in our ways of living, the arts have always served to reflect and drive culture forward, as an evocative commentary of our present day identities, and more importantly, what it could be. We speak to Arianna Aleezon, designer at Youths in Balaclava, now paving her own path with her private nail studio and experimental space, r.cane09.

There’s no better time than the present to take the leap as an individual creative. In a time of seismic shifts in our ways of living, the arts have always served to reflect and drive culture forward, as an evocative commentary of our present day identities, and more importantly, what it could be. We speak to Fiona Ng on her natural dye label Stilnook — birthed during the circuit breaker, and what it’s like being a young creative today.