WHO LIGHT IS was created with our passion to enhance visual elements and elevate the users’ sensory experience through the use of light and darkness.
MoMa designed by HAS design and research I Photo courtesy of LIGHT IS
WHAT Lighting design consultants that work on projects of various scales, from the interior of residential, retail, and hospitality to large-scale projects such as high-rise buildings, landscape, and urban spaces.
WHEN LIGHT IS was founded in 2019
WHERE We are Bangkok-based designers with an international design practice background.
MoMa designed by HAS design and research I Photo courtesy of LIGHT IS
MoMa designed by HAS design and research I Photo courtesy of LIGHT IS
WHY We believe in the magic of light. The power of intangible substances to transform an ordinary space into a memorable experience, to construct the journey of emotions to architecture.
How would you define creativity? Creativity cannot be defined. Once defined, Creativity is bounded.
Under the Sun designed by POAR Architect I Photo courtesy of LIGHT IS
Under the Sun designed by POAR Architect I Photo courtesy of LIGHT IS
Describe your practice in three words. Sensation | Simplicity | Satisfaction
Na Tanao designed by POAR Architect I Photo courtesy of LIGHT IS
Na Tanao designed by POAR Architect I Photo courtesy of LIGHT IS
Where do you go, or what do you do when you get stuck on a project? We go get some drinks.
What project are you most proud of?
Every project that puts smiles on people’s faces, especially the team who went through the process together.
If you could invite any creative out for coffee, who would you choose and why? Thomas Alva Edison and Nikola Tesla whose competition had modernized artificial illumination and forever changed the world. We would invite them to have a cup of coffee up in the sky where they can look down and see a field of stars on earth, and thank them for giving us this profession.
Under the Sun designed by POAR Architect I Photo courtesy of LIGHT IS
WHO everyday studio is an interior and furniture design-focused practice. To describe ourselves, we would say that we are a design collective specializing primarily in interior design and furniture design. We also have our own furniture brand, everyday.
CC Conference Center
WHAT Our goal is to create good, qualified, and creative works. We never confine our design to a particular style, but we do know that interior design and furniture design are our specialties.
BLUE NAILS @ Siam Discovery
WHEN The studio was formed in 2014, and since then, we have been having fun, working and learning new things. We view ourselves as a team of young designers who are still keen to learn and adjust how we think about and approach a project, because the assignments we are given change, and there’s always something new to work with every year.
WHERE The office and showroom of daily studio are located on Soi Sathupradit 21. It is not the most accessible location but it is manageable. So, the designers on our teams and our clients need to have quite a bit of motivation to work with us.
everyday Showroom
everyday Showroom
WHY Why don’t we opt to specialize in interior design or furniture design in order to have a distinct selling point and direction? To create a good piece of furniture, we must understand its context, and to design a good interior space, we must understand the essential elements of the space.
What is your definition of “creativity”?
Creativity is essential to a good design. Every good design is the result of creativity.
What are your inspirations and guiding principles? Our inspiration varies. It is dependent on the project we are planning at the time. There are also several types of inspiration. There is inspiration in how a material can be modified or utilized. Then there is context-based inspiration, which pertains to the design itself. Users are also a source of our inspiration. Our principle is simply to create good design, which is the product of meticulous attention to detail that can satisfy people’s needs and expectations.
S2M Café @ Rangsit
What is the project you’re the most proud of?
We cannot choose because we are proud of every project we’ve done. Our time and commitment, the challenges posed by the project’s requirements, and our experience and learning curves vary from project to project. We can’t really compare.
We know that in addition to interior design, you also design furniture. How did that come about? As interior designers, we are aware of the direct effects furniture has on the aesthetics and functionality of a space. However, we also learned that the majority of the furniture we like, find attractive, and wish to incorporate into our design are quite expensive and has to be imported. If the price is cheaper, they are fake. So we’re interested in offering an alternative by manufacturing beautifully crafted, distinctive, and reasonably priced furniture.
Which one is your favorite piece? We like all the pieces from everyday brand. But The Rocky Family Stool, which is essentially the first piece produced by everyday studio, is our favorite. People began to recognize us because of that chair. We like the process behind it, from developing the design that considers users’ experiences and feelings before manufacturing possibilities.
Who is your favorite creative studio, designer, or artist? One of the studios whose work love we love is nendo. Oki Sato, the founder of the studio has led nendo to create an astounding diversity of works of various genres, styles, and scales. Their work is straightforward but rich with profound subtleties. We absolutely admire nendo’s ability to simplify, to tell all sorts of stories through simplistic graphic sketches that really encapsulate the essence and character of each work.
Last but not least, please use this space to introduce yourself to the people who want to know more about you? Apart from interior design and the furniture under our everyday brand, we also do project-specific design. This service helps bring this complementing features and relationship between an interior space and the furniture, ultimately creating a more satisfying and comprehensive user experience.
WHO Handigraph. The name derives from handicraft + graphic because what I do is essentially handmade rubber stamp carving. I carve eraser stamps. You can call and think of Handigraph as an eraser stamp carving studio.
WHAT Handigraph is a craft studio working primarily in eraser stamp carving, and with those stamps, different graphic design pieces are created. I’ve done a lot of patterns but mostly I like to carve architectural structures in Thailand because I think they’re quite interesting.
WHEN Eraser stamp carving has been my hobby for about ten years since I was an architecture student at Chulalongkorn University. I remember seeing carved rubber stamps by foreign artists and thinking ‘it doesn’t look that hard,’ so I gave it a try. At first, I did ordinary patterns, not just architecture. I like creating a collection because by using different stamps in the collection to create a graphic piece, it comes out pretty cute.
WHERE Since this is my hobby, I do most of the work at home, in my free time. The pieces are also available for sale on my page and at Museum Siam.
WHY I’ve seen artists carve eraser stamps into different patterns inspired by their countries’ cultural icons but I haven’t seen this type of craft work that much in Thailand. I think it’s a great medium to reflect our country’s cultural identity and characteristics, and it would be nice to have more things like this in Thailand.
What made you start carving eraser stamps into architectural structure patterns?Personally, I’ve always liked to look at architecture. Each building has its own unique details especially the old ones such as the gingerbread houses where each of them have these details that you won’t find in modern architecture. When you carve something with a lot of lines and details, the end results are usually very beautiful. One of the first buildings I carved is Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall.
What is the most fun part and what is the most difficult part of the process?
Actually each process is both difficult and easy in itself. I usually spend a lot of time finding the references for the building I want to do. Because when I carve a building I look at the proportions so I have to look for working drawings, sections and elevations. I’ve always liked parts of history that aren’t in textbooks so I really enjoy researching and searching for all the information. There is one building that I really want to do. It’s called Baan Banthom Silpa. It’s actually a very prominent residence of its time. But it’s extremely difficult to find a solid reference or a working drawing I can use. The carving process, I have to say, is the most challenging part. Because when I’m done drawing everything, there are so many details and I end up thinking ‘Will I be able to pull this off? This one isn’t going to work (laugh).’ I think it’s a process where I have to really think about how I’m going to carve everything out, so it’s just like a step-by-step process. The part that seems the easiest but is actually very difficult is the stamping. Because if you stamp and you didn’t place it down evenly, you may end up throwing away the whole thing. Stamping requires a lot of experience. There was this one time when I did everything right, exactly like it was supposed to be done, but there was too much ink being absorbed into the paper because it was raining that day so the humidity was very high. So, to get the stamp right, it may seem easy but it’s actually a lot harder than you think
Which project do you like the most?
So far, I like Suriyanuwat House the most. Once I was done with it I looked at it and I thought that this building is very cute, like a doll house. The original house belonged to Phraya Suriyanuwat, and it’s located on Larnluang Road. It’s now a museum that is open to the public.
What is Handigraph’s philosophy? I do it because I like it. I love carving eraser stamps. I work based on what I’m comfortable with. I don’t like pressure. I like the feeling where I carve something, and let my mind focus on just that moment, with the mindset that at times, I may not know what the final outcome is going to be. I don’t want to do commissions because a client may expect something different from what I’m doing. Most of the stuff that I sell are hand prints of the rubber stamps that I’ve made.
What does one have to do if they want to practice or start carving rubber stamps? We hold workshops sometimes at different venues such as Museum Siam. But the most simple thing you can start with is just try to do it. It’s just like most types of crafts, theoretically, it isn’t that complicated but to improve your skills, you need practice. Keep doing the same things until you are proficient. Then you can see the details and you’ll know which type of rubber or paper would be good for a certain type of work. These things require observations and experiences.
What do you do or where do you go when you have a creative block? I’ll eat snacks when I’m really tired and I want to heal myself. Desserts are my source of healing.
If you could choose one artist or creative individual to have a coffee with, who would you choose? I’ll go with Wara, my husband. Because we’re both designers, and he’s my life partner, my consultant and he knows my vibe. He knows what I’m thinking, with or without words. I feel the most comfortable around him. He’s like my best partner for every and any circumstance.
“REC” OR “RECREATIONBKK” IS AN EMERGING LANDSCAPE PRACTICE THAT GATHERS CREATIVE PEOPLE FROM A WIDE RANGE OF PROFESSIONS WHO SHARE THE SAME IDEOLOGY: ‘OUR LIVING ENVIRONMENT TODAY CAN BE BETTER’
HANABITATE IS AN ARCHITECTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN FIRM FROM CHAING MAI THAT INTENDS TO CREATE A GOOD LIVING ENVIRONMENT WHILE SEARCHING FOR NEW DESIGN POSSIBILITIES IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT
WHO Watsuk Architect Studio is an architectural practice with a focus on creating a design that exists in syn-chronization with its own context through an incorporation of nature, environment, people’s ways of life and needs, to enable a sustainable coexistence of all elements. That’s the concept behind Watsuk Architect Studio’s origin.
WHAT Watsuk Architect Studio is an architectural practice with a focus on creating a design that exists in syn-chronization with its own context through an incorporation of nature, environment, people’s ways of life and needs, to enable a sustainable coexistence of all elements. That’s the concept behind Watsuk Architect Studio’s origin.
House Farm
WHEN Founded in 2020 with the mindset to develop my own style of architecture, the actual beginning of the prac-tice dates back to my study at the Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University where the notion and prac-tice of sustainability has always been an integral part of my architectural education. All of the works I cre-ated during my school years were environmentally conscious and put a great deal of consideration on cre-ating usable and livable spaces for everyone. Then I had a chance to work in a design firm with a really well-organized and managed thought process, and gradually I garnered experiences and created works toward my own intended direction.
House Farm
WHERE I’m currently based in Chonburi and I operate as a freelancer.
WHY We’re living in the time when architecture is very diverse and people are offered greater alternatives to find a designer or architect that best suits their preferences. I believe that the typologies of residential buildings are different but there certain commonalities they all need to deliver, which include convenience and sus-tainability. Everyone should develop and learn together because it is both challenge and fun; experiencing something with the people who share the same interests as you.
Brick Cafe
Brick Cafe
How would you define creativity?
The future. I think creativity is a path leading us to the future. The development of small possibilities or even impossibilities that can benefit a society more or less; that can inspire myself and others to create even more and greater developments.
Junjao The Pool Villa Resort Diagram
Junjao The Pool Villa Resort Section & Diagram
Junjao The Pool Villa Resort Plan
Describe your practice in three words.
Emphatic I good environment I happiness.
Where do you go, or what do you do when you get stuck on a project? Doing what I like is what I find to be a very good solution. I would draw, just about anything, and ideas would just come up. Sometimes, I would watch a movie on Netflix and some of the dialogues would catch my attention and became inspirations for me to think about my work. There was this one time where I worked on a project with my friend and our client said, “I got the inspiration behind the design of this resort from a song I was listening to. The album cover is this scene of a barbeque party in front of a house. I like how that image feels.” I think doing something else besides working really helps with how I find inspiration.
What project are you most proud of?
I’m proud of every work I did because each of them have their own context whether it’s the location, re-quirements, users or ecosystem. The Jan Jao Resort, for example, isn’t that visually striking in terms of design, but there is this quintessential Thai characteristic that makes it distinctive, as well as the experi-ences of being closer to nature it offers its users that are somehow healing.
If you could invite any creative out for coffee, who would you choose and why? I really can’t choose. I want to invite designers from different fields so we can have a discussion about new ideas, issues and possible future directions of what we can do, and how our works can evolve. That would be interesting.
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.
WHAT AIM INTERIOR DESIGN is an interior architecture design studio founded in 2018 by Suthasinee Suwanwalaikorn. With our beliefs in the competence of interior architecture, we aim to express our philosophy through designs with the interrelationship between interior design, architectural space, and its context.
BAC Office, project in collaboration with SSAA Studio
BAC Office, project in collaboration with SSAA Studio
BAC Office, project in collaboration with SSAA Studio
BAC Office diagram
WHEN Started off as a freelance interior architect in 2018 and registered a company in 2022
WHERE Bangkok, Thailand
WHY We “aim” to curate an aesthetically pleasing space that functionally escalates people’s quality of life.
MFEC Office (Phase 2) diagram
How would you define creativity?
We believe that creativity is an act of turning anything or any idea into reality. There is no right or wrong, just different perspectives.
Describe your practice in three words.
Attentive l Collaborative l Customer-Oriented
MFEC Office (Phase 3)
MFEC Office (Phase 3)
MFEC Office (Phase 3) diagram
Where do you go, or what do you do when you get stuck on a project? Put myself in the new environments, go to new places, see new faces, listen to other people’s stories or spend time on other kinds of art that could help activate my emotions and creativity.
What project are you most proud of?
Not particularly on any specific projects but we’re always proud when our clients are satisfied with the work we deliver to them : )
Reflection Jomtien Beach Pattaya Condo, Project in Collaboration with VIDA Design Studio
Interior : AIM Interior Design, VIDA Design Studio
If you could invite any creative out for coffee, who would you choose and why? Peter Zumthor since he has a very unique design approach with thoughtful details.
Reflection Jomtien Beach Pattaya Condo, Project in Collaboration with VIDA Design Studio
WHAT A modern art studio inspired by Buddhist mythologies, expressed using various combinations of old and new techniques to cultivate an appreciation in both art and Buddhism.
WHEN It started with a senior project while I was studying Material and Context base at the Faculty of Architec-ture’s Department of Industrial Design, Chulalongkorn University. The project I did was a continuation of my experimentation on materiality with the help of Assitant Professor Dr. Takerng Pattanopas, Assistant Professor Pim Sudhikam and Assitant Professor Dr. Juthamas Tangsantikul. The work was first shared on my personal social media account and the feedback was quite good so I decided to carry on with the de-velopment.
WHERE I work at home and at temples at times (when I want to focus on my thoughts) and there may be exhibitions happening in the future.
WHY Buddhism has always been an integral part of my subconscious since I was young. It has always been a part of the environment I grew up in. I was lucky enough to be able to go to a Sunday Buddhist school when I was a kid. My friends would talk about Conan the Japanese comic and I would picture images of a Chadok tale from the Bhuddha’s teaching, Conandhawisan, in my head.
Then I started to watch a lot YouTube videos and felt inspired by many content creators so I would read the books they recommended and apply what I read to my work. My dad is an avid amulet collector but I wasn’t all that into the conventional stuff. I like art toys. So, the idea of mixing that with Buddhism sort of gives birth to this work that I’m doing.
How would you define creativity?
It’s an application of existing objects and know-how into the development of something useful. It’s some-thing that allows me to practice and learn. At the same time, the creative process helps me meditate and prepare myself to handle changes because once the production process takes place, the reality will be dif-ferent from what you envision in your head. The important thing you can do is to control your emotions at all times because it affects how your work turns out.
Describe your practice in three words?
Dharma l pop culture l ancient processes (it’s like how there’s a specific type of ice cream made with this so-called traditional process but nobody really knows for sure what ‘traditional’ really is).
Where do you go? or what do you do when you get stuck on a project? When I’m stuck with my thoughts, I would go do something entirely different from the work I was doing. If I want to keep my creative flow, I have to go take a walk outside and take time to observe my surroundings. Listening to hip-hop music helps tremendously with my creative process. Going to temples to make merits also helps me creatively. If I’m too lazy to walk, I would read. I read poetry sometimes. Ideas usually come when I let my mind wander and I would write them down. When there’s a project that comes along, I would match it with one of those ideas.
What project are you most proud of?
The Still Buddha and Cloud Robe. It was magical when I found this part of the Buddha sculpture and it was like I saw this vision of this wave and that I was supposed to create it into a sculpture, and several other works that would follow.
If you could invite any creative out for coffee, who would you choose and why? Daniel Arsham. I was such a huge fan of him since he wasn’t that very well known but his works have in-spired me so much whether it the actual making process, the thought process, how cool and expensive they are. I was in the Netherlands and saw his works being exhibited with Banksy. Being there and seeing the real thing with my own eyes, I was super impressed. With that work, he played with time and historical objects, and how the present is the past of the future. He signed his signature and dated it a thousand years from now. For example, if it was the year 2022, he would sign 3022. There are actually many crea-tive individuals that I would love to have a drink with because there is so much more for me to learn.
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