Hanging bamboo
The "Rose Series: Hanging 2011" by award-winning Thai designer Korakot Aromdee is among 43 pieces in "Rethinking Bamboo" at the Beijing International Design Triennial Exhibition.
Korakot’s sculpture-like hanging lamp, made from bamboo, has a wavy, organic-shape that might get you pondering about new ways to weave fibre.
The show at the National Museum of China features more than 2,000 works from nearly 500 designers from more than 40 countries. It’s on until October 17.
Find out more at en.BIDT.org and www.Korakot.net.
Yes, it’s a typo
Designers from the US, France, Germany and Japan are joining their Thai counterparts for the Bangkok International Typographic Symposium on October 28 and 29 at Alliance Francaise on South Sathorn Road.
Among the speakers are Akiem Helmling of Underware, Akira Kobayashi of Default, and Sebastien Morlighem and Keith Chi-hang Tam.
Emerging Thai designers Anisa Suthayalai, Tnop Wangsillapakun, Smich Smanloh and Jackkrit Anantakul will also share their thoughts.
Learn more by searching for “BITS MMXI” at www.JFBkk.or.th.
Rally of the dolls
The exhibition “The Dolls of Japan” is visiting Bangkok and three other Thai cities from October 12 into next spring.
The Japan Foundation has assembled more than 70 dolls, including some from the annual doll festival known as Hina Matsuri.
There are warrior dolls from the Boys’ Festival, characters engaged in Noh and Kabuki theatre, hakata (clay) dolls, kimekomi (wooden) dolls in kimonos and the always-surprising kokeshi figurines.
See the exhibition first from October 12 to 29 at the Crystal Design Centre. Then it’s at the Chiang Mai University Art Centre from November 4 to 30, Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Nakhon Muang Khon Contemporary Art Gallery from December 9 to January 14, and the University of Phayao’s Phya Ngum Mueng Auditorium from February 8 to March 7. Get the doll details at www.JFBkk.or.th.
