CHIANG MAI DESIGN WEEK (CMDW) HAD BEEN HELD FOR EIGHT CONSECUTIVE YEARS NOW. THIS YEAR’S CMDW ARE AROUND THEMED ‘LOCAL RISE-ACTION’ WHICH ASKS HOW A MAJOR CONCEPT SUCH AS ‘SUSTAINABILITY’ MAY BE ADAPTED TO FIT A CITY SUCH AS CHIANG MAI
ART4D SPEAKS TO SUPAVEE SIRINKRAPORN ABOUT HER LATEST COLLABORATION WITH KAJORNSAK NAKPAN IN DESIGNING A CLOTHING ITEM MADE FROM PREHISTORIC SOIL FROM AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE AND REVEALS THE CREATIVE PROCESS THAT EMPLOYS THE PAST AS A FORMULA FOR THE DESIGN
ART4D SPEAKS TO ENTER PROJECTS ASIA ABOUT THE STUDIO’S DESIGN APPROACH IN THE INTEGRATION OF RATTAN AND MODERN TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES, PAVING A NEW WAY OF USING LOCAL MATERIAL IN CONTEMPORARY DESIGN
The uneven and rugged surface in this project by Studio Anne Holtrop is neither from decadence or damage. They are the intentionally designed cracks presenting the studio’s idea of ‘material gesture’ which is using the material in a creative way.
