Lecturer, Fashion

Pixie Tan Peixin

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  • MA (Distinction) Arts Pedagogy and Practice, Goldsmiths University of London
  • BA (First Class Honours) in Design for Art Direction, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
  • Diploma in Apparel Design and Merchandising, Temasek Polytechnic

Pixie Tan is a researcher, art director and educator whose practice explores the intersection of community publishing, social engagement and cultural imagination. Drawing from her background in fashion, spatial and graphic design, she facilitates collaborations that propose new ways of seeing, playing and making meaning together.

She has worked with organisations like the Asian Civilisation Museum, Both Sides Now, and the National Youth Council to design experiences that capture and share collective wisdom. Committed to uplifting and demystifying the local design industry, she co-founded the ground-up initiative Don’t Mind If and published its inaugural industry report to bridge gaps within the community. In 2023, the publication won an SG Mark in the Visual Design Category and received a prestigious Special Mention in the top award category.

As an educator, Pixie’s teaching philosophy emphasises fluidity, adaptability and care. A firm believer in liberatory education, she advocates for experiential learning and reflective assessment, guiding students to critically engage with the world and shape their futures.

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Exhibition and installations

  • Cutɇ Fruits, Comma Festival: Labour Block, Scape; Singapore (2025)
  • Our Ghosts?, Kampung Halloween, 42 Waterloo Street; Singapore
  • Story Crafters: A Quest of Our Own, Asian Festival of Children’s Content; Singapore (2024)
  • Do You See What I See?, Crossing Cultures 2024, Asian Civilisations Museum; Singapore (2024)
  • Annual Review, Singapore Art Week 2024, Another Department; Singapore (2024)
  • (un)learning matters, Floating Projects, Plantship, Shared Campus; Hong Kong (2023)
  • Meet Me in the Middle, Dear Tampines Festival, Our Tampines Hub; Singapore (2023)
  • dingdongbeep!, multiple locations, Singapore Art Week (2023)
  • Wisdom x Artwave, Youth Park, Somerfest; Singapore (2023)
  • Stranger’s Touch 2.0, Red Bus, Somerfest; Singapore (2023)
  • Stranger(’s) Touch, Crane; Singapore (2022)
  • Later the Ants will Come, Streets of Hope, National Arts Council; Singapore (2021)   
  • The Precariat Self Help Assembly, London Design Week x London College of Communications as part of Emergence: Service/Social/Sustainable Design; London (2019)
  • Let the Good Times Roll, Street of Clans, Singapore Design Week (2019)
  • Fabrications, Deviations Group Show; London (2019)

Presentations

  • Cumulus Conference Monterrey: ‘Of Zines and Bharatanatyam’ (2024)
  • 19th Design Principles and Practice Conference:Stories from Our Wardrobe’ (2025)
  • 27th Annual IFFTI Conference:Stories from Our Wardrobe: Developing 21st Century Competencies through Zine-making and Exhibition Making’ (2025)
  • ADPRex: ‘Embodied Pages’ (2025)

Talks (select)

  • Digital Fashion Multilogue: Virtual Walks (2023)
  • Library@Orchard, Behind-the-Scenes: Don’t Mind If (2022)
  • NAFA for BA Design Practices by Don’t Mind If (2022–2023)                 
  • Alter-Natives by Don’t Mind If x DesignSingapore (2022)

Publications  (select)

  • ‘Stories from Our Wardrobe: Unearthing Southeast Asian stories with Wardrobe Studies and Zine Making’ in Fashion Studies Journal: Southeast Asia (2024)
  • ‘Don’t Mind if I Ask’ in Don’t Mind If: The Inaugural Industry Report (2022)

  • Creative pedagogies
  • Collaborative publishing
  • Storytelling and zines
  • Experiential design