EMPTY FISH TANK, A PAIR OF PANTS LAYING ACROSS THE HANDRAIL, MYSTERIOUS LETTERS WORK ON GLASS WINDOW SPREAD OUT A VAGUE FEELING OVER THE SPACE OF THE ‘STRICTE INTIMITÉ’ EXHIBITION AT SHOPHOUSE 1527. THE EXHIBITION INVITES US TO CONTEMPLATE THE ‘INTIMACY’ WE ARE USED TO, OR PERHAPS IT IS SO ROUTINE THAT WE ALREADY FORGET THAT WE ARE USED TO.
Category: ARTICLE
FOUND
FOUND IS A WEDDING STUDIO THAT PHTAA ORIGINATES FROM THE UNIQUE THAI REPLICAS OF ROMAN ARCHITECTURE’S ‘CAPITALS’ TO PRESENT A DREAM-LIKE SPACE AND A NEW WAY TO REFLECT THE IDIOSYNCRATIC THAI CONTEXT
TAIWAN DESIGN EXPO’21 IN CHIAYI – CITY AS HOME
CHECK OUT TAIWANESE DESIGN AND FIND OUT HOW MIGHT A ‘CITY’ BE TURNED INTO A ‘HOME’ IN TAIWAN DESIGN EXPO’21 IN CHIAYI HELD UNDER THE THEME ‘CITY AS HOME’ IN CHIAYI, A SMALL TOWN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF TAIWAN TO CIRCULATE DESIGNS TO THE LOCALS
THAPRA PALACE LIBRARY, SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY
AFTER SIX YEARS OF BEING A CONSTRUCTION SITE, THAPRA PALACE LIBRARY, SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY IS NOW UNVEILED AND EXHIBITS ITS DESIGN CONCEPT ‘BORDERLESS’ WHICH IS THE CONNECTION OF VARIOUS AREAS IN THE CAMPUS TO CREATE A SPACE FOR CREATIVITY AND FULFILL THE STUDENT’S CAMPUS LIFE
M+ MUSEUM
HERZOG & DE MEURON BID FAREWELL TO 2021 WITH THEIR LAST PROJECT OF THE YEAR, M+ MUSEUM IN HONG KONG WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST VISUAL CULTURE MUSEUM. THE PROJECT ALSO RAISED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE MUSEUM’S ROLE AS A LANDMARK IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD, AN OPEN SPACE FOR CRITICISM AND THE POLITICS BEHIND THE MUSEUM
THAI PAVILION : FROM THE 1930S
CHOMCHON FUSINPAIBOON EXPLORES HOW THAILAND’S NATIONAL IDENTITY IN ARTS AND THE COUNTRY’S MODERNIZATION IN INDUSTRY AND ECONOMY INFLUENCE THE DESIGN OF THAI PAVILIONS AT INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS IN THE 1930S WHICH RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHAT HAS BEEN CHANGED IN 2021
PHANTASMAPOLIS 2021 ASIAN ART BIENNIAL
LET’S EXPLORE THE IDENTITY AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF ASIAN WITH THE 8TH ASIAN ART BIENNIAL AT NATIONAL TAIWAN MUSEUM OF FINE ART, TAICHUNG, TAIWAN (ROC)
THE SETARA
CHATRI PRAKITNONTHAKAN, HUES DEVELOPMENT, AND SITTHA LERTPHAIBOONSIRI STRIVE TO FILL THE FORGOTTEN VALUE OF ‘THE ARCHITECTURE OF PEOPLE’S PARTY’ WITH THE SETARA, THE HOLIDAY HOUSE IN MAE-ON, CHIANG MAI
THE HARUKI MURAKAMI LIBRARY
DESIGNED BY KENGO KUMA AND NAMED AFTER HARUKI MURAKAMI, THE NEWLY OPENED LIBRARY AT THE FACULTY OF LETTERS, ARTS, AND SCIENCES, WASEDA UNIVERSITY LEADS THE READERS INTO ANOTHER SPHERE, AKIN TO READING MURAKAMI’S HYPNOTIC NOVEL WHERE ONE JOURNEY INTO ANOTHER WORLD
HELVETICA NOW VARIABLE
MONOTYPE STUDIO CONTINUES THE LEGACY OF THE LEGENDARY HELVETICA WITH THE RECENTLY UNVEILED FONT WITHIN WHICH CONTAINS OVER A MILLION VARIABLES, OR, TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, 1.235 MILLION VARIABLES