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Heads up... Kraisak’s back!
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 23/07/2014
» At 52, Kraisak Chirachaisakul is making up for lost time. After distancing himself from the art world for almost three decades, following his graduation from Silpakorn University back in 1987, the winner of this year’s Gold Prize at the International Biennale Print Exhibition in Taiwan is staging a comeback.
Planes, trains and tragedies
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 25/07/2014
» For seven years, I flew back and forth between the US and Bangkok twice a year, always with at least a three-hour transit at Tokyo Narita Airport. If I was lucky and sat on the right side of the plane, I got to watch the sun rise above the sea of clouds from the plane window. My skin would always itch from the dry air and my lips would chap. I often found myself sitting next to a Japanese businessman who drank Asahi after Asahi. I once cried so hard watching Up, I had to explain to the concerned passenger next to me that I was OK — I was just watching a very sad cartoon.
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.
Distance learning
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 08/07/2014
» An hour’s drive from Mae Sariang, the paved road gives way to a dirt track. Along the way, landslides have reduced the width of the road by half. At this time of the year, the journey to Pa Daeng Mai from Mae Sariang could take about three hours.
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.
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.”
By the Dear Leader's side
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 16/06/2014
» Kim Jong-il owned a small white Maltese with a curly coat. He wore high heels with an inner platform. He couldn’t have been more than 1.6m tall without the shoes, even shorter than Napoleon Bonaparte. Contrary to the knowledge of the average North Korean, he did use the toilet.
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.
Fly-by biking
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 19/06/2014
» I’ve always enjoyed David Byrne’s point of view, as he wrote in his book Bicycle Diaries, that biking is “faster than a walk, slower than a train, often slightly higher than a person”.
Really, there's only one World Cup team
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/06/2014
» ‘Dilma, this is ugly,” reads a protester’s sign aimed at Brazil president Dilma Rousseff, one of the many thousands who continue to take to the streets of major cities across the South American country. What began last year as small protests against the rise of public transportation fares has come to encompass a broader range of dissatisfaction with the government — and has gained significant momentum thanks to the Fifa World Cup taking place there.