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CENTRAL: THE ORIGINAL STORE
AFTER OVER SEVEN DECADES OF ITS DEPARTMENT STORE AND RETAIL BUSINESS’S SUCCESSFUL REIGN, CENTRAL GROUP RETURNS TO ITS ORIGIN, OPENING THEIR DOORS TO WELCOME CUSTOMERS TO ITS FIRST HOME, CENTRAL: THE ORIGINAL STORE
WHAT A LUCKY BIRD
IN ADDITION TO ADDING A UNIQUE ENERGY TO THE TYPICAL OFFICE, FATTSTUDIO TOLD ART4D THAT THE DESIGN CHALLENGE THEY FACED FOR HAPPYNEST WAS THE UNCONVENTIONAL CONDITION WHERE THEY BECAME THE PROJECT’S ARCHITECT AT THE TIME WHEN 4 FLOORS OF THE BUILDING WERE ALREADY FULLY CONSTRUCTED
PRUEK STUDIO
IMAGE COURTESY OF PRUEK STUDIO
WHO
PRUEK “พฤกษ์”
WHAT
A small passionate architectural design studio
The Intergenerational Play in the City “Ancoats” – The Thesis Book of Nunticha Yuncharoen
WHEN
2019
WHERE
Bangkok, Thailand
The Intergenerational Play in the City “Ancoats” – The Thesis Book of Nunticha Yuncharoen
WHY
We love to design lively places for people to live and play.
HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE CREATIVITY?
The creativity is borderless, and it can be used as a tool to solve any problems or to develop better things.
Sawasdee Suite Hotel
DESCRIBE YOUR PRACTICE IN THREE WORDS.
Creativity, Practice, Lively
WHERE DO YOU GO, OR WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GET STUCK ON A PROJECT
When we found no answer to our design, we just took a short break or moved to work in different places where we can enjoy with natural light and green.
Sawasdee Suite Hotel
WHAT PROJECT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF?
Sawasdee Thai Place Hotel since it is our first architectural design project.
Sawasdee Suite Hotel
IF YOU COULD INVITE ANY CREATIVE OUT FOR COFFEE, WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHY?
We would like to listen from the younger generation (Architectural students) because they are fresh and passionate. they may share interesting views toward architecture and other things surrounding us.
CRIMSON ROOM
TIDA AWARDS 2019
BEST OF CREATIVE EATERY DESIGN
PARADIGM SHIFT +
THE FLOATING CINEMATHEQUE
THE FLOATING CINEMATHEQUE BUILDING WOODEN CINEMA WAS A COMMON THING IN THE PAST. BUT IS IT STILL POSSIBLE TO MAKE ONE AT PRESENT? TONSILP STUDIO AND KOR KAN DEE ARCHITECT ANSWER THIS QUESTION THROUGH THEIR LATEST PROJECT IN SALAYA, THE NEW BUILDING OF THAI FILM ARCHIVE, WHERE STATE-OF-THE-ART CINEMA TECHNOLOGY MEETS BUDDHIST IDEOLOGY
POSTER OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE
HELD ANNUALLY FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR, BANGKOK THROUGH POSTER, INVITES CREATORS TO SUBMIT THEIR WORKS AND EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON DIFFERENT SOCIAL ISSUES USING A POSTER AS THE MEDIUM. AND THIS YEAR’S TOPIC, POSTER OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, IS NOTHING BUT INTENSE
CRAFTING TOMORROW’S ANTIQUE TODAY
KARINA CHEUNG OF BIKA LIVING SHARES HOW THE COMPANY IS CENTERED AROUND THE PRINCIPLES OF FAMILY AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO QUALITY
THE MAKING OF TOSTEM CLASSROOM
BY INTERPRETING THE CONCEPTS OF ‘PLAY’ AND ‘LEARN’ INTO A PHYSICAL SPACE, TOSTEM CLASSROOM DESIGNED BY DOLATHEP CHETTY WILL BE ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW ARCHITECTURE CAN HELP CHILDREN EXPLORE THE SURROUNDING WORLD CREATIVELY
FUNC.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FUNC.
WHO
FUNC., founded by Natchapon Suwannasut and Sirawat Rungsarityotin
WHAT
Interior design studio specializing in restaurant & bar, retails store and residential design.
BAR 335
WHEN
2015
WHERE
Bangkok, Thailand
WHY
Thailand need more function and aesthetic (lol).
ROUND TABLE BY CHEF MAN, THE JAS RAMINTRA
HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE CREATIVITY?
Our opinion, Creativity is combination between Function & Aesthetic. And use it for represent for something you want.
SUKISHI, CENTRAL WORLD
DESCRIBE YOUR PRACTICE IN THREE WORDS.
Resource (reference), Experiment (develop), Proportion (Sense)
WHERE DO YOU GO, OR WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GET STUCK ON A PROJECT
Try to find out what we struck and re-start with simple way.
THE COG WATCH
WHAT PROJECT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF?
The Cog Watch (Early 2016) Watch store in Bangkok. We conceptualize the shop as a Bruce Wayne’s treasure room. In real life Bruce Wayne should have a room like this. Many mechanism in there and decorated it in Gotham’s environment.
THE COG WATCH
IF YOU COULD INVITE ANY CREATIVE OUT FOR COFFEE, WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHY?
We choose Stanley Kubrick. Because we think the director is the most challenging creative thinker. In the one movie it want to be beautiful, understanding, interpretation, meaning.
funcdesignstudio.com
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