POW DOWN

RE: BORN/EO with Saerah R. Kunjan

We’re wrapping up this season with a very special guest — Saerah Kunjan, an artist, storyteller, and cultural practitioner who works closely with Orang Asli and grassroots communities across Malaysia. Through her projects, Saerah uses creativity to preserve heritage, build connections, and give voice to local stories. In this final episode, we’ll be talking about how art can bring people together and reimagine what community means today.

Re: Imagining Charcoal I Gwendolyn Chan

In this episode, we’re joined by Gwendolyn Chan Mei Yee from Colllab, a Malaysia-based design collective that connects people, places, and materials through participatory design. Gwen’s here to talk about Re:imagining Charcoal — a project funded by the British Council that explores new ways of looking at charcoal beyond its traditional use, blending local heritage, design research, and community voices to imagine more sustainable futures.

Making Space for Stories: The Journey of Little Giraffe Story House I Lee Soon Yong

Today we’re hanging out with Lee Soon Yoong, designer for Little Giraffe Story House — a warm, community space in Cheras where people come together to read, learn, and share stories. It’s part library, part creative hub, and all heart. We’ll be chatting about how design can shape spaces that bring people closer. So sit back, relax, and let’s pow down with Lee Soon Yoong.

Edmund Low I Designing For Good

Today, we’re joined by AACE Malaysia, a non-profit that empowers disabled and disadvantaged communities through creativity and design. Their initiatives — from the Vacademy’s training in arts and crafts to the Goods for Good marketplace — are helping people build skills, livelihoods, and dignity. With us is Edmund, one of AACE’s founders. Driven by a deep passion for inclusivity, Edmund has dedicated his work to creating platforms where disabled individuals aren’t just supported, but celebrated as creators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers. He’ll be sharing more about their mission and the lives they’ve touched.

Wong Kaiyi x Chong Yan Chuah I De/Re: Materialization

For our final episode of our first season this year, we have 2 artists who are both architecturally trained but have gone into the realms of digital art. The topic today has been called De/Re:Materialization; the abstraction of a physical object into a digital idea and rematerialized into a tangible outcome again. This process of abstraction has resulted into artworks that transcends medium. Chong Yan Chuah was first introduced to me by Jun as the NFT boy genius. Hailing from the AA, he Co-founded Inferstudio in 2017 alongside Nathan Su and Bethany Edgoose. He later directed Somnii, an art direction, digital imagination and research studio. Beyond studio work, he has participated in architecture conferences hosted by DATUM:KL and Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM), advocating for a broader perspective on worldbuilding that transcends traditional architectural frameworks. As an artist, his works have been exhibited and collected internationally. Wong Kaiyi was trained in the UK in architecture and has worked for Studio Red Hongyi and our very own POW Ideas. He founded Unreality as a platform to explore story telling through a multitude of mediums. I have personally seen the growth of his works from simple digital artworks to large scaled physically lighting installations that cover rooftops. With similar trainings it has been interesting to see these artist get inspired by Malaysia’s rich culture. So lets start the session and learn about their works and who they are.