The Essential List: Suffian Rahman
An accomplished writer, speaker and creative, Suffian Rahman started his career in advertising as a copywriter at BBDO Proximity in 2006, gaining experience in digital and integrated roles that enabled him to empower brands through a convergence of storytelling and user experience.
Suffian has led teams in global networks like WPP, the Dentsu-Aegis Network, the Zeno Group and Omnicom, and has received recognition in local and international advertising award shows.
Lifestyle
- Place of birth: Kuala Lumpur
- Hometown: Kuala Lumpur
- Staycation: Gibbons Retreat, Bentong
- Vacation: Anywhere I can dive
- Pet: Wolfie! And some cats
- Place of work: WeWork (we do)
- Place of workout: Home
- Side project: Member of DJ collective Public School KL and drum n bass crew dbco. Listen here: soundcloud.com/kamo_dbco
- Mode of transport: MINI
- Bonus travel essential: Bluetooth speakers
Culture
- Artist: Norman Rockwell
- Musician: Way too many, bro
- Commercials / music video director: Romain Gavras
- Film director: Denis Villeneuve
- Photographer: MunKeat
- Film: Dune
- Series: Beef
- Commercial: Budweiser Super Bowl commercials with puppies
- Music video: Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
- Video game: Ghost of Tsushima
- Board game: How about tabletop? Warhammer 40K
- Book: The Night Lords Omnibus by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
- Graphic novel: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
- Podcast: Your Mom's House with Christina P. and Tom Segura
- Newspaper (off or online): The Onion
- Magazine: The Economist
- Bonus culture essential: Boiler Room
Food and Drink
- Breakfast: Intermittent, baby
- Restaurant: Yat Sun, Taiping
- Cheap bite: Chee cheong fun
- Working lunch: Meal prep when possible
- Favourite dish: Char kuey teow
- Signature dish: The Colonel’s Rendang Minang
- Snack: Salted peanuts
- Guilty pleasure: Rum & raisin ice cream
- Bar: fono, Kampung Attap
Photo credit: Amania
- Booze: Sloe gin if you have it
- Not booze: Protein shakes
- Bonus food: British pub grub
- Bonus beverage: Americano
Kit
- Phone: Not iPhones
- Computer: Macs (sorry)
- TV: Netflix for exclusives, Disney+ for Star Wars
- Headphones: A pair of beat up beyerdynamics I’ve had since 2017
- Camera: Canon
- Soundsystem: PreSonus
- Pen / pencil: Pen
- Where you document an idea: Rough paper
- Casual clothing: Uniqlo
- Smart clothing: The Sartorial KL
- Footwear: Nike
- Watch: Omega
- Collection: Carhartt WIP
- App: Twitter (RIP)
- Website: The AV Club
- Favourite social media feed: My girlfriend’s IG stories
- Work program: ChatGPT (shhhhhh)
- Digital work tool: Figma
- Analogue work tool: DJ mixers
- Morning grooming / makeup essential: Strong black coffee
- Bonus kit essential: A good straight razor
