TCDC KHON KAEN

Thanks to the cooperation of many business sectors who are developing their city without waiting for the central government’s decision, the Northeastern province Khon Kaen is rapidly developing. However, an additional boost from the government will soon arrive.

After the long wait, the Creative Economy Agency (CEA) will open the third–after Bangkok and Chiang Mai–outlet of Thailand Creative and Design Center (TCDC) on the campus of Khon Kaen University. Its mission as a creative hub will develop more creative people and, eventually, generate more creative businesses.

Designed by Architects 49 Limited, the 1,800-square-meter TCDC Khon Kaen comprises an exhibition gallery, a 70-seat auditorium, a 110-seat library, meeting rooms as well as Isan (Northeastern Thai) Materials Innovation Center, which is like TCDC Bangkok’s Material ConneXion room with hand-woven fabrics, bamboo, metalware, earthenware and other local materials. TCDC Khon Kaen’s main goal is not to impose Bangkok onto Khon Kaen. Rather, it will show both tangible and intangible Isan assets, like festivals, traditions, gastronomy, music, visual arts, architecture and natural resources, as potentials for creative industry. It will also search for new ways to make local wisdom more relevant to our modern living.

From March 19 to 22, 2020, along with the opening of TCDC Khon Kaen is “Empowering ISAN: Thinking About and Creating Isan Economy”, with Isan assets as the main character. Highlight activities are Lighting & Projection Mapping and a seminar on the decoding of the Serng Production and Organizer Co., Ltd.’s successful “Tai Ban” universe and the development of Isan entertainment business. For more details,   fb.com/TCDCKhonKaen

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