About Peranakan Shophouse Pastel
The Peranakan shophouses of Koon Seng Road in Joo Chiat / Katong are Singapore's most photographed heritage row — two-storey terraces from the 1920s–30s painted in documented pastels: powder-pink and rose facades crisply outlined by white pilasters, ornate plaster cornices, and majolica tile panels.
This design system distills that Straits-eclectic vocabulary into a digital language: pastel-bright but never cream, with white reserved for the crisp trim that frames every dainty, ornamental facade.
- Origin
- Singapore — Joo Chiat / Katong, Koon Seng Road
- Era
- 1900–1950 (1920s–30s shophouse construction)
- Key figures
- Peranakan (Straits Chinese) merchant families · Shophouse master builders · Majolica tile importers
- Movements
- Straits eclectic architecture · Peranakan shophouse design · Majolica tilework
Peranakan Shophouse Pastel design spec
Colors
Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text
Typography
MarcellusHeadings
PoppinsBody
Cormorant GaramondMono
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