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    Springing forward

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 11/04/2019

    » When one thinks of Swatch, it's usually the timelessly fun, quirky and colourful plastic Swiss-made watches that come to mind. Yet earlier this year -- set against the minimalistic new headquarters of the Swatch Group in Biel, Switzerland -- the company's enigmatic CEO Nick Hayek and creative director Carlo Giordanetti launched their latest heavy-duty (and one can say revolutionary) timepiece -- the Swatch Flymagic.

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    Problem solved

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 09/04/2019

    » If you attended a concert or event in the past four years, chances are you would have encountered a little ticket-selling website called Ticketmelon.com.

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    Fantastic folk montages

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 26/09/2018

    » For over a decade, New York-based interdisciplinary artist Bruce Gundersen has been fascinated by Southeast Asian mythical folk tales. Stories like Pla Boo Thong (The Golden Goby Fish) and Champa Thong have long been passed down from generation to generation through text, song, dance, visual arts, and even in TV series and movies.

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    The Thai-French connection

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 02/08/2018

    » A body of a naked woman lies lifeless on a muddy hill as curious bystanders look on; a ghostly shadow in front of an abandoned train station flails as if in pain; and on a footpath, an elderly woman sits dejected in front of her broken car, daydreaming.

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    A thousand words of shape and form and social observation

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 04/07/2018

    » PhotoBangkok, Thailand's largest, home-grown international photography festival, will be launching its second iteration today at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC).

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    More real than reality

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 21/06/2018

    » ‘This is my favourite room!” exclaimed teamLab member Takashi Kudo as he led us through a maze of hanging crystal lights. With the LEDs glimmering and dancing around us like stars, it felt like we were drifting through a cosmic universe. Taking out his phone, Kudo, with a swipe of his finger, suddenly made it rain. White lights trickled down from the hanging crystal strips mimicking raindrops, changing the atmosphere completely. It was a jaw-dropping experience, but the gorgeous display of light and sound was just the tip of the iceberg.

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    The man with history in his lens

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 13/02/2018

    » 'You're all very young!" exclaimed Nick Ut after we introduced ourselves to each other. "I remember -- me too! I started when I was very young."

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    The North's most creative week of the year

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 13/12/2017

    » This past weekend Chiang Mai was buzzing with artists, creative entrepreneurs and design lovers from all over the country as the third rendition of Chiang Mai Design Week came and went in a flash.

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    The good, the bad and the ugly

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 01/11/2017

    » If the World Press Photo Exhibition teaches us anything about the world we live in, it's that it is equal parts beautiful and equal parts ugly. The ugly, though, tends to stick. Pollution, assassinations, wars and mutilated animals: they're images that are hard to get out of your mind. They're images that make you question whether humanity has any dignity left. But they're images that the world needs to see to wake up and make a difference.

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    30 years of Kamphee

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 14/09/2017

    » No matter who you were, where you came from, or what you did, all the barriers of class, education and politics were torn down last Saturday at Pongsit Kamphee's 30th anniversary concert -- "30 Years Kamphee: You're My Friend".

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