Author: Joel

… and we’re back!

The month has passed really quick, and my baby is born! Thanks to those who had wished me personally on my own account, and to everyone else who paid some mind to it! Haha! Key Operational Updates As I am still working out how the work schedule will be like, there are some updates to…
Paternity Leave for Joel

If you’ve followed our instagram, or had a chat with me recently about coming in to print, or to even form a collab group, I would have mentioned my coming time of being a dad. It’s something Clarice and I have been looking forward to for 9 months now. I would like to say everything…
What makes a zine?

This question is asked many times “What makes a zine a zine?” Our friend Tum @wuthipol.designs mentioned in a few of his posts about how diverse a topic this ends up becoming. With any other polarizing debate, the purist views take some strict consideration, while other more liberal approaches are a lot more expressive. For…
How to Prepare for a TTR RISO Workshop?

Thanks to our friends @sarastreet, @9day2dream5, and @pocketpeter_, we’ve had a number of people ask about how the RISO workshops go. So here’s a little breakdown! Learning about RISO First things first, what is RISO? It’s actually a very old way of printing, akin to silkscreen printing. I always think of it as an automated…
Recapping 2024

It’s been a wild ride! This year has been filled with amazing opportunities and I feel Through The Roof hitting landmarks I never expected. Thanks to everyone who turned up along the way, supporting us in the small booths, joining in the collabs, or just liking and sharing our posts. It means a lot, and…
RISO Printing Workshops with Through The Roof

In the scope of wanting to create a community for young creatives, we were exploring ways and means to lower the cost of production for students. If there was a way for us to produce a larger quantity, but with lower cost, it would give way for more creativity! With aim and focus in mind,…
At Singapore Art Book Fair 2024

Singapore Art Book Fair was a location we had dreamed of boothing at one day. After all, we’ve only been doing collab zines for about a year or two at most. Initially, we were rejected after applying. But by some divine means, we received an email saying that someone had dropped out, and we could…
Melbourne Design Week: Part 2

Time flies so quickly! It’s been a month since, the Melbourne Design Week and this is the part two! In the last week of May, leading to the first week of June, Through The Roof visited different spots for the Melbourne Design Week. It was amazing getting to meet new people, and to also to…
Melbourne Design Week 2024: A Review

It’s been a little more than a week since we’ve returned from Melbourne Design Week and Melbourne Art Book Fair! From 23 May to 2 June, these two events were held in different venues across the Australian State of Victoria, where Melbourne is. This is also at the start of winter in Australia, and the…
KL Illustration Fair 2024

Reviewing the KL Illustration Fair 2024 by Joel Choong @trisected Last year, I visited the KL Art Book Fair in December. It was an exciting trip to Kuala Lumpur, a 5 hour bus ride from Singapore, and a 45min plane flight back. At that time, I had not experienced the capital state of Malaysia for…