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    From the Big Apple to the Big Mango

    Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 26/05/2018

    » It's all been there done that on the Cannes Lion advertising award circuit for Kantapon Metheekul. The young creative executive has won many awards, been featured in several publications and has illustrated for a handful of high street and luxury fashion brands -- but that's not his true calling. As someone who loved to draw since he was five, it was only natural that Kantapon's veins throbbed to become a full-time artist -- to draw his own creations and not what others briefed him to. After three years of working for advertising agencies, he packed his bags and headed to New York to become an artist.

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    Concerned citizen of the world arrives from Westeros

    Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 14/10/2017

    » The Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on television screens and the one in real life share a striking similarity -- both are adamant in their wills to fight off the White Walkers.

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    From Porto with love

    Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 10/10/2017

    » In our conversation with Portugal's ambassador to Thailand, His Excellency Francisco Vaz Patto, among the things that came up were: WTF Gallery and Cafe, start-up incubators, same-sex marriage and Tawn C.'s recent spring/summer 2018 fashion show.

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    Scouting out new superheroes

    Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 06/05/2016

    » C.B. Cebulski may have been working at Marvel Comics for the past 17 years, but figuratively, he's been with the superhero powerhouse for 40 years -- becoming a fan the second his father handed him his first X-Men comic when he was five.

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    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." 

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    Manus faux pas?

    Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 16/07/2014

    » It might be sexist, ageist, classist. Or is it just childish humour that will soon fade? The term manus pa — “the auntie species”, or as some say, “Super Aunties” — has emerged as the most debated and notorious Thai catchphrase of 2014.

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    Continuing compassion

    Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 23/10/2012

    » The legendary forest conservationist Seub Nakhasathien was known for his unstinting efforts to save and protect wildlife in Huay Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, which was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in 1991 and is spread over Kanchanaburi, Tak and Uthai Thani provinces. His suicide from stress over failing to save wild animals 22 years ago shocked Thailand, but his good name and crusade remain in the hearts of many today.

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