ART4D SPEAKS TO WARUT WIMOLKUNARAK ABOUT HIS RECENT WORK, 2046: THE GREATER EXODUS – AN UNCONVENTIONAL SHOW THAT COMBINES PERFORMANCE ART AND FINE DINING, AND WARUT HIMSELF ABOUT HIS ROLE OF BEING AN ‘EXPERIENCE DESIGNER’
WARUT WIMOLKUNARAK
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TAKANAO TODO DESIGN
PHOTO COURTESY OF TAKANAO TODO DESIGN EXCEPT AS NOTED
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WHO
TAKANAO TODO DESIGN
WHAT
Architecture / Ceramic / Design Consultation
Bak Bodhi Pavilion l Photo: Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu Noted: Bak Bodhi Pavilion is a project in collaboration with the International Program in Design and Architecture, Chulalongkorn University (INDA) – The design team consists of Ann-pavinee Langenskioeld (Ann), Methawadee Pathomrattanapiban (Sincere), Napapa Soonjan (Luktarn), Natalie Pirarak (Tang), Natcha Thanachanan (Plern), Pheerapitch Phetchareon (Ode), Pitchaya Tangtanawirut (Pizza), Praewrung Chantumrongkul (Ping), Prima Rojanapiyawong (Pie), Slin Smakkamai (Kana), Tanon Theerasupwitaya (In), Thanapat Limpanaset (Than) and Yuhunny Baka (Hunny)
Bak Bodhi Pavilion l Photo: Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu
Bak Bodhi Pavilion l Photo: Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu
WHEN
Since 2017, I have won various scale international architectural competitions, leading to setting up my own design services. Ceramic production began in 2015. It started for sake utensils, and later specialized in tea utensils especially, after learning the Omote-Senke tea ceremony.
Koto Tea Space l Photo courtesy of TAKANAO TODO DESIGN
Koto Tea Space l Photo courtesy of TAKANAO TODO DESIGN
Koto Tea Space l Photo courtesy of TAKANAO TODO DESIGN
WHERE
I am based in Bangkok, but have projects in Chiangmai, Japan, for my architectural work. My ceramic works are displayed in both the Central Embassy, Open House, and the Central the original store, Kolophon also. Since I do not have my own kiln, I fire at various locations and methods from electric, and gas, to raku firing.
WHY
Thailand is a platform that allowing to collaboration with many talented people without much of barriers. Through the collaboration, it allows expanding the potential of design fields. Meanwhile, teaching and having projects from Chulalongkorn University, International Program in Design and Architecture (INDA) allows opportunities to experiment as well.
Lighthouse in Yokohama l Photo: Takeshi Noguchi
Lighthouse in Yokohama l Photo: Takeshi Noguchi
How would you define creativity?
Collision of various expertise, ability to find the latent connections, ability to interpret one’s personal experience, and knowledge of beauty in a classic masterpiece.
Describe your practice in three words.
Collaboration I Eternal Modernity I Joy
Where do you go, or what do you do when you get stuck on a project?
Have a Matcha, Sleep, take a random walk or meditation
What project are you most proud of?
Tea X Tech project. It is a project of collaboration between FabCafe, Midori-kai, and TAKANAO TODO Design, working from the Architectural design of a demountable tea house, digital fabrication for a tea house and tea utensils, reflecting Thai design inspirations, and tea events came together with a small grant from Japan Foundation.
Tea X Tech: Photo courtesy of TAKANAO TODO DESIGN
Tea X Tech: Photo courtesy of TAKANAO TODO DESIGN
Tea X Tech: Photo courtesy of TAKANAO TODO DESIGN
If you could invite any creative out for coffee, who would you choose and why?
I would like to meet Khun Somluk Pantiboon, the ceramicist.
He is an inspiration for a new generation of Thai ceramicists passionate about tea ceramic culture, and haven’t had a chance to meet him in person yet.
OFFICE BUILDING 01 | GUARDIAN GLASS
OFFICE BUILDING 01 | GUARDIAN GLASS
EXPLORE THE USE OF GUARDIAN GLASS IN LEADING OFFICE BUILDINGS AS A MATERIAL CATERS TO FUNCTIONALITY AND REFLECTS THE VISION OF ITS OWNER OR ORGANIZATION IT REPRESENTS
NENDO SEES KYOTO
SATO OKI, A JAPANESE DESIGNER FROM NENDO, ALONG WITH THE TRADITIONAL ARTISANS IN KYOTO REEXAMINE 9 OLD-BUT-GOLD KYOTO TRADITIONAL CRAFTS THROUGH THE LENS OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN IN NENDO SEES TOKYO
MUSEUM OF POPULAR HISTORY
ART4D SPEAKS TO ANON CHAWALAWAN, A FOUNDER OF THE MUSEUM OF POPULAR HISTORY WHO RECORDS A POLITICAL MOVEMENT OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM NARRATIVE BY COLLECTING OBJECTS THAT SEEMS RATHER CONVENTIONAL BUT ARE PACKED WITH THE ENDEAVOUR OF ORDINARY PEOPLE
THE DESIGN CAMP 2022
TAKE A LOOK AT THE WINNERS OF ALL 4 CATEGORIES OF THE DESIGN CAMP 2022, THE COMPETITION BY THE AMERICAN HARDWOOD EXPORT COUNCIL (AHEC) AND HDII JAKARTA THAT SEARCHES FOR A NEW DESIGN CREATION FROM AMERICAN RED OAK TIMBER
PHOTO ESSAY : 365OHMANAWAT
TEXT & PHOTO: ANAWAT PETCHUDOMSINSUK
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The feeling of never accomplishing anything substantial, of giving up what I started after a few days became the beginning of 365ohmanawat. By taking one still life photograph everyday for 365 consecutive days, this project is proof of my commitment to do something with the kind of consistency and determination that I had never done before. With my expertise as a professional photographer, the ideas and techniques incorporated to each image I captured are different from what I normally do.
Having to photograph products and food for advertising purposes, reality is deviated to render perfection. The longer I work, the more tedious it becomes. But that dullness motivates me to try doing something I have never done; to create something that is different from what we would usually see.
Some of the images may induce awkwardness. Some may give an opposite result to what a normal advertisement tends to deliver. But the experimental approach means that there is no limitation to what contents and techniques I could create and use.The photographs in this project are highly diverse, some may even upset people, some are objects and food found in our daily life, while some are the outcomes of my experimentation using techniques I saw in the media but never had a chance to try them out before.
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Anawat Petchudomsinsuk is a freelance food photographer who loves memes and cheekiness.
PERCEPTION OF EMPTINESS
KULTHIDA SONGKITTIPAKDEE FROM HAS DESIGN AND RESEARCH REINTERPRETS THE TRANSPARENCY OF SPACE AND MATERIALS AS TOOLS TO DEVELOP AN UNBOUND, MYSTERIOUS, AND INFINITE PERCEPTION TOWARDS ARCHITECTURE
DIÊN KHANH HOUSE
DIÊN KHANH HOUSE BY 6717 STUDIO ILLUSTRATES HOW GREEN SPACE AND NATURAL LIGHT CAN BE MANIPULATED WITHIN THE LIMITED SPACE OF ‘TUBE HOUSE’ WHICH IS AN ARCHITECTURAL TYPOLOGY TYPICALLY FOUND THROUGHOUT VIETNAM
ARRHOV FRICK: REORIENTATION
TONKAO PANIN INTRODUCES ARRHOV FRICK, AN ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE FROM SWEDEN WHOSE WORKS ARE DISSOCIATED FROM ‘AESTHETIC MANIPULATION’, PRESENTING STRAIGHTFORWARD ARCHITECTURE BASED ON STRUCTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION LOGIC