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DRAMATIC INTERACTIVE – Wisharawish Akarasantisook has proven to be a rising star with stunning taste and elective skills, his collections serving as a means of a dialogue between the clothes and their viewers and fashion becoming a narrative platform for the interpretation of all to be shared.
REIMAGINING THE BAILENESE – The Svarga Residence@Batujimbar by RT+ Q Architects is a refreshing piece of architecture that challenges and re-imagines the original Balinese villa prototype while maintaining solid roots with its local context through the incorporation of details and use of materials true to its locale.
GREEN ACTION – As part of the city of Melbourne’s Swanston Street Redevelopment, the new tram zones feature an elevated road for cyclists, with a clearly marked yellow line separating spaces for those on foot and those on two wheels. Despite the user confusion, this project is a good start toward a sustainable public policy.
WELCOME HOME – Office AT has recently created a prominent clubhouse for The Grand Pinklao, aiming to catch the eyes of passersby and also acting as a gateway to the property. “The Grand Pinklao” doesn’t actually have an entrance structure like most other residential housing projects, so the clubhouse takes over the role…”
HOW TO STAND OUT? – The 2013 Degree Shows, which was moved to this year in light of the political situation, was well worth the wait with all 35 winning theses from seven categories being nothing short of outstanding. The winners themselves are also unique and full of passion…let’s meet the future of Thailand’s design force.
VERY CASUAL – In a very fun workshop conducted by Jo Nagasaka with 14 participating designers from Thailand, the brief began with ‘Locality Globality,’ and ended up with the project ‘PASS-THE-BOOK!,’ a secondhand bookstore with a user-friendly and Thai-styled, yet international, sense of attraction.
IT IS COMPLICATED – Keith Chi-Hang Tam is a Hong Kong based information designer, typographer, teacher and researcher. His work encompasses the history, theory and a pedagogical focus toward the interrelationships between typography and information design with a particular interest in complex information and multilingual issues.
