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Be it environmentally conscious buildings with verdant green walls, shoes made from recycled plastics or upcycled furniture crafted out of surplus materials, there currently seems to be no shortage of projects out there touting themselves as eco-minded creations.

The same goes for Singapore’s latest and possibly most Instagram-friendly public artwork, Here Is SG. Located along the scenic Marina Bay promenade, home to many of the city state’s iconic landmarks that shape its unique skyline, the sculpture’s distinctive design – which incorporates the letters S and G to represent Singapore – is certainly hard to miss.

Here Is SG is a collaboration between three Singapore-based creators: Alvin Tan, co-founder and creative director of design studio Phunk; Emily Sim, who co-founded and directs design-and-build consultancy Superstructure; and Veera Sekaran, who runs the urban greening consultancy Greenology. Tan and Sim talk to the Post about their thought processes for taking the sculpture from concept to reality.

“The idea of the sculpture is really about Singaporeans coming together to form a unit, to form a country,” Tan says of the interactive installation. “This is especially meaningful seeing as we have just been through the [Covid-19] pandemic together.”