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Wiju Ft Meez Feeq - Kau Bilang Motivated by heartbreak, Wiju collaborated with rapper Meez Feeq three years ago, writing ‘Kau Bilang’ over a hip-hop trap beat. He revisited the track earlier this year and revamped it to feature a trap-esque electronic beat instead,...
Ira Ali – Design Sprint Winner
In the buildup to production of our 11th Progresif Magazine, we decided to pull back the curtain on what goes into making a magazine - from conceptualisation to publication - for 20 young graphic designers, who got to try their hand at designing the spreads. To do...
e-Sports in Brunei
The country’s top CS:GO team is paving the way for professional esports in Brunei The Goodfellas Gaming team seem like a group of likeable guys that just wants to play first person shooter (FPS) games and win weekend tournaments. That characterisation is somewhat...
Brunei Folklore
In the last issue of our magazine (June - September 2019), we published an article about Brunei’s oral tradition, seeking to identify some of the most well known local folktales and find out what was being done to preserve these cultural artefacts. Our investigation...
Design Sprint Magazine
Four years, 11 published issues, more than 20 engaged freelancers and over 50 feature stories. The progresif quarterly magazine has been a periodic source of engaging content for almost as long as the brand has been in existence, and there is an incredible amount of...
What does it take for a local act to make it big abroad?
Bruhaha: The Bruneians who are taking jokes seriously
Fashion Forward Bruneians
Art we there yet?
What can we learn from comic books?
Sudah Kah Balum – Signup
Special Online Premiere–in partnership with Progresif Media. The exclusive screening for the first episode of Sudah Kah Balum has ended but don’t worry. There’s going to be more shows coming! Simply subscribe below with your email to stay updated on future exclusive...
UBD Spectacle 2019
Designing the Progresif National Day Attire
A look into the design process of the Progresif National Day Attire For the 35th National Day in 2019, we wanted to shake things up a bit when it came to designing the Progresif National Day attire. In the spirit of collaboration, we came up with an idea to run a...
Foosion by UNO: Reclaiming Bruneian ingredients in modern cooking
Foosion Cooking Competition aims to highlight Bruneian ingredients in modern cooking One of the surest ways to learn more about culture and tradition is food. The late Anthony Bourdain once said: "Walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food. It's a plus...
Progresif learns the ‘STRINE’ language
How to speak the Strine language We've all probably encountered the 'Strine' (short for Australian English) language. But what does it really mean to swing round the s'arvo? Or to pull your head in? Or, better yet, to chuck a u-ey in your ute? We had some trouble...