Bangkok Design Week, the week-long showcase dedicating to cutting-edge art and design, has made a return this year under the theme "Resilience: New potential for living". The event features a series of design showcases and exhibitions from more than 2,000 designers and entrepreneurs, and a gamut of activities and markets that aim to ignite one's creativity, and passion for life and art.
The 2020 edition of Bangkok Design Week takes place at various locations, not only in Charoenkrung but also at new creative districts like in Ari, Samyan, and Thonglor. Here are some of the highlights you shouldn't miss.
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Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
One of the top attractions of this year's event is Hundred Years Between at Old Customs House. The showcase is a photography exhibition by Thanpuying Sirikitiya Jensen celebrating the 115th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Thailand and Norway. The exhibited photographs depict the memories and encounters when Jensen visited the Scandinavian country to recount the expedition of King Rama V (her great-great grandfather) when he visited Europe during his cruise trip in 1907.
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Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
Old Customs House will be open for visits only during the design week before closing for 6-year renovation.
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Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
Located at the square in front of the Grand Postal Building is Bangkok #Safezone Shelter, an installation that also acts as a prototype for public green space and a "shelter" from pollution. The festivals-goers are welcome to lounge and breath in fresh air while attending Bangkok Design Week.
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Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
Not far from the Grand Postal Building is Warehouse 30. The creative hub houses the experimental design shop, Design Plant, where designers come together to find solutions to the limitations of traditional design frameworks and to elevate the quality of people's lives through design.
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Head over to Realrare Taladnoi house for BANGKOK SEALANDIA, a city model that suggests solutions for how Bangkok could survive after 2025 when the North Pole has completely melted and the city is submerged underwater.
Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
If you have an interest in craft design, venture over to Marine Police Lodging for the design and craft project started by the French Embassy in Thailand since 2017, titled “D17/20 Design in Southeast Asia.” The project aims to put craftsmanship in the spotlight of the creative and manufacturing processes through thought-provoking workshops hosted by French and local designers.
Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok
Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok