There are many ways to break convention; you can push, bend, stretch, even smash it. Just ask these six individuals.

Jennifer Heng started Safe Place to do just that.

We live in tricky times, says thespian Adrian Pang of the era's "cancel culture".

Daniel Tay believes it could be an answer to food insecurity and waste.

Eugene Wee and his wife would, and did — you may remember their touching viral Facebook post.

Multi-hyphenate Bobby Luo embraces his weirdness and turns it into an asset.

Or perhaps one of your deceased loved ones? Grace Sumojoki would.

Street artist Sam Lo is no rebel, but she definitely has a cause. She talks to us about her life before art, and how her emblematic stickers turned her into a national icon.

Unless you're a gamer, that is. And it is precisely his straight-talking, witty, and often irreverent interactions with his customers that have won over a growing horde of authenticity-seeking, video game-loving millennials.

“I knew going in that it would be a mess — I just didn’t realise how bad.”

Pablo Picasso’s words ring true for these seven creatives who are lighting up their own fields with grit and ingenuity.

If you had thought that a feeding bottle was just a feeding bottle, well, you haven’t met Yvon Bock.

What would you do to make the world a better place for others struggling with distress, disappointment or disability? These individuals reveal why they are pushing on with their causes.

After a failed gender discrimination lawsuit, public scrutiny and an entire Reddit section dedicated to mocking her, Ellen Pao has found new life in activism. And she sees signs that a change is coming.