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Visions of the blind
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 15/07/2014
» A 10-year-old boy took a photo of me. His bulging eyes were clouded and glossy. They rolled uncontrollably in their sockets.
Breaking boundaries
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 09/07/2014
» Gary Baseman walks into our interview with a box full of colour pencils held shut with a hair tie, and a sketchbook, “the 138th in my lifetime”, he says. Baseman is here for the opening of his exhibition “Play With Me Or Else” at Groove@CentralWorld, featuring larger-than-life sculptures of his playful quirky characters, including a 2.4m-tall "Toby".
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.
Holding on to the past
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 19/06/2014
» At 5.05am on the 15th of May, 2020, the National Treasure Bank was broken into. The burglar was found unconscious and transported to the nearest hospital.
Home is where the art is
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 11/06/2014
» In 1958, in a letter posted in Thailand to his sister Eleanor, Jim Thompson observed, “The house should be a gem when it’s finished.”
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.
Imitation, fantasy, flattery
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 28/05/2014
» Somewhere in Thailand stands a replica of the Trevi Fountain. Somewhere else in Thailand, Rodin’s The Thinker sits pondering his epic poem in front of the Gates of Hell.
Found in translation
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 14/05/2014
» Korean series Full House has been remade four times in four languages — Filipino, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Thai. Here, a decade after the original South Korean version was released in 2004, Pirat “Mike” Nitipaisalkul and Sushar “Aom” Manaying have eclipsed Rain and Song Hye-kyo in their stardom.
Where the real junkies go
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 25/04/2014
» It’s Saturday night and Srinakharin Road is congested. Behind the massive 500,000m² Seacon Square shopping complex lies the source of the weekend evening congestion — the oasis of antique furniture and retro knick-knacks, Talad Rot Fai.
Classical duo hit the right notes
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/04/2014
» The way we listen to music has changed dramatically over the last decade. Music in the physical format has become almost redundant and collecting vinyl, a privileged piece of nostalgia. We can now access any genre of music, from anywhere in the world, without owning it. We can find out the name of an unknown song via a mobile app and then stream the whole album for free.