I Am Building Something Slow in Singapore
People often ask me a simple question:
“What are you working on now?”
The easiest answer would be:
I run a project in Singapore related to Dehua white porcelain, tea, and space.
But that answer is incomplete.
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What I am really trying to build is not a company that sells products.
It is something slower, quieter, and more long-term:
a way of preserving a certain rhythm of living through objects and space.
Earlier in my career, I worked as an international IT executive.
I understand growth, efficiency, scaling, and optimization very well.
Perhaps because of that, I also understand this clearly:
Some things, once taken away by speed,
are extremely hard to bring back.
Stillness.
Negative space.
A sense of time.
And the quiet relationship between people and the objects they live with.
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My path eventually led me to Dehua white porcelain.
Not as a “traditional craft” to be displayed,
but as a material language that still belongs to contemporary life.
It is restrained.
It avoids unnecessary expression.
And it insists—almost stubbornly—on touch, firing, and balance.
Over time, this way of making became the way I chose to work.
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That was how Taiwu Gallery came into being:
a cultural space shaped by objects, tea, and lived experience.
And also BestCeramics.cn,
a long-term brand facing the global market,
but built with deliberate restraint.
These projects are not designed for fast replication or aggressive expansion.
They exist to ask a more fundamental question:
In our time,
is it still possible to build a form of business
that is allowed to grow slowly?
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I am not in a hurry to scale this project.
In fact, I consciously limit its pace:
no trend-chasing, no forced growth, no algorithm-driven decisions.
Because I know one thing very well:
once the direction is wrong, speed only makes it worse.
This also means the project is not for everyone.
It tends to resonate more with people who:
See culture as a long-term asset
Understand that brand is built through time, not marketing
Care more about direction than quick returns
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Recently, I have started to say something more openly:
I am quietly looking for long-term companions for this journey.
Not “investors” in the conventional sense,
but people willing to sit down, share a cup of tea,
and talk seriously about whether something like this
is worth being treated with patience.
If these words resonate with you,
and if you, too, are searching for a way not to be constantly pushed by speed—
You are welcome to visit Taiwu,
or simply reach out so we can have tea and talk.
There is no urgency here.
Just space, left intentionally, for the right people to appear.
If this resonates with you,
feel free to reach out.
I’m always open to a quiet conversation over tea.