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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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American artist Daniel Arsham continues to meditate on time with second Hublot watch collaboration

Visual artist Daniel Arsham's latest design is a luxury timepiece for Swiss watch brand Hublot.
Visual artist Daniel Arsham's latest design is a luxury timepiece for Swiss watch brand Hublot.

How The Lego Group pivoted from toy bricks to become a lifestyle label for all ages

Lego's flower bouquet and The Milky Way Galaxy wall art sets are geared towards the grown-up segment.
Lego's flower bouquet and The Milky Way Galaxy wall art sets are geared towards the grown-up segment.

Design News: New Courts Muze sofas, Garmin’s first MicroLED smartwatch

The new Tammi sofas in the Courts Muze line.
The new Tammi sofas in the Courts Muze line.

Old walls, new stories: Adaptive reuse breathes new life into Temasek Shophouse and Weave at RWS

Parts of the newly renovated Temasek Shophouse (left) and Weave mall (right) in Resorts World Sentosa.
Parts of the newly renovated Temasek Shophouse (left) and Weave mall (right) in Resorts World Sentosa.

World’s 50 Best Bars: Two Singapore bars make the cut, including Jigger & Pony at No. 9

What to know about designing a feature wall for your home

yafeature04 - Feature wall using wallpaper


Credit: GLORIOUS STATE
yafeature04 - Feature wall using wallpaper


Credit: GLORIOUS STATE

Uno Jang from Jigger & Pony wins peer-voted Bartenders’ Bartender Award

ST20250903_202588200240/yabar10/Brian Teo/Yamini Chinnuswamy/*EMBARGO UNTIL SEPT 10, 8PM*Mr Uno Jang, creative director of the Jigger & Pony group and head bartender at its flagship bar Jigger & Pony, photographed at the bar in Amara Hotel on Sept 3, 2025. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO 
ST20250903_202588200240/yabar10/Brian Teo/Yamini Chinnuswamy/*EMBARGO UNTIL SEPT 10, 8PM*Mr Uno Jang, creative director of the Jigger & Pony group and head bartender at its flagship bar Jigger & Pony, photographed at the bar in Amara Hotel on Sept 3, 2025. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO 

Design News: Pilot’s Midnight fountain pen, Monopoly: Hidden Singapore, King Koil warehouse sale

Only 2,025 of the Midnight Fountain Pen will be available worldwide.
Only 2,025 of the Midnight Fountain Pen will be available worldwide.

At The Movies: Jump scares and family love abound in final The Conjuring film

yamovie04 - The Conjuring: Last Rites


Credit: WARNER BROS
yamovie04 - The Conjuring: Last Rites


Credit: WARNER BROS

With Taylor Swift off the market, #foreveralone singles need a new mascot

Now that Taylor Swift seems to have found real love and a partner for life in the form of American football player Travis Kelce (left), it is bittersweet, says the writer.
Now that Taylor Swift seems to have found real love and a partner for life in the form of American football player Travis Kelce (left), it is bittersweet, says the writer.

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