IT SEEMS LIKE HUMANS ARE COVERTLY PROPELLED BY STORIES WE HAVE BEEN MADE UP OF: GOD, DEMOCRACY, OR CAPITALISM. ARIN RUNGJANG REVISITS FICTION AND POWERS THAT SHAPE HUMAN SOCIETY INTO WHAT IT IS WITH HIS ARTWORKS
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CHIANG MAI DESIGN WEEK 2022
CHIANG MAI DESIGN WEEK (CMDW) HAD BEEN HELD FOR EIGHT CONSECUTIVE YEARS NOW. THIS YEAR’S CMDW ARE AROUND THEMED ‘LOCAL RISE-ACTION’ WHICH ASKS HOW A MAJOR CONCEPT SUCH AS ‘SUSTAINABILITY’ MAY BE ADAPTED TO FIT A CITY SUCH AS CHIANG MAI
ARCHITECT’23
STAY TUNED FOR ARCHITECT EXPO 2023 OR ARCHITECT’23, WHICH IS HELD UNDER THE THEME ‘TUM THAD: TIME OF TOGETHERNESS’ THAT REPRESENTS THE COMING TOGETHER OF ARCHITECTS FROM ALL FIELDS, AS WELL AS OTHER CREATIVES AND DESIGNERS IN THE MOST QUINTESSENTIALLY THAI CHARACTERISTICS: THE FOOD CULTURE
KAOMAI TEA BARN
A SEQUEL TEA SHOP OF KAOMAI ESTATE 1955 WHERE PAVA ARCHITECTS UTILIZE THE ‘RECONSTRUCTION’ DESIGN PROCESS TO BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL VIBE OF 70-YEAR-OLD TOBACCO-CURING BARNS
NOT TOO VIRGIN DESIGN LAB
A DESIGN LAB WITH THE INTENTION TO TRANSFORM ABANDONED RECYCLED AND ECO-FRIENDLY MATERIALS INTO HOME DECORATION AND FURNITURE, ILLUSTRATING THE ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF DESIGN THAT ARE BOTH FRIENDLY TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND CATER TO DESIGN LOVERS
BAAN KHA-NAM NOI
A SMALL HOUSE BY YANGNA STUDIO IS BUILT OUT OF RECYCLED BUILDING MATERIALS AND SITUATED WITHIN AN EXISTING SWINE HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY WITH THE INTENTION NOT TO FURTHER EXPLOIT NATURE
HAUNTED
HAUNTED SOLO EXHIBITION BY TAWAN WATTUYA UTILIZES DRAMATIC IMAGERY SYMBOLIZING ‘HEAVEN’, THE UTOPIC LAND WITH THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO ELIMINATE DISSIDENTS, AND ‘HELL’, THE REALM FULL OF EVIL WHO NEED TO BE EXCOMMUNICATED FROM SOCIETY. THE EXHIBITION DEPICTS THE PROPAGANDA METHOD CARRIED OUT BY THE STATE FROM THE COLD WAR TO NOW
HAPPIELAND
DESIGNED BY TRIMODE STUDIO, A CANNABIS SHOP AND LIFESTYLE PRODUCT SHOP IN A CLOUD-LIKE ATMOSPHERE UTILISES THE EFFECT OF MIRROR, LIGHT AND CURVED WALL TO DEPICT PSYCHOACTIVE EFFECTS OF CANNABIS IN THE FORM OF PHYSICAL SPACE
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2022
DECHA ARCHJANANUN FROM THINKK STUDIO INTRODUCES TEN INTERESTING WORKS FROM DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2022 IN THE NETHERLANDS WHICH CONCLUDED LAST OCTOBER. THE FESTIVAL FOCUSES ON RESEARCH AND DESIGN PROJECTS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WHICH ARE A MAINSTREAM TREND IN DESIGN INDUSTRIES ACROSS COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THAILAND
MEX COLORIZED BY NATURE
COLORIZED BY NATURE, A LATEST WATER HEATER COLLECTION FROM MEX, INCORPORATES NATURAL COLORS INTO THE DESIGN OF WATER HEATERS AS IT IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT REFLECTS THE OWNER’S PERSONALITY