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Yamini Chinnuswamy

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Yamini is a correspondent who covers lifestyle news and features, with a special interest in pop, geek and celebrity culture. She joined The Straits Times as a digital sub-editor in 2019, before moving to the Life desk in 2021. In 2024, she served as the newspaper’s unofficial Taylor Swift correspondent, and needs little excuse to start talking about the American pop star and her music.

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Tamagotchi: 30 years old, and still beeping for attention

A Tamagotchi is a digital pet which lives in a small electronic device that fits in the palm of your hand.
A Tamagotchi is a digital pet which lives in a small electronic device that fits in the palm of your hand.

Paragon and Janice Wong unveil Singapore’s largest chocolate art installation

The Blooming Imagination chocolate art installation at Paragon is now open to the public.
The Blooming Imagination chocolate art installation at Paragon is now open to the public.

Decor and lifestyle brand Stacked Store opens first physical retail outlet at Gardens by the Bay

The IMBA Stacked Store at Gardens by the Bay is now open.
The IMBA Stacked Store at Gardens by the Bay is now open.

Need a place for clothes not dirty enough for the wash? There’s a chair for that

yastuff03 - Laundry Chair 2

CREDIT: YETCH STUDIO
yastuff03 - Laundry Chair 2

CREDIT: YETCH STUDIO

Inside the Singapore decor store that sells lamps made of real baguettes

Stacked Store has made a name for itself selling premium and unique home decor and lifestyle products.
Stacked Store has made a name for itself selling premium and unique home decor and lifestyle products.

Should I get a digital lock and ditch my house keys?

Models of digitally locked HDB BTO gates and doors at AN Digital Lock's showroom.
Models of digitally locked HDB BTO gates and doors at AN Digital Lock's showroom.

Breaking beige: How dopamine decor is brightening Singapore’s neutral homes

Colours also have a very real effect on a person’s emotional well-being and sensory perception, although their exact relationship is less established.
Colours also have a very real effect on a person’s emotional well-being and sensory perception, although their exact relationship is less established.

Breaking beige: How to add colour to your neutral or Japandi home

There are ways to mix and match colour without a clashing effect, and without having to stick to just one colour family.
There are ways to mix and match colour without a clashing effect, and without having to stick to just one colour family.

Starbucks drops Harry Potter-inspired drinks and merchandise

The Starbucks X Harry Potter collection will feature more than 20 items.
The Starbucks X Harry Potter collection will feature more than 20 items.

How Lego put the colour play of toy bricks into its Singapore workspace

The Lego office in Singappore takes up some 7,000 sqm of space.
The Lego office in Singappore takes up some 7,000 sqm of space.

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