It’s been three years of jam-packed lecture theatres, reams of readings and a multitude of assignments. Certificate in hand, you graduate with aplomb. What’s next? While some polytechnic graduates are prepared to make their big break into the working world, others prefer to pursue their beckoning dreams.

By Cheryl Lim

Meet Chester Huang, a second-year student at Raffles Design Institute, currently pursuing a Bachelor of Design in Graphic Design and enjoying every moment. While this former graduate of Singapore Polytechnic’s architecture course didn’t know what to do upon graduation, one thing was for sure—he didn’t want to practice architecture. For him, design was the real deal...