TR AVE L NOTEBOOK Malaysian designer Cassey Gan, whose intricate, avant-garde designs are turning heads, on the pleasures of globetrotting, and cities that inspire. By Sharmita Summugam.

JET-SET SOUNDTRACK Anything from Eason Chan. TRAVELLING’S GREATEST PLEASURE? To learn and appreciate beauty from different points of view; everyone has their own perspective

of what is beautiful.

WON’T LEAVE THE COUNTRY WITHOUT … My Moleskine notebook and a camera. Inside Cassey’s Moleskine notebook

THROWBACK Bag, Hermès at Matchesfashion.com

THE ESSENCE OF TOKYO Visually clean, the city’s shapes, lines and attention to detail is inspiring. This is reflected in my Series 05 collection, a play of Japanese textiles and structure of

chic simplicity.

Cassey Gan

Chanel Rouge All ure in B a d i n e

Aleenta Resort in Phuket is a favourite retreat

An interesting interior store in Taipei

Painting on a wall in a Tokyo Metro Station with an intriguing mix of traditional Japanese prints

M aj i M a ji S q u a r e , T a i p e i

Sunglasses, House of Holland at Matchesfashion.com