THE ONLY CONSTANT IS CHANGE
Who are we if not always evolving? Post Covid, the global pandemic has revolutionised the way we live, work and play! No longer business as usual, these different aspects of our lives are no longer neatly compartmentalised or georgraphically restricted. There is now freedom to work anywhere and play everywhere. MOD 2.0 follows through on that vision by no longer being bound to a physical office. Our team is now effectively able to collaborate virtually through a series of enabling technologies, allowing us to be design junkies and part of the MOD team, united by a common vision but working remotely from anywhere in the region!
As MOD’s Founder and Director of Design, Colin has been named Luminary Award Winner by INDE Awards 2024, Designer of the Year by International Design Awards USA 2010, and is a two-time recipient of Singapore’s highest design accolade, the President’s Design Award. He is also a three-time Grand Prize Winner of the Gold Key Award, the highest international hospitality accolade, named Hong Kong Perspective’s ’40 under 40 architects’ and Marcus Corporation Foundation Prize’s 2007 ‘emerging architect with potential for greatness’ and recognized as ”Rising Star in Architecture” by Monocle.
Colin has been a juror on international juries including the INDE Awards and the Inaugural Dezeen Awards, a Global Advisor for leading surfaces manufacturer Cosentino and invited by the Singapore Tourism Board to redefine Singapore as a destination for 2020 and beyond.
Architecturally trained in the US & licensed in Singapore, Colin honed his sensibilities working for the likes of Rem Koolhaas and Daniel Libeskind. He also spent 4 years at the National University of Singapore’s Department of Architecture researching design pedagogy and serving as design critic.
Joy is MOD's Co-Founder and Director of Business Development. Formerly working for a leading global consulting firm, Joy has tapped into her corporate business background to grow MOD over the decades into a recognised and reputable design force. With her team, she also anchors our team administratively across the region and our projects across the globe, keeping our chaotic design universe in check with her spreadsheets and PR kits.
Helming our studio in Kuala Lumpur, David has sown his “design oats” in a number of internationally renowned architectural practices and seen through a variety of complex projects the world over. He now oversees MOD’s architectural and masterplanning development and implementation as its Director of Projects.
Joyce is MOD's Associate Director of Design. As the newest addition to our merry band, Joyce earned her stripes over the last decade working on a wide array of award-winning lifestyle projects for MOD across the region. Receiving design training in Paris and with significant international career experiences in Shanghai, Dubai and Copenhagen, she leads MOD’s interior design and branding oeuvre with true global cosmopolitan flair.
A selection of the award-winning projects Joyce has had a hand in overseeing include Citi Wealth Hub Singapore, The Prestige Hotel Penang, Vue Hotel Beijing, YTL Headquarters Kuala Lumpur and Durasport Retail Store Singapore.
PART STUDIO, PART SUPPORT GROUP, FULL FLEDGED DESIGN FAMILY
The MOD team hails for a multitude of countries across the globe and is passionate about lyrical Johnny Cash music videos, cups of caffeinated coffee or coke, defying gravity rock climbing, anything Muji, sweating through hot yoga, cruising on winding back roads, partying all night & through the morning, ping pong face-offs, chalking up frequent flier miles by discovering the world, absolutely everything Apple, our families who are close by our sides or far away but in our hearts, calming matcha tea, enigmatic Peter Greenaway movies, monochromatic dressing, polka dots, installation art we can only dream of owning, and yes, a life-long addiction to Design in all its subtle or glorious forms...
We are Design Junkies who also happen to be World Building Extraordinaires, Interior Architects, Visualisers, Architects, Office Managers, Interior Designers, Technical Experts, Project Managers, Business Directors, Graphic Designers and whether we come for a season or stay for many moons, WE ARE MOD!