Daven Wu

Daven Wu is the Singapore Editor at Wallpaper*. A former corporate lawyer, he has been covering Singapore and the neighbouring South-East Asian region since 1999, writing extensively about architecture, design, and travel for both the magazine and website. He is also the City Editor for the Phaidon Wallpaper* City Guide to Singapore.

Latest articles by Daven Wu

World View: Letter from Singapore
World View: Letter from Singapore

Introducing our new series, which shines light on the creativity and resilience of designers around the world as they confront the challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with contributing editors across eleven global territories, we reach out to creative talents to ponder the power of design in difficult times and share messages of hope. Here, on the eve of a monthlong lockdown in the city state, our Singapore editor Daven Wu checked in with architect Charles Wee, artist Dawn Ng, and designers Elyn Wong, Clara Yee and Olivia Lee, discovering tales of self reflection, crisis messaging and mutual assistance.

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