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Wanna Courtyard and chill?
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 29/07/2016
» It's a full-scale war going out on Thong Lor now, with the recent opening of 72 Courtyard, situated between sois 16 and 18. Those who brave to venture this already-packed road better bring it to Bangkok's glitziest wining and dining high street.
Museum of laughter
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 22/07/2016
» The occasion calls for a teary eye, but Thailand Creative and Design Center (TCDC) is holding its very last exhibition at its current home in The Emporium with a factory loaded with laughter.
Bollywood stardust on his shoes
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 07/07/2016
» Bangkok does get some Bollywood stardust every now and then. Last month, dancing superstar Dharmesh Yelande, better known on the subcontinent as Dharmesh Sir, was in Bangkok to lead a dance workshop at Rizza Dance Company.
Where filmmaking is a joy
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 16/04/2016
» When GTH made headlines last December by announcing that it would forever drop the curtain, movie lovers throughout the nation fell into collective mourning for a film house famed for both mainstream hits and cult-favourites, such as Hello Stranger and the billion-baht-grossing Pee Mak.
Tailored eyewear
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 29/02/2016
» When you sell glasses that don't use a single screw -- that can be sat on, bent and even left under the sun for hours in awkward angles and not break -- the product clearly speaks for itself. In fact, Berlin-based eyewear company Mykita is so refreshingly free from marketing gloss that their spring summer campaign for 2016 simply uses the founder's friend's daughter, his dog and his dog-sitter as models.
Colour me bad
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 25/02/2016
» John C. Jay draws you in like a magnet. Nothing short of being a marketing legend, the Chinese-American adman also comes across as a winsome person. When you hear him say that he's known to "stretch the boundaries of the brand, but not break it", he doesn't come across as bragging. Jay gives us the stretched out hand gesture equivalent too, to match his vibrant personality.
A bit of Issey, Kendall and Charlie Brown
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 28/01/2016
» Super cool collections not to be missed this season.
In the dark
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 13/01/2016
» Thailand's advertising industry occupies both the highest and lowest grounds when it comes to pushing creativity. We're often regarded as the funniest peddlers in the world, and there's a long string of Cannes trophies and instantaneous LOL-reactions to prove it. But, at the opposite end of the spectrum, we also sometimes attract international media attention for the wrong reasons, such as the discriminating ads that continue to infiltrate the public sphere. Last week, beauty company Seoul Secret caused an uproar with its whitening pill tagline that brazenly voiced what other skin-whitening ads in Thailand have been subliminally implying for decades: "You just need to be white to win."
Daddy cool
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 05/12/2015
» You are prone to catching the fashion bug when you have a father who would “change his outfit four times a day, even if all he did was sit on the porch”, Pusit Patthanaprakan says of his own dressy dad.
Silence is the enemy
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 25/11/2015
» The course of Linor Abargil's life has been shaped by two extremes -- she was raped at knifepoint at 18 and six weeks later she was crowned Miss World 1998. Her story of survival and how she got her rapist a 16-year sentence in jail has turned Abargil into a household shero in her homeland Israel, as well as a globe-trotting advocate fighting against sexual violence. The 35-year-old has spoken about it extensively, probably over a hundred times all over the world in various centres and interviews -- not that it becomes any easier each time.