Hello, we are O'live & Write.
A content creation coop that cares about building brand narratives brick-by-brick.
O'living and writing for 5 years and counting.
Our journey began with an olive and words. Munching on a pitted olive one day, we found ourselves delighting over how the word "olive" can also be an indirect ode to "living". Thus, O'live & Write was born. Since our olive-munching days, we've been cooking up so much more than just words. We love putting our heads together to come up with seamless, creative solutions across various industries. Marketing. Creative solutions for age-old problems.
But our quest doesn’t end there. Our hybrid campaigns blend the best of physical and digital realms, propelling your brand’s social media presence to new heights. Are you ready for the next chapter? Let's embark on this adventure together and bring your brand's story to life.
The thinking before the making.
O’live & Write leads editorial and storytelling projects across culture, design, food and place.
Our work focuses on developing narrative direction for brands and organisations — across long-form features, publications, cultural projects and narrative-led websites.
Most of our projects sit at the intersection of editorial thinking, design and real-world production constraints. This is why organisations often engage us for narrative framing and clarity before execution begins.
O’live & Write also operates a dedicated social and digital content arm.
When a decade becomes a story, not just a record.
For National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC)’s 10-year commemorative publication, we supported the team on editorial structure and information design; helping shape how complex material and data were organised and presented for a public-facing book.
Translating
spaces into
web-spaces.
For CreateMake and MUYI Creation, we approached their websites not as portfolios, but as narrative environments.
We developed content structure, project hierarchy and storytelling flow — helping each studio articulate how they think, design and build, before showing what they make. The result is not just a visual refresh, but a clearer editorial voice carried across their digital presence.
When social moments become editorial stories... in
real time.
For the Singapore Asian Festival of Children’s Content, our social media arm led live editorial coverage across the festival. We captured talks, creators, books and community moments on the ground, and shaped them into clear, coherent stories on the fly, across platforms.
Social was treated as a live editorial channel: with tone, flow and narrative continuity maintained throughout the event.
Wordsmith. Worksmith.
Over the past four roller-coaster years, we've teamed up with clients from interesting industries. Here are some of our favourite work samples, complete with little stories to go with them. Buckle up and enjoy the read!
![🐴 [Donkey or Gorilla?] 🦍 A tiny grid of toy animals, served like a salad: cut, mixed and put back together. This was a surprising exhibit, and a provoking way to think about identity, chance and how we live alongside difference.
In Animal Roulette (2005), Singapore artist David Chan uses simple cut-and-paste with toy animals to imagine new hybrid beings... inspired by ideas around genetic engineering, but really asking what it means to be unique, named, and seen.
The children in us loved this piece 🧡
🐽 🦁 🐐 🐎 Animal Roulette by @silentstudio
On view at the Learning Gallery, @singaporeartmuseum, @sgartweek](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/624191130_18087055703162606_5045048419508202001_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=105&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=B7PyVKPKVmwQ7kNvwFwBB2r&_nc_oc=AdmfRWm7pkKgMCfEL1ueXE7vfKPYEfLi2vLrd_bUNGbjULNQnqX2O99Fhh0uNYLvCd0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=xoxK9ThWEE_e7XRgRKYqPA&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQHIEQTwpZ_5IqHUcjIj8AXDyaJVVkH5zTel0-M04t4VaB6Xot2ZQLoQDJ62PcPTdVOlCe_83auU&oh=00_AfsGUlAgKpVchjHn3mHyga10t9Gm_letuYFsAKSvqqzAyg&oe=6993F353)
![This afternoon, we took a [rare] inside look at 60 years of Singapore’s diplomacy... literally, inside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 🤩 We attended the launch of Not So Little Red Dot, a new MFA x Nutgraf publication marking Singapore’s 60 years (SG60).
Through narrative storytelling, comics and deep-dive interviews, the book highlights seven key episodes that shaped Singapore’s foreign policy: from multilateralism to humanitarian aid 🙌
📖 Written and published by The Nutgraf
GOH: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan
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#bookstagram #sg60](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/587015073_18080203202162606_577975866432944186_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=105&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=v4IVBMvo0S8Q7kNvwEfRqvL&_nc_oc=AdkNJ6RqGZgLzlZHDT2vUh_p2AGuF2MZZb-drSJG7NSwqniIhXr4t0WYmLW9AsvkRH0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=xoxK9ThWEE_e7XRgRKYqPA&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQGPyOAC1xKxUTGPoy4_Qc2WDNQIoyHf2vPu3zeMyCIiU3Pi5NYTo0il_Io763yV5bEeVfss033D&oh=00_AftVf_fkoppiM29ekPjSgRj-JRJ2bg93L71wa9oUox2ZjA&oe=6993F6A7)
Photo studio
Event/lifestyle
photography & videography
Words go round.
Much of our work wouldn't have been possible without the "right" clients. Their belief in our creative vision and direction has been instrumental in making our work possible and meaningful.
I had a great experience working with Grace and her team from O'live & Write. She was very personable, friendly and easy to work with. The team worked with excellence on the drafts and responded in a very timely manner on the different iterations of the work. We are excited for the completed work copywritten by Grace and her team to be published for everyone to check out!
Hillary Hoo, Singapore Cancer Society
Wonderful experience. Our business, Tribody Fitness, engaged O'live and Write in 2024. They gave us full support, produced great media materials, were very flexible in the appointments, and gave us more clips than we had even expected. Grace and Jerry were amazing in their professionalism and kindness. The picture is of Grace chatting with us during production - she goes a long way to really understand us! Highly recommended.
Markus Karner, Tribody Fitness
Grace from O'live & Write is a god-send! She has great tonality in her writing and an innate ability to speak to my customers in a very wholesome manner. She listens keenly to how I explain my brand values and turn them into a language my customers resonate with! Thanks, Grace.. thanks O'live & Write!
Lenie Chow, KOCO
I've worked with multiple marketing and branding companies before but O'live & Write has given the best work in terms of design and efficiency. The work they produced has helped me a lot with my online sales. I expect to engage them for a long time.
Jay Lim, Cemani
O'live & Write is easy to do business with. Grace is creative, flexible, and friendly in her dealings as well as her creations. The illustrations the team's done show a real flair for the medium. The captions often also very humorous & witty while keeping true to the brand ethos & identity. Highly recommended for any business, especially startups, looking for a creative or marketing partner to help grow the brand's media presence!
The most agile and nimble team I have come across for early-stage startups. They really try to understand your business first.
Daniel Tando, Ohmmm Care
Abhishek Dadoo, Fewcents
O'live & Write comprises a community of compassionate and imaginative individuals.
Bringing art to life is at the heart of our creative endeavours—whether it's crafting captivating Christmas postcards or amplifying brand messages through outdoor marketing campaigns.
Our goal is to inspire the heart and challenge the mind through the creative use of photography, words, design, poetry, and illustration.