User:Hui28/sandbox/James Quan

James Quan is the founder and Chairman of Bynd Artisan, a retailer of bespoke stationery and luxury paper and leather lifestyle accessories and winner of the Best Shopping Experience at the Singapore Tourism Awards 2017 and recipient of the prestigious Design of the Year - President’s Design Award 2016.

Founded by Quan and his wife, Winnie Chan in 2014, Bynd Artisan was an umbrella brand under Singapore’s oldest bookbinder which was started by Chan’s grandfather, Chan Koon Song, in 1942.

An independent business owned exclusively by Chan and Quan since May 2016, Bynd Artisan now owns four retail outlets.

In charge of the Bynd Artisan’s business development, Quan takes care of business expansion, corporate clients, the design, product development & sales/marketing aspects of the business. The brand is well known for its high-profile collaborations with fashion brands such as Ong Shunmugam, musician Joel Tan of Gentlebones and artist Erwin Lian - Lian credits Quan as being instrumental to the development of The Perfect Sketchbook.

Quan was also a judge of the Singapore Tourism Awards 2016, he spoke at the Innovation by Design Conference 2017 , the Feature Conference of the Singapore Design Week and together with Chan also spoke at the SME Centre Conference 2017 , on the topic of “Keeping a Traditional Business Relevant”.