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Patek Philippe — Private Client Experience
Live curation, artistic direction, guest journey and cultural programming for a private client occasion.
Read the full story →271 doesn't just curate how your brand performs on stage — it builds how your brand and your people show up everywhere else.
For luxury houses, organisations, and the creative practitioners building what's next.
Selected moments, assembled with intention.
From private gatherings to cultural commissions, every project is shaped through atmosphere, detail and a precise understanding of its audience.
View the Portfolio38
Curated Engagements, 2025
81%
Word-of-Mouth Bookings
Top 40
Prestige 40 Under 40
Singapore-based, internationally available. Bespoke teams assembled per brief. 10 years of active performance practice.
Trusted By
Selected clients, collaborators and institutions.
Engagements vary in scope, scale and duration — this list reflects breadth of relationship, not a uniform type of project.
Rolls-Royce
Ferrari
Patek Philippe
Chopard
Buccellati
Van Cleef & Arpels
Cartier
Pernod Ricard
JP Morgan
Philip Morris
Marina Bay Sands
Raffles Sentosa
Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Ministry of Law
House of Tan Yeok Nee
What We Do
Bespoke Experiences, Cultural Strategy, Creative Futures.
Three interconnected pillars: experience shapes how you're encountered, cultural strategy defines what you stand for and gives it complete visual and verbal form, and creative futures extends that same thinking to the next generation of practitioners building their own path. Each can stand alone, or combine under one point of contact.
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Bespoke Experiences
We shape the whole experience, not just the live moment within it.
II.
Cultural Strategy
From the idea to its identity — built to be lived, not laminated.
III.
Creative Futures
Mentorship for the next generation of creative practitioners.
Begin
Ready to begin the conversation?
Share the beginnings of your event, brand or creative project — we'll respond with the next questions, possibilities, and a considered path forward.
The Pillars
Bespoke Experiences, Cultural Strategy, Creative Futures.
Three interconnected pillars: experience shapes how you're encountered, cultural strategy defines what you stand for and gives it complete visual and verbal form, and creative futures extends that same thinking to the next generation of practitioners building their own path. Each can stand alone, or combine under one point of contact.
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Bespoke Experiences
We shape the whole experience, not just the live moment within it.
- Luxury brand and UHNW client experiences
- Corporate events and private celebrations
- Live programming, performance and talent curation
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Cultural Strategy
From the idea to its identity — built to be lived, not laminated.
- Brand positioning, narrative and messaging
- Visual identity systems
- Culture design, for the people who carry the brand
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III.
Creative Futures
Where Singapore's next creative voices take shape.
- Workshops, masterclasses and panels
- One-to-one mentorship, online or in person
- A growing community of emerging practitioners
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Pillar I
Bespoke Experiences
We shape the whole experience, not just the live moment within it.
From institutional commissions to private celebrations, we assemble the talent, atmosphere and detail that make an encounter with your brand unmistakably considered — on stage and around it. One deck, one point of contact, whether the occasion is a corporate gala or a private wedding.
Ways to Work Together
From a single extraordinary moment to the entire experience.
01
萃 by 271 — Signature Productions
Bring one of 271's existing artistic worlds into your event.Owned IP, ready to stage — you're commissioning access to a body of work 271 has already created, adapted to your occasion.
02
Bespoke Artistic Commissions
An original performance or cultural work, created specifically for your brief.New concept, repertoire, performers and staging — drawing on 271's artistic capabilities, built outward from your commission.
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Entertainment & Cultural Curation
The right programme of talent, performance and cultural moments, built around an event that already exists.271 acts as creative entertainment director — curating from our artist network and standards, not designing the occasion itself.
04
Experiential Direction & Design
The concept, programme and guest journey of the experience, shaped from the ground up.271 owns the creative direction — narrative, performance, transitions, spatial and sensory moments — without necessarily owning the logistics.
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Full Experience Production
One creative partner, from first concept through to final execution.271's deepest mandate — concept, programming, talent, production partners, logistics, rehearsals and on-site execution, held under one roof.
Experiences across different worlds — Brand & Luxury · Corporate & Institutional · Hospitality & Cultural · Weddings & Private Celebrations
Selected Stories
Experiences we've shaped.
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Luxury Brand — Corporate Experience
Event concept, experience design, talent curation and production direction for a corporate engagement.
Read the full story →Begin the Conversation
Ready to plan an experience?
Tell us the occasion, and we'll take it from there.
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Pillar II
Cultural Strategy
From the idea to its identity — built to be lived, not laminated.
We help clarify what you're building, for whom, and why it matters — then carry that thinking through to positioning, story and visual language, shaping a culture from the inside for the people who carry it, not only the audience who encounters it.
Ways to Work Together
From a first read to a full identity.
01
Positioning Sprint
A short, focused engagement — brand audit, positioning statement, core narrative. The entry point if you're not yet ready for a full build.
02
Full Brand Identity & Narrative Build
A comprehensive build — positioning, narrative and visual identity, carried through to complete presentation materials.
03
Corporate Experience Design
A culture add-on for HR and People teams — aligning how your people experience your culture with how your brand presents itself to the world.
04
Strategic Advisory Retainer
Ongoing counsel for founders past the initial build — narrative refinement, launch support, and strategic input as it's needed.
Corporate Experience Design is documented separately as its own brief — ask us for it alongside any Cultural Strategy conversation.
Selected Stories
Identity we've shaped.
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271 Collective — Identity & Presentation System
Brand positioning, visual identity, and presentation-deck architecture — built from the ground up, using our own practice as the work sample.
Read the full story →Begin the Conversation
Ready to define the direction?
Tell us where you're building from, and where you're headed.
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Pillar III
Creative Futures
Where Singapore's next creative voices take shape.
Workshops, mentorship, panels and a growing community — 271 Collective's investment in the next generation of creative practitioners building their own path, in Singapore and online.
The Pathways
Four ways in.
01
Workshops & Masterclasses
Single sessions or short series — craft, brand, and performance practice, taught in the room.
02
Panels & Talks
Calista in conversation — industry panels, brand talks, festival stages.
03
1:1 Mentorship
Ongoing, online, personal — for the practitioner shaping their next chapter.
04
Community & Think Tanks
Recurring salons and open conversation among emerging practitioners.
Every practitioner has a moment where the right room changes everything. This is ours.
Creative Futures is 271 Collective's open door for the next generation of creative practitioners in Singapore. Your next opportunity could be closer than you think.
Begin the Conversation
Ready to find your room?
Tell us what you're working on, and where you'd like to grow.
Selected Work
Selected projects, shaped across experience, identity and culture.
Three engagements, presented as they were conceived — not as a uniform grid.
Case Study 01
Patek Philippe — Private Client Experience
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The BriefCONTENT TO CONFIRM
271 Collective's RoleLive curation, artistic direction, guest journey and cultural programming.
The Creative ResponseCONTENT TO CONFIRM
What Was CuratedCONTENT TO CONFIRM
The Resulting ExperienceCONTENT TO CONFIRM
Services Involved
Live CurationArtistic DirectionGuest JourneyCultural Programming
Outcome / ImpactCONTENT TO CONFIRM
Case Study 02
Client Name — CONTENT TO CONFIRM
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The BriefCONTENT TO CONFIRM
271 Collective's RoleCONTENT TO CONFIRM
The Creative ResponseCONTENT TO CONFIRM
The Resulting ExperienceCONTENT TO CONFIRM
Services Involved
Event ConceptExperience DesignTalent CurationProduction Direction
Outcome / ImpactCONTENT TO CONFIRM
Case Study 03
271 Collective — Identity & Presentation System
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The Brief271 Collective needed one coherent parent-brand identity — capable of carrying a live-performance business and a strategy-and-identity practice under a single visual and verbal system, rather than two disconnected offerings.
271 Collective's RoleSelf-directed: brand positioning, colour and typography system, presentation-deck architecture, and the translation of that identity into this website.
The Creative ResponseA system built around 人文荟萃 — a convergence of culture, talent and excellence — expressed through an ink, parchment, cinnabar and brass palette, with restrained seal-inspired mark-making standing in for a literal logo mid-development. The intent throughout: editorial restraint carrying a genuinely contemporary cultural voice, not decorative heritage motif.
Services Involved
Brand PositioningVisual IdentityPresentation & Deck DevelopmentDigital Expression
The Resulting SystemA presentation-deck template carrying the identity across pitch and reference materials, and this website as the system's fullest digital expression — the same palette, editorial logic and voice, adapted to a browsable format.
StatusCONTENT TO CONFIRM — ongoing; this case study will be extended with outcome notes once the identity has been in public use for a meaningful period.
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The Founder
Calista Liaw
Calista Liaw is a Singapore-based Erhu artist, creative director and multidisciplinary practitioner. Her work moves between music, performance, fashion and contemporary Chinese identity, and shapes the thinking behind 271 Collective. She founded the collective on the same instinct that drives her stage work — that a strong idea deserves to be built, directed and carried through, in whatever form it demands.
Redefining tradition into a dialogue between eras.
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Artistry
Bespoke ExperiencesCalista began Erhu training at eight, under Li Bao Shun of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, and graduated from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. From there, her practice expanded from performance into original composition and multidisciplinary production.
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Culture
Cultural StrategyHer work treats Chinese music, philosophy and symbolism as a living language rather than an archive. The Art of War translated Sun Tzu's writing through sound and movement; REBIRTH reimagined the zodiac as narrative. Heritage, reinterpreted rather than repeated.
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Direction
Creative FuturesCalista conceives ideas that move across disciplines — music, movement, fashion, narrative and visual expression — then directs them through, from concept to final execution. That same process, and the mentors who once guided her through it, now shape how she guides the next generation of creative practitioners.
Southeast Asian Directors of Music — 30 Under 30 Music Leaders · Prestige — 40 Under 40
Founder of LIAÜ · Graduate of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
Featured in ELLE Singapore, GRAZIA Singapore, MU/SE, A+ Magazine, The Straits Times and Zaobao.
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Begin a conversation.
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Privacy
How we handle your information.
LEGAL REVIEW REQUIRED BEFORE LAUNCH — placeholder structure only.
What we collect
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Why we collect it
CONTENT TO CONFIRM — solely to respond to your enquiry.
How it is used
CONTENT TO CONFIRM — to correspond with you about your project; not used for any other purpose without your consent.
Whether it is shared
CONTENT TO CONFIRM — not shared with third parties except the form-submission provider used to deliver enquiries (endpoint pending — see development note in the enquiry form).
How long it is retained
CONTENT TO CONFIRM — retention period to be defined.
Your rights
CONTENT TO CONFIRM — to request access, correction or deletion of your information, contact us using the details below.
Contact
For privacy enquiries, write to hello@271collective.com. CONTENT TO CONFIRM — dedicated privacy contact, registered entity name and address pending.