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.
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
TOA’S COLLABORATION WITH THAILAND’S LEADING ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS IN THEIR SEARCH FOR COLOR TRENDS AND CONCEIVABLE WAYS OF LIVING IN THE YEAR 2023, DUBBED TOA COLOR TRENDS 2023: LIVING FORWARD
