Chantal Sajan

Senior Correspondent

Chantal is senior correspondent at The Straits Times. A multidisciplinary designer in her own right, she has crafted logos for the Singapore Indian Development Association and Singapore Association of Women Lawyers. In 1990, she won an Award of Excellence from the US-based Society for News Design for experimental tabloid architecture. Chantal is currently researching South India’s influence in ancient South-east Asia for a book project on the origin story of Indian Peranakans.

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Design News: Home and Living Carnival, Raffles is No 5 in World’s 50 Best Hotels list

The Gain City Megastore at Sungei Kadut adds shopping buzz to northern Singapore.

InterContinental Danang designer Bill Bensley evokes ‘poetry of place’ in work

InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort - Jungle aerial villa view.

Teochew towkay’s restored House of Tan Yeok Nee to open on Nov 1

Screen door at the entrance hall and front courtyard of House of Tan Yeok Nee on Oct 14, 2025. The House of Tan Yeok Nee, built in 1885 opposite The Istana, is one of the biggest conservation projects of the year - more than $100m including the land sale - and will be open to the public on Nov 1, 2025.

Cristian Mohaded channels emotions and memories into designs for Louis Vuitton’s home decor line

Louis Vuitton's Home Collections designer Cristian Mohaded at the Louis Vuitton Savoir Rever event at Mett Singapore hotel in Fort Canning.. He is pictured with two of his designs - the Pegaso Chair and the Atlas Table.

Ditch that device. Go off-grid to boost brain health

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Generic pix of women busy on their mobile phones while travelling on the MRT train, on Sep 23, 2025.

Design News: Huge discounts at Tecno warehouse sale, Far East Flora’s phalaenopsis show in October

Shoppers at Tecno's warehouse sale can expect big savings on more than 200 home appliances such as ovens, washing machines and wine chillers.
PHOTO: TECNO

Places Of The Heart: Architect Belinda Huang’s home away from home in Jalan Merah Saga

Architect Belinda Huang at the Arabica Cafe located along Jalan Merah Saga, near Holland Village. She finds the scale of the street warm and human, lined with cafes that spill into the neighbourhood, surrounded by homes that make it feel like a true community hub.

Singapore Design Week 2025: Bigger, bolder and abuzz with creative energy

From Sept 11 to 21, Singapore Design Week 2025 will transform the city-state through its festival theme of Nation by Design into a dazzling hub of creative potential.

Gardens by the Bay’s Flower Dome scales new heights with alpine floral display from Switzerland

Tourists taking a photo of a replica of Geneva’s famed Flower Clock at Gardens by the Bay's Flower Dome on Sept 4.

Min’s Garden closes a chapter after 36 years, but will live on in condo garden

Former ST staffer Irene Ngoo who has sold her 7,800 sq ft property in Sunset Heights and will move to a condominium. Taken 21 July 2025

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