ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra She made her first sale through the Saatchi online gallery and now boasts fans and collectors across the world; significant achievements for a farmhand from the boondocks of Thailand. Ta Thimkaeo Byrne is an escape artist. But she differs from Harry...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra Studying fine arts may seem like a one-way ticket to either academia or poverty, but two of the masterminds behind the design-and-concept firm AvroKO have bucked that stereotype. Of the founders, two come from arts backgrounds while the other two...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra Multi-headed monsters, slithering snakes and tentacles, spooky-looking figures whose strings are being pulled by invisible puppeteers… Looking at the artworks of New York-based Chinese artist Hanyu Cui, you’d be forgiven to think you are looking at the musings of a...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra As many of Bangkok’s most historic districts, markets, riverside attractions and retro buildings are falling prey to the wrecker’s ball of gentrification, the Creative District is flourishing by giving all that past some 21st century presents, with art exhibitions and...
BUSINESS ACUMEN | By Ellen Boonstra ONCE KNOWN AS one of the world’s top growers of recreational marijuana, Thailand has turned over a new leaf by becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize cannabis-based products for medical patients, the Thai Government announced at a...
BUSINESS ACUMEN | By Ellen Boonstra TWO YEARS AGO the Thai Government launched ‘Thailand 4.0’, a vision to transform the Thai economy into an innovation-driven one. As part of this ambitious plan, the Cabinet in principle approved the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Development Project, aimed at revitalising...