Our vision is to become a creative campus where arts, culture, business and technology converge to inspire and encourage new forms of innovation to spur the creative economy.
Repurposed from a commercial printing factory, the APW campus comprises a collaborative workspace, F&B outlets, event venues and pocket parks.
With exciting events held here regularly, we offer the community a platform for creative exchanges.
APW was first established in 1952 as Art Printing Works, a commercial printing factory. Its original location was in Lebuh Ampang, before relocating to its present Bangsar location in 1965. From the 60s to the 80s, Art Printing Works was one of the most prolific printers in Kuala Lumpur.
In 2013, an idea was conceived to repurpose underutilised spaces within the printing factory – to convert the factory into an inspiring creative space. Various spaces have since been reimagined to create an urban campus for the community, by bringing together individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds through events, workshops, and programmes.
Since 2014, we have been used by corporations, entrepreneurs, educators, artists, small businesses, and non-profits for workshops, artisan markets, performances, private functions, and other events.
Serving over 100 selections of wines, The Straits Wine Company won the hearts of many yet again with an experience that many won’t forget (or will they?). Representing the wine industry as Malaysia’s largest wine festival, Wine Fiesta 2016 brought in wines from various countries including France, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa and – […]
Inspired by the gallant madness that comes with the night, Urban Decay’s new line of Vice Lipsticks put into colour what we couldn’t put into words. Coming up with names such as Heroine, Pandemonium, Frenemy and Perversion, these lipsticks tell a tale about the mysterious youth of our gothic generation. Understanding that Urban Decay is […]
A movement that is inherently creative, Tiger Translate took to APW to showcase their vision of collaborative art. It was hard to mistake the event for another, what with the 2.5 meter tall tiger head resting at the entrance, giving the audience a brief introduction of what was to come. The geometric sculpture designed by […]
At any Startup Grind, as the name suggests, you can expect to get straight down to the meaty points of dialogue. Setting up in our Bookmark event space, the Google for Entrepreneurs initiative gathered the local startup community to hear from Tim Marbach – Founder and CEO of Asia Venture Group (AVG), the private internet […]
We’d like to think that there’s not much else that can be done to APW to make it ‘better’ – but it turns out we aren’t always right (for once). The month-long addition of the myBurgerLab pop-up stand under our Canopy was the icing on the cake (or bun on the patty?) for both our […]
Many of us would agree that as Malaysians, we are blessed to have Japanese food that is affordable and accessible. But many of us could also agree that the menu is getting a little old. You’ve got sushi and you’ve got sashimi, take your pick. The team at Makirito might have taken note of this […]
What happens when you take a professional racecar driver out of a racecar, and throw him into a series of traditional races around South East Asia? You get GoASEAN’s (Astro 737) latest travel/adventure series titled “Go Fast or Go Home”. Usually accustomed to racing purpose-built Formula 3 racing machines, Young Malaysian Daniel Woodroof steps out […]