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Sound cloud
Guru, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 08/11/2013
» Audiophile Nymph Hutakom is enthusiastic about sounds and music. Having studied sound audio engineering, Nymph is the fi rst Thai artist to release an album on Hitman Jazz. Her fi rst studio eff ort, 4Tet, is the fruit of all her own labour — she did everything herself, from compositing to writing and producing. With her uncommon avant-garde singing style, the eight tracks on the album echo her intimate and highly imaginative interpretations of jazz.
Fashionista Foodie
Guru, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 13/12/2013
» Bhubawit Kritpholnara, more commonly known as Roj of Issue, is the brains behind the ethnic-inspired sartorial creations under the banner of Issue. He has translated the eye-catching assets and piquant spirit of the fashion house into culinary creations at Issue Cafe (Another Alternative, 1/F, Siam Center, 095-520-6925. Open 10am-10pm). Offering Thai fusion fare and exotic cocktails, the 70-seat fashion cafe at Siam Center has become a new favourite of the style-conscious crowd.
Soulful silversmith
Guru, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 27/12/2013
» WHY DID YOU PICK BANGKOK AS YOUR BASE?
The personal photog
Guru, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 10/01/2014
» Fond of the art of photography from a young age, Benya Hegenbarth started working as a photo assistant in Paris and New York before returning home to shoot professionally. He uses a Canon EOS 5D, a Hasselblad Digital Back and his sharp eyes to capture emotion and beauty in portrait-style fashion photography for top glossy magazines. Benya also devotes his off-time for personal projects. Along with his photographer friends, Benya will exhibit his artistic exposition in a photozine to be unveiled later this year.
Rock ‘n’ writer
Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 24/01/2014
» Chirasak “Maew” Panphum is not just another rock star. He’s one who reads Tolstoy, Kant and other great minds. The seasoned singer and songwriter has zealously taken to his new literary stage with the recently released Listen, Practise, Play: To Become a Musician. A juxtaposition of life and melody, the paperbook entertainingly weaves together Chirasak’s real-life experiences from his music-filled childhood to his two-decade career spun with vital elements for aspiring musicians. Now passionate about writing, the artist is enthusiastically set to release two new titles.
Fond-hearted foodie
Guru, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 07/02/2014
» A young exec overseeing the diverse portfolio of her family business, Tipchaya Phongsathorn, assistant to CEO of the Premier Group of Companies, matches social entrepreneurship with her passion for philanthropy by running Food 4 Good (fb.com/food4goodth). The charitable dining programme donates B10 from every Food 4 Good-special menu served at seven participating restaurants to help end malnutrition in underprivileged children through the Sahathai Foundation, the Foundation for Children with Disability and the Baan Nokkamin Foundation.
The Paper Artiste
Guru, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 21/02/2014
» Wirin Chaowana, 23, calls herself a “paper craft designer”. She took a whole semester to cut, fold, bend, shape and glue sheets of paper into 3D sculptures of Thai traditional floral works. Conventional garlands, floral pendants and other traditional flower decorations have been turned into visually engaging sharp geometric forms and have won a number of accolades for this new visual communication design grad from Silpakorn University. Aptly named Pub Piab Riab Roy (fb.com/PubPiabRiabRoy), Wirin’s ingenious paper creations have been included in the exhibition POP BY TCDCCONNECT: “LOVE YOUR LOCAL”, on at Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC) until Feb 27 (see Art, p15).
The space traveller
Guru, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 07/03/2014
» With her role at the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), the expanse beyond Earth’s atmosphere is already familiar territory to Pirada Techavijit. Beyond the bounds of her daily routine to control and direct satellite activities from the ground, the 29-year-old satellite engineer will be the first Thai to travel into space. Thanks to the Axe Apollo Space Academy campaign, Pirada is one of 23 qualified contestants from almost a million astronaut-wannabes from around the world who will take off on Lynx for a suborbital spaceflight next year.
The write stuff
Guru, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 28/03/2014
» With an unusual background, Wiracha Daochai, 29, possesses unconventional materials and perspectives for writing. Having grown up in a monastery, he spent eight years in the monkhood where he occupied himself with books. Thanks to his artistic instinct and imaginative mind, he secretly put pen to paper and sent his short stories to magazines. He had his first work printed when he was 14. His first paperback, Satanee Tor Pai (Next Station), written under the pseudonym “Larn Chai (Grandson)”, was published when he was 18. The wordsmith later entered the Faculty of Arts at Chulalongkorn University. Outside the classroom, he worked as a freelance columnist for a number of respected magazines, a creative at an entertainment conglomerate and a lyricist who penned for rock heavyweights like Bodyslam and Big Ass. Wiracha recently released a series of 10 stimulating short stories, Fon Aoey Tummai Jueng Tok (Why Is It Raining?), under small publishing house Yeti (fb.com/readyeti), which he co-founded with a group of bibliophilic friends.
Luck of the draw
Guru, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 11/04/2014
» Former full-time graphic designer Arak Ornwilai quit his nine-to-five routine to draw. After a few years of pursuing his signature style, he has become an illustrator, animator and author to watch. Under the alias of Sahred Toy, his tongue-in-cheek cartoon-style drawings have appeared on various commercial avenues including CD covers, festivals and magazines as well as his best-selling series of comic travel journals India Diary and Tokyo Diary. The colourful, vibrant doodle art conjures up everyday objects, light-hearted slices of urban life and some cheeky sex elements. Almost synonymous with his trademark character of a playful-looking pink Dildo, Sahred Toy has lent his quirky designs to Durex in their four-box collector’s set of Love Box Songkran Limited Collection available from now until the end of this month.