“Furniture, as a product, just happens to be my medium.”

Founded in Singapore in 2020, Studio Kallang became her way of exploring those ideas through what she calls her “artistic practice”, with furniture and objects serving as vehicles of expression. Her first design was a bedside table called Mamun, named after the Arabic word for “trusted friend”. Conceived as a companion by the bedside, it revealed her early instinct to imbue everyday objects with narrative and personality.

Second Charm later became Gamar, the family’s commercial furniture business. At its showroom on Kallang Avenue, homeowners can customise pieces with the team, while about 40 craftspeople in Indonesia make the furniture by hand. 

“Gamar is the pragmatic side,” she said.

The two businesses nevertheless remain closely connected. Many of Studio Kallang’s collections continue to be made by Indonesian craftspeople with whom Gamar has worked for decades, allowing Faezah to experiment with new forms and materials while drawing on long-established woodworking expertise.

That philosophy is perhaps most visible in the collections themselves. Rather than adopting the Italian or French names often associated with contemporary luxury, Faezah chose Onde, Agar and Biskut, drawing on flavours and memories from her own childhood.

Each collection translates those familiar references into a distinct visual language. The Onde series, for instance, features oversized timber spheres inspired by the coconut-coated kuih, seen most recognisably in the Onde mirror. The translucent Agar collection combines coloured resin, wood and stainless steel to evoke the dessert’s luminous layers, while Biskut reinterprets the humble biscuit through softly rounded, sculptural forms.