ABIE ABDILLAH, INDONESIAN FURNITURE DESIGNER FROM STUDIO HIJI, COMBINES INDONESIAN CRAFT WITH AMERICAN HARDWOOD TO CREATE AN CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE DESIGN WITH A LOCAL VALUE
BRINGING AN AMERICAN TOUCH TO INDONESIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP
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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
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
HAUNTED
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
HAPPIELAND
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
JINYUN QUARRIES
DNA_DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE REVITALIZES 9 ABANDONED STONE QUARRIES BY TRANSFORMING THEM INTO CULTURAL SPACES THROUGH REFURBISHING AND TRANSFORMING THE EXISTING SITE INSTEAD OF CONSTRUCTING AN ENTIRE NEW BUILDING, ALLOWING THE ARCHITECTURE TO TELL THE STORY OF HAND-MINING CULTURE BY ITSELF
PINGTAN BOOK HOUSE
APART FROM BEING A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN CAN LEARN AND BROADEN THEIR VIEW AND IMAGINATION OF THE WORLD THROUGH BOOKS, THIS LIBRARY DESIGNED BY CONDITION_LAB & UAL STUDIO ALSO ENABLES CHILDREN TO APPRECIATE THEIR HOMETOWN’S VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE, WHICH WILL BE FORGOTTEN SOON
RADICAL ROOM: POWER OF THE PLAN
RIBA (ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS) PRESENTS AN EXHIBITION THAT DELVES DOWN INTO A ‘FEMALE INFLUENCE’ IN ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLORES THE DEEPER MEANING OF THE PLAN OF THE 18TH TO 20TH CENTURY HOUSES IN ENGLAND
JIM THOMPSON ART CENTER
JIM THOMPSON ART CENTER: AN ART GALLERY THAT CORDIALLY EMBRACES THE PEOPLE AND NARRATES THE STORY OF ITS PAST AND PRESENT
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