TOKYO-BASED DESIGN STUDIO, GROOVISIONS SHARES THEIR OPTIMISTIC APPROACH TOWARDS THE WORKING PROCESS
INTO THE GROOVE
Category: INTERVIEW
WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM
TWO RENOWNED INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS, SHAHAR PELEG AND YENWEN TSENG TALK ABOUT PRODUCT FUNCTIONALITY, DESIGN AND ITS ACCESSIBILITY TO PEOPLE AS A PART OF THE RECENT BANGKOK DESIGN FESTIVAL SUPPORTED BY THE DITP, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
TEHRAN TODAY
art4d SPECIAL ISSUE ‘TEHRAN TODAY’ FEATURES INTERVIEWS WITH ARCHITECTS, GRAPHIC DESIGNERS, ARTISTS, A CURATOR, A CULTURAL MANAGER AND CREATORS OF THE COUNTRY’S LEADING BOOKS AND MAGAZINES WHO ARE WORKING IN TEHRAN. IN OUR EYE-OPENING CONVERSATIONS, WE TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR VIEWS ON THE CHANGES HAPPENING TO THE CAPITAL CITY AND THE LIVING OF A PARALLEL LIFE IN THE PLACE THEY CALL HOME.
KEVIN LIM
art4d TALKED WITH KEVIN LIM FROM LUMP COMPANY LIMITED, THE TEAM BEHIND THE DESIGN OF EAT ME RESTAURANT AND THE RECENTLY LAUNCHED AND SUCCESSFUL BUNKER.
KIRSTEN TAN
AN ARCHITECT AND AN ELEPHANT ON A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY THROUGH THAILAND IS THE PREMISE OF THE STORY BEHIND POP AYE, THE DEBUT FEATURE FILM BY SINGAPOREAN FILM DIRECTOR KIRSTEN TAN CURRENTLY ON ITS WAY FOR SCREENING AT THE RENOWNED SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL IN 2017. ART4D SPOKE WITH TAN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HER CREATIVE PROCESS AND HOW POP AYE CAME TO BE.
SHIKUAN CHEN
ART4D SPOKE WITH ONE OF TAIWAN’S MOST PROMINENT DESIGNERS OF BUSINESS AND INNOVATION STRATEGIES FOR THE GLOBAL COMPUTING AND MOBILE INDUSTRIES ABOUT HOW HUAREN CULTURE COMES INTO PLAY WITHIN THE FIELD.
EVERYDAY POSSIBILITIES
SINGAPORE-BASED ARCHITECT LING HAO IS INTERESTED IN THE WAYS IN WHICH BOTH PEOPLE, TIME AND NATURE MOVE THROUGH, WITHIN AND WITH ARCHITECTURE. ART4D CAUGHT UP WITH HAO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE STUDIO’S PHILOSOPHY AND HOW AN ADMIRATION FOR THE EVERYDAY CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO A SPACE.
PRINTING TRADITION
WITH A VISION AIMED AT OFFERING FREELANCERS, TECHNOLOGISTS AND CREATIVES A SPACE TO COME TOGETHER AND CONNECT, APW SET WITHIN AN INDUSTRIAL PRINTING FACILITY IN BANGSAR, MALAYSIA HOPES TO FUNCTION AS A CREATIVE CAMPUS FIT TO ACCELERATE CREATIVE POTENTIAL.
ATTA TURNS SIX
ATTA GALLERY, THAILAND’S FIRST GALLERY SPACE SPECIALIZING IN CONTEMPORARY ART JEWELRY TURNS SIX WITH AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS DEPICTING JUST HOW FAR THEY’VE COME.
WHETHER IT IS ART OR NOT
A NEW DOCUMENTARY SHORT BY DESIGNER NUANKHANIT PHROMCHANYA LOOKING AT THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THAI ARTIST CHAVALIT SOEMPRUNGSUK BRINGS THE STRUGGLES FACED BY CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS, WHETHER PAST OR PRESENT, INTO FOCUS.