SCIENCE OF THE SECONDARY #16 BOOK
October 2, 2024 9:30 am Leave your thoughtsPUBLICATION 2024 “These days, there is a lot of confusion and discussion about different reading formats. They often weary us... View Article
PUBLICATION 2024 “These days, there is a lot of confusion and discussion about different reading formats. They often weary us... View Article
PUBLICATION 2024 “Very few things in our everyday thrive by doing absolutely nothing. The floor might just be a rare... View Article
PUBLICATION 2023 “What happens when a plain T-shirt is worn? What kind of hyper-awareness is produced in the wearer? How... View Article
EVENT 2023 An interactive installation for Atelier HOKO’s 14th research publication: ‘Science of the Secondary: T-Shirt’, this installment focuses on the act of... View Article
EVENT 2022 An exhibition that aims to present a fragment of our world where the gesture of peeling is performed... View Article
EVENT 2022 In April 2022, two hundred pieces of Atelier HOKO’s rubbish were sealed and distributed through the latest two... View Article
PUBLICATION 2022 “It is true that the pleasures of consumption have always been accompanied by the burdens of rubbish. This... View Article
PUBLICATION 2022 “To remove their rubbish, human beings have long since relied on the bin: they fill it up with... View Article
OBJECT 2020 About R for Repair: This project re-imagines repair as an inspiring activity that produces aspiring outcomes. Ten designers... View Article
PUBLICATION 2020 “With its near-phallic shape stirring in most fully-grown adults sexual imageries condemned by many religious and proper people,... View Article
OBJECT 2019 A simple slipcase to house the first ten Science of the Secondary issues. 180 x 260 x 50... View Article
POSTER 2019 An eclectic and fragmented selection of research ephemera from the physical archives of Atelier HOKO featuring notes/images collected... View Article
PUBLICATION 2019 Over 300 postcard responses collected from an instructional/performative activity initiated as part of our research in producing three... View Article
EVENT 2019 The 2nd installation of ‘What is Your Way?’ and 4th installment of Café CUP at BOOK B, Hong... View Article
EVENT 2019 As we defecate from diapers to porcelain bowls, we intuitively develop our personal way of forming the toilet... View Article
PUBLICATION 2019 “The life of toilet paper is fundamentally short-lived; smeared with shit and left to disintegrate in smelly water,... View Article
PUBLICATION 2018 “In spite of the plate’s supposed ubiquity, very little is known and discussed of this practical tableware beyond... View Article
EVENT 2018 Atelier HOKO presented 3 installations centered on the theme of Cup, Plate and Egg across all 3 floors... View Article
PUBLICATION 2017 In response to the theme “Discipline the City” organised by The Substation (SG), Atelier HOKO has developed a... View Article
EVENT 2017 Café CUP is a drinking laboratory that invites visitors to be curious about the sensations of drinking from... View Article
EVENT 2016 In conjunction with Science of the Secondary: Socks, Atelier HOKO has developed a series of low impact fitness... View Article
PUBLICATION 2016 “Among the many clothing types in our wardrobe, none leads a more unappreciated existence than the sock. Wavering... View Article
EVENT 2016 How do we decide on what kind of socks to purchase? Do we consider socks beyond colour, pattern... View Article
EVENT 2016 Situated within a semi-fictitious setting, “A Dozen Eggs” wish to shift the debate away from what is real,... View Article
PUBLICATION 2016 “Ever since the egg has been perverted as a rich and readily available source of food for human... View Article
EVENT 2015 On 31st August 2015, 15000 postcards, each with a specific instruction, was released through personal invitations and also... View Article
PUBLICATION 2015 “When do we actually notice a pipe? When it is clogged, leaking, contaminated and about to burst? When... View Article
PUBLICATION 2015 Pull Swing Step back Open Step forward Pull Swing Close ‘Science of the Secondary: Door’ is the fifth... View Article
PUBLICATION 2015 “…cool morning air drifting through, conversations between neighbours downstairs, thin yet unbreakable streams of sunlight intruding, clop-clop-clopping shoes... View Article
EVENT 2015 To launch ‘Clock’, the third edition in the Science of the Secondary series, Atelier HOKO developed a time-based... View Article
PUBLICATION 2015 “In general, there are two different kinds of clocks. The first tells time in the form of a... View Article
PUBLICATION 2014 “…but what does it mean to drink? Do we drink with our skin when the hands are hugging... View Article
EVENT 2013 To launch ‘Science of the Secondary: Apple’, Atelier HOKO decided to distribute and retail the books through 5... View Article
PUBLICATION 2013 “The expression ‘A for Apple’ is almost always the first thing we learn as a child. Why is... View Article
PUBLICATION 2015 Atelier HOKO was invited to do a study on the secondary science of BALL, resulting in a 6-page... View Article
PUBLICATION 2014 HABIT©AT is an inquiry into how street cats in Singapore inhabit the man-made spaces of the suburban landscapes.... View Article
OBJECT 2014 In a climate of self-adoration, blatant denial of imperfection and a cultural confusion born out of a narcissistic... View Article
EVENT 2014 Atelier HOKO presented the project MONO-CONE for the exhibition ‘The Fab Mind: Hints of the Future in a Shifting... View Article
OBJECT 2014 Atelier HOKO presented the project MONO-CONE for the exhibition ‘The Fab Mind: Hints of the Future in a Shifting... View Article
EVENT 2013 For millennia jewelry has acted as symbol and signifier of a wearers identity. We broadcast our status, affiliations,... View Article
OBJECT 2013 Today, the role of an index finger’s tip has superseded that of the opposable thumb. The global gesture... View Article
EVENT 2012 Invited by the Salvation Army to re-think the thrift store’s retail experience, Lost Bear Club was developed as... View Article
OBJECT 2011 All work and no play makes a dull and competitive student…dull. Can a school be the place to... View Article
SPACE 2011 A retail / gallery that wish to bring out the endearing child-like qualities of children in adults, SUPERMAMA... View Article
EVENT 2012 UN-EXPECTED refers to the inquiry of tacit relationships between people and everyday conditions. It questions how we are... View Article
SPACE 2010 The AGRIOZ factory, located on the outskirts of Yilan, Taiwan, is a major producer of premium candied fruit... View Article
OBJECT 2010 The whole gesture of sending a mass-produced store-bought greeting card is irrevocably insincere. Millions of people all over... View Article
EVENT 2011 (Final Instalment) When speaking of arrangement, we must consider the behaviours and tasks performed intuitively in order to... View Article
EVENT 2009 (2nd Instalment) For the second installation of ARRANGEMENT, Atelier HOKO decided to not exhibit the actual objects from... View Article
EVENT 2009 (1st Instalment) The project ARRANGEMENT was initiated as a research platform where fundamental conditions of arrangement are explored.... View Article
RESEARCH 2009 Stationery-ware is articulating the relationship humans have with stationery and tableware. Both families of objects co-exist on the... View Article
OBJECT 2011 What if we decide one day, to dress according to alphabets that make up some random words formed... View Article
OBJECT 2009 Strangely, when one mentions ‘table arrangement’, images of flowers in a vase appears. The Plinth seeks to re-define... View Article
FILM 2008 Video installation for the temporary museum shop at the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam. A recording of the... View Article
RESEARCH 2008 In an attempt to understand the art of arranging flowers without being too concerned with formalities, Atelier HOKO... View Article
EVENT 2008 ‘Twenty-two arrangements, one afternoon’ is an improvisational act on arranging a pre-selected collection of contemporary design objects. Removed... View Article
FILM 2008 A film produced for the residents of a new suburban area illustrating a scenographic perspective of their little... View Article
RESEARCH 2008 An exploration on arranging ‘thing’ as word. Length: 1 min 25 secs B&W, Silent
OBJECT 2006 What if a hook decides to quit its job? What can we hook on a hook? Where should... View Article