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    Lion's share

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 27/01/2017

    » The night was lively around the neighbourhood of Saint-Germain-des-Prés last Saturday for the opening of this year's Paris Déco Off, an annual event where more than 100 home-furnishing-fabrics brands join to showcase their latest designs. But there was perhaps more buzzing than anywhere else down the quaint Rue de Furstenberg where the Jim Thompson showroom is situated.

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    Remaking the scene

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/12/2016

    » It has been a busy year for the Thai art scene, with well-known artists taking turns treating Bangkok viewers to their latest works, new galleries welcomed and old ones closing down, and politics remaining deeply embedded in artistic expression.

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    Poor me

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/01/2016

    » While Crescent Moon Theatre presents the Thai-Korean collaboration Mai Pen Rai Project, Democrazy Theatre Studio is kicking off 2016 with Peerapol Kijreunpiromsuk's directorial debut Plan B.

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    Searching for identity

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 06/01/2016

    » In one exhibition room at Navin Rawanchaikul's studiOK in Chiang Mai, wooden crates used for shipping his previous artworks are piled up as a huge rectangular structure. An entrance on one side reveals an old fabric shop, with rolls of cloth of various colours, desks and measurement tools. Open for viewing for the first time late last month, the "shop" is an exact recreation of O.K. Store, Navin's family clothing store, his original home in Chiang Mai's Warorot Market. 

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    A very hairy journey

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 26/08/2014

    » Armed with scissors and a comb, Japanese Jun Kuwabara set out earlier this year to travel the world and, while he's at it, cut the hair of 1,000 people. In a recent interview with Life, the 26-year-old hairdresser took us through the leafy and vibrant Rambuttri in the Khao San area to set up "a temporary salon".

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    Linguistic realities

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 04/08/2014

    » With indecipherable squiggles on the whiteboard, July Premprecha, a Burmese language teacher, wrote a few simple greetings to her class. Although it is only halfway into the first term with Burmese in the curriculum, the Thai students of Pichairattanakarn School in Ranong province can already respond to simple questions with ease.

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    From compass to crew cut

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 24/02/2014

    » Satasak Torraksarn, who cuts hair at one of Siam Square’s oldest establishments, Tew’s Barber Shop, has identified at least two similarities between his current occupation and his previous profession — architect: both jobs, he says, are about providing a service and ensuring the client is satisfied with the completed work. One major difference, of course, is the length of time needed to achieve that final result.

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