David Fuhrmann-Lim
Curator
I love to take pop-culture down the rabbit hole, as a patron saint of black humour, Buddha of beats and books, and (officially) a Content Specialist and Brand Editor with many years of editorial and creative experience.
I have worked with MTV Asia, Bauer Media and Singapore Airlines, and am currently the Curator+Editor of Parched, an online magazine devoted to cocktail culture and the booze business. I have written for Wallpaper, VinePair, the Michelin Guide and am one of the authors of the Louis Vuitton City Guide—Singapore edition. I’ve judged various cocktail competitions, including the Campari Bartending Competition 2019 and Remy Martin Cocktail Competition 2022.
I was also a Contributing Editor at Female Magazine (during which I helped to launch their website (www.femalemag.com.sg) and, before that, was the Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning men’s lifestyle magazine Singapore FHM. While I was there I collaborated with Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific on a marketing project and we won the Gold Award Cannes Lions Festival 2007 for our poster branding campaign.
I also spent three years in MTV Asia’s fledgling seasons as a promos producer/director, where I won awards for various humourous edgy spots.
I have published two books (Sniffing The Equator, 99). 99 Stories Dreams Poems just won a Pencil at London’s D&AD 2017 Awards.
My two plays Scratching and Syzygy won the first and second prizes at Action Theatre’s 10-Minute Playwriting Contest.
I photograph as well, but you already knew that.
Here’s an Instagram link to @CultofDavid
Here’s an interview with The Peak Singapore
Here’s a look at Singapore’s flourishing literary scene
Here’s a link to 99 Stories Dreams Poems
Here’s a 99 feature by UnderConsideration
Here’s a link to my DJ Mix. Yes, I DJ…
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Parched is always open to partnerships and sponsorship.
If you have any enquiries about advertising as well as other collaborations, please direct your emails to david@splode.asia
We look forward to having a chat with you over a dram.
In under five years Alcohol Delivery have delivered 500,000 bottles of chilled booze to thirsty (and lazy) Singaporeans, with a promise to do it under an hour. We spoke to them bout their business model, and of course tested their claims.
No, this is not a Rick-roll. The ginger singer graduates from internet meme to beer maker. Rick Astley will never let us down.
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If you only drink one cider, make it this one: Lillevik Alpine Cider, whose visual identity is simple and stunning.
So much bad news is coming out of the US of A, it's enough to think it's the end times. But there's also a lot of good stuff to celebrate, so we want to focus on that instead. (For starters, Ben Affleck WILL NOT be directing The Batman)...
These are the 8 Best Beachfront Restaurants and Bars in Mexico and the Caribbean you should visit.
A home cart can be more of a centerpiece and therefore a bit larger to accommodate a wider range of products you may need while hosting. These are some of the bests ones you should own... And you know where to send us the invite!
We do need more education, we do need more malt control. No dark sarcasm in the bar room... The Wall is a new whisky bar that wants to be newbie-friendly, but they also have a whisky collection that's out of this world. So, who's gonna pay for it?
When you absolutely, resolutely, stubbornly and incorrigibly MUST have that beer in the shower...
This premium wine from Shangri-La, China, is unique and rare. We had the Ao Yun 2013 when it launched, so how does the 2014 compare? Will it be heavenly or grounded?
