AN EXHIBITION BY PINK BLUE BLACK & ORANGE (PBB&O) SHOWCASES 25 CRUCIAL ‘MATTERS’ FOR GRAPHIC DESIGNERS TO SUCCEED, AND OFFERS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE THAI GRAPHIC DESIGN INDUSTRY OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS
WHAT DOES MATTER?
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PHOTO ESSAY : A YEAR COUNTDOWN
TEXT & PHOTO: JITTINUN JITHPRATUCK
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A series of photographs documenting a memory of the Plan House 1 building on Sathorn Soi 10 Road in its final year as the office of Plan Architect Co., Ltd. after more than 30 years of use since its construction. As the contract for the land on which the building is built comes to an end in 2023, the day will come when this place will become nothing but a mere memory.
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Jittinun Jithpratuck is an architect who joined Plan Architect Co., Ltd. in 2012. She has documented a corner of his workplace as the days and seasons passed.
PHOTO ESSAY : #TAKEHOMEDESIGNFURSPECTIVE
TEXT & PHOTO: PAPHOP WONGPANICH
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When I’m on vacation, I always want to capture the memory I have of a certain place. I choose to use my “children” (the furniture I designed) to represent different moments in my memories.
It all started with me wanting to take some beautiful and one-of-a-kind photographs of my own works. The concept has led me to bring my chairs with me to all of these various locations, causing those who see my photographs to develop a shared sentiment and imagine the feeling of using each piece of furniture while being embraced by the presence of nature. It has become a hobby of mine to take my children to places I have visited, such as waterfalls, forests, beaches, volcanoes, and even snow-capped mountain peaks. The images of my furniture being photographed in all of these beautiful settings has now become a signature of my brand. I think it’s fun.
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Paphop Wongpanich is the owner of TAKE HOME DESIGN, a boutique furniture brand. He was chosen to showcase his work as an emerging designer at the Salone Satellite Zone at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano, Italy.
PHOTO ESSAY : SALT FIELDS
TEXT & PHOTO: WAN CHANTAVILASVONG
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The tranquil silence of the mouth of a river and a pale monsoon sky highlights the shacks, the barns, and the fences of salt fields against the monotonous background. The silence and absence of people may be signifying that the area is heading towards decline, where salt farming may be becoming a part of past that has faded away from people’s everyday lives.
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Wan Chantavilasvong is a city planner and a researcher, who cherishes photography as her serious play. Her photography often portrays the similarities and differences between the environments and people’s lives in different parts of the world.
THE NEXT STEP OF OPENBOX
LOOK AT THE NEXT STEP OF OPENBOX WITH ITS SIX VETERAN ARCHITECTS PROMOTING TO THE STUDIO’S ASSOCIATE TEAM, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE TWO FOUNDERS, RATIWAT AND PRANG SUWANNATRAI
THE STANDARD, BANGKOK MAHANAKHON
A GROUNDBREAKING HOTEL WITH THE TAGLINE “ANYTHING BUT STANDARD” THAT DEVIATES ITSELF FROM THE NORM OF MOST HOTEL CHAINS, BY WHICH INTEGRATING ART, MUSIC, FASHION, AND DESIGN TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN FEEL LIKE THEMSELVES IN THEIR OWN WAYS
ADULAYA HOONTRAKUL
WITH ART4D’S INVITATION, VICHAYA MUKDAMANEE, DEAN OF SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY’S FACULTY OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND PRINTMAKING, SPEAKS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF BANGKOK ART AND CULTURE CENTRE (BACC), ABOUT THE BACC UPCOMING GOAL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE NEW GENERATION, FUTURE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN THAILAND, AND THE ROLE OF ART SPACE AS A PUBLIC AREAS OF MANY IDEOLOGIES.
MOK PANWA CHRISTMAS TREE
CENTRAL CHIANGRAI CELEBRATES THE NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE MADE FROM LOCALLY SOURCED MATERIALS AND ADORNED WITH CHRISTMAS BALL THAT INCORPORATES THE DESIGNS FROM SIX INDIGENOUS TRIBES IN CHIANGRAI TO REPRESENT THE MODEST TRIBAL WAY OF LIFE AND THEIR DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE
QSNCC : A TOUR WITH ONION
ART4D INVITES ONION TO TAKE US AROUND THE ‘NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER’ AND LEARN ABOUT THE DESIGN WHICH IS SET TO BE REMARKABLE, HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL, AND CONVEY A SENSE OF MODERN THAI-NESS
PHOTO ESSAY : FADE #01
TEXT & PHOTO: THANNOP AUTTAPUMSUWAN
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What can be seen clearly may not always be understood emotionally.
Ascend, exist, perish…
Objects, places, and spirits… time is always passing, and we can’t really tell how long things can last. Unknowingly, things may be fading away at any moment. But everything we have come across has something we can experience differently as an individual through the way we see, interact and touch. From what one particular thing is or could be at a particular time, to the process of self-reflection that occurs along the way, things seem to change or fade away in one’s memories.
There are certain things that people experience collectively, which can also be varied by the difference in time at which the experience unfolds. The artist uses black and white film photographs and photography techniques, including darkroom processes, to convey viewers’ perspectives and to reveal discernible, tactile meanings of how things emerge, sustain, and cease to exist. The process is reliant on each viewer’s personal anecdotes, helping them express the stories of their interactions with the photographs.
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Thannop Auttapumsuwan graduated from Silpakorn University’s Faculty of Architecture. He is currently working as an architectural photographer and exploring personal projects with black and white film cameras and darkroom processes.
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