Asia-Forward Strategy and Design Practice.

Our Diet: Films, Books and Music from Asia

yǐn飲

shuǐ水

DRINK THE WATER

sī思

yuán源

THINK OF THE SOURCE

OUR DIET

Everything below inspires our practice.

MOVIES

Poster, He's a Woman, She's a Man

He's a Woman, She's a Man PETER CHAN (1994)

Rouge STANLEY KWAN (1988)

Poster, Lust, Caution

Lust, Caution ANG LEE (2007)

Poster, Parasite

Parasite BONG JOON-HO (2019)

Three-Body YANG LEI (2023)

Devil Beside You LIN HE-LONG (2005)

Poster, My Neighbour Totoro

My Neighbour Totoro HAYAO MIYAZAKI (1988)

Spirited Away HAYAO MIYAZAKI (2001)

Howl’s Moving Castle HAYAO MIYAZAKI (2004)

Winter Sonata YOON SEOK-HO (2002)

Train to Busan YEON SANG-HO (2016)

Ip Man WILSON YIP (2008)

Love in a Puff PANG HO-CHEUNG (2010)

God of Gamblers WONG JING (1989)

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies PAT BOONNITIPAT (2024)

Chungking Express WONG KAR-WAI (1994)

Poster, Meteor Garden

Meteor Garden TSAI YUEH-HSUN (2001)

Love in a Fallen City ANN HUI (1984)

In the Mood for Love WONG KAR-WAI (2000)

Shaolin Soccer STEPHEN CHOW (2001)

Jewel in the Palace LEE BYUNG-HOON (2003)

Yi Yi EDWARD YANG (2000)

Poster, Comrades, Almost a Love Story

Comrades, Almost a Love Story PETER CHAN (1996)

Poster, Past Lives

Past Lives CELINE SONG (2023)

BOOKS

I-CHING / BOOK OF CHANGE RICHARD WILHELM (1950)

THIRTY-SIX STRATAGEMS ANONYMOUS (c. 1600)

Cover, Mapping Asia

Mapping Asia ASIA ART ARCHIVE (2014)

ANOTHER ____ IS POSSIBLE CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC FUTURES (2025)

Designs for the Pluriverse ARTURO ESCOBAR (2018)

Cover, In Praise of Shadows

In Praise of Shadows JUNICHIRO TANIZAKI (1933)

Cover, The Art of War Business School

The Art of War Business School TAGUCHI YOSHIFUMI (2015)

Cover, Southeast Asia: An Introductory History

Southeast Asia: An Introductory History MILTON OSBORNE (1979)

Cover, The Global Confucius

The Global Confucius DAVID YANG ZUOREN (2012)

Cover, The 33 Strategies of War

The 33 Strategies of War ROBERT GREENE (2006)

Cover, The 48 Laws of Power

The 48 Laws of Power ROBERT GREENE (1998)

Cover, THE VALUE OF CHINESE CULTURE

THE VALUE OF CHINESE CULTURE NAN HUAI-CHIN (2022)

Cover, Mama Buys Mung Beans

Mama Buys Mung Beans TSENG YANG-CHING (1988)

Cover, The Future is Asian

The Future is Asian PARAG KHANNA (2019)

Cover, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man MARSHALL McLUHAN (1964)

Orientalism EDWARD SAID (1978)

Asia as Method KUAN-HSING CHEN (2010)

Cover, Book of Changes: Hong Kong Style

Book of Changes: Hong Kong Style JOCHEBED WU

Cover, Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: the art of eastern storytelling

Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: the art of eastern storytelling HENRY LIEN (2025)

How Asia Found Herself NILE GREEN (2022)

Cover, Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew GRAHAM ALLISON & ROBERT BLACKWILL (2013)

Cover, Ways of Curating

Ways of Curating HANS ULRICH OBRIST (2014)

Cover, On Photography

On Photography SUSAN SONTAG (1977)

Cover, Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching LAOZI (c. 4th century BCE)

Cover, The Art of War

The Art of War SUN TZU (c. 5th century BCE)

Cover, YES magazine

YES! Magazine HONG KONG (1990–2014)

MUSIC

Cover, 似水流年

似水流年 ANITA MUI (1985)

Cover, 追

追 LESLIE CHEUNG (1994)

曖昧 FAYE WONG (1995)

再談記憶 PENICILLIN (2017)

月亮代表我的心 TERESA TENG (1977)

光輝歲月 BEYOND (1990)

愛的呼喚 AARON KWOK (1994)

但願人長久 FAYE WONG (1995)

似是故人來 ANITA MUI (1991)

少女的祈禱 MIRIAM YEUNG (2000)

Cover, 上を向いて步こう

上を向いて步こう KYU SAKAMOTO (1961)

Cover, First Love

First Love HIKARU UTADA (1999)

千千闕歌 PRISCILLA CHAN (1989)

Cover, 夢中人

夢中人 FAYE WONG (1994)

晴天 JAY CHOU (2003)

甜蜜蜜 TERESA TENG (1979)

海闊天空 BEYOND (1993)

風箏與風 TWINS (2002)

Cover, I Don't Know

I Don't Know YELLOW FANG (2014)

Lydia F.I.R. (2004)

分分鐘需要你 GEORGE LAM (1980)

Cover, 時の流れに身を任せ

時の流れに身を任せ TERESA TENG (1986)

半斤八兩 SAM HUI (1976)

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