The Lo & Behold Group’s ventures extend into the fields of food and beverage, hospitality, and art and design—but things are slightly off-kilter at Looksee Looksee, the homegrown brand’s reading room and tea salon. While not so much a home décor store, there’s plenty here to seek inspiration from for your home, starting with its pastel-washed space that is furnished with pieces from Scene Shang and local gallery shop, Supermama. Get schooled on all things architecture and design, or maybe jot down a recipe from a cookbook, because there are over 120 titles for your picking while you get cosy on scalloped banquette seats. Don’t forget to grab a pay-as-you-wish cup of tea, courtesy of local company A.muse Projects. If the beverage is to your liking, there’s a whole selection of teas available for purchase. Better yet, get a teapot and strainer set from A.muse’s merchandise corner.

Looksee Looksee. 267 Beach Road, Singapore 199545. +65 6338 8035.
Mon-Fri 11am-5pm.

Housed in the ground level of a shophouse in Kampong Glam, the SCENE SHANG flagship store is a destination set to charm your five senses. Filled with wares that embrace our Asian history and culture, the store offers you meaningful choices to bring home or to gift. From locally designed furniture pieces to homeware—such as cushion covers featuring Singapore Art Deco buildings, desktop diffusers, classic banker's lamps and contemporary fine porcelain vases—you’ll have plenty to choose from. You'll also be captivated by a selection of artworks by one of Singapore's finest artists, Mr Arthur P.Y. Ting, featuring our unique heritage through three-dimensional Peranakan* shophouse facades. Immerse yourself in a luxurious and leisurely atmosphere from postmodern jazz to Western and Chinese classics piped in the store while savouring delightful tea blends by Quintessential and tasting samples of delicious local snacks.

*The term is an Indonesian/Malay word that means “local born”, which generally refers to people of Chinese and Malay/Indonesian heritage.

Scene Shang. 263 Beach Road, Singapore 199542. +65 6291 9629.
Mon-Thu & Sun 11am-8pm; Fri-Sat 11am-9.30pm.

More than a gallery store, Supermama doubles up as an artist residency studio and a platform for designers. Its flagship on Beach Road is home to porcelain crockery stamped with local motifs like HDB flats—the iconic public housing developments that can be found across the city—and “Good Morning” mugs modelled after the namesake tea towel (you’ll spot them while ordering your spot of kopi, or coffee, at most hawker drink stalls around the island). If you’re after more unusual pieces, the jazzed-up mamak shop (old-school provisions store) also stocks homeware reflective of Singapore’s neighbourhoods, like a set of Gangster Kitties plates that cheekily reference Jalan Besar’s many neon-lit lounges.

Supermama. 265 Beach Road, Singapore 199544. +65 6291 1946.
Daily 11am-8pm.
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