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The ghost of pop culture future
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 08/08/2014
» Last month, Thai fans had their first Comic Con experience, when BEC Tero and TrueVisions hosted the Bangkok Comic Con at Paragon Hall, an event local devotees of all things pop culture welcomed with delight.
The design guy
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 03/07/2014
» ‘I ended up in Java from despair,” says Christopher Guy Harrison, founder of luxury furnishing brand Christopher Guy. He leans back on his Cezanne sofa, which takes up almost 5m of his living room in a penthouse in Singapore, and crosses his feet. He is wearing cowboy boots. The view from where he sits is spectacular. Marina Bay Sands and Esplanade accentuates the panoramic view south of the city, idle ships dot the open sea. The curved sofa has been designed to mimic the meandering of the Seine.
Honeyhole of creativity
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 09/06/2014
» A few years ago Constant Tedder found himself working in a Hong Kong coffee shop. He was in his early forties and had just sold the last of his business interests in London, including his stake in Jagex Games Studio, best known for the MMORPG RuneScape, which he co-founded.
Japanese art utopia
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 15/05/2014
» Naoshima lies midway between Hiroshima and Osaka — a small island town in the Seto Inland Sea, previously neglected and ravaged by severe water pollution from industrial waste in the 70s, revitalised by art in recent years.