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How Malaysian culture inspires a Dutch designer
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Lisette Scheers, founder of Nala Designs, in Malaysia, in December. Photo: Thomas Bird
Trade winds: I think a lot of Dutch people have a sense of travel. It s in the blood. My parents married in Amsterdam in 1969 and moved to Singapore as a young couple. My father got a job with Hagemeyer, a trading company. I was born in Mount Alvernia Hospital, Singapore, in 1970, the first of five children. After two years my father was transferred to Malaysia.
Capital village: Kuala Lumpur was super small, more like a big kampong (village) than a capital city. The area where the twin towers stand today was the Selangor Turf Club, a cricket ground and racecourse that was surrounded by traditional residential buildings. There were no malls. Everyone knew each other. And it was safe, too. ....

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