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Pioneer Generation

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Commemorative Book

As part of SG50 in 2015, PGO commissioned us to write, design and publish a book recounting the stories of 50 pioneers. An intense month of research, interviews, writing, editing and designing culminated in a launch by then-PM Lee Hsien Loong, plus a feature in his National Day Rally speech. Its design was also awarded at the New York Festivals.

The Pioneer Generation commemorative book: red and white volumes with embossed covers, laid on a dark wooden table
The red and white volumes of “Their Past: A Present For Our Future” stacked, the title embossed on each cover
Close-up of the red cover of Volume I: Memories, the title “Their Past: A Present For Our Future” printed tone on tone
Close-up of a red page with large cream lettering and two die-cut holes showing the page beneath
An open spread titled “A slice of old life”, red type over a black-and-white photograph of an old house
An open spread titled “Through thick & thin”, with photographs of an elderly couple
The Prime Minister’s foreword: a black-and-white portrait facing the word “Foreword” in large red type
An open spread titled “The day the world collapsed”, red type beside black-and-white archive photographs
An open spread titled “The Pioneer of Pioneers”, a tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew, with black-and-white portraits