Chiang Mai University Art Centre, Chiang Mai, 22 Dec 2010-16 Jan 2011

A contemporary art exhibition by lecturers from department of printmaking, painting and sculpture, faculty of fine arts, Chiang Mai university. Ajarn Kade made Very Thai book his exhibit contribution to an exhibition of works on paper about Thainess.

A copy of Very Thai mounted on a utility box was Ajarn Kade’s exhibit at this international exhibition of works on paper.

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Very Thai

This week i’ve got the illustration assignment called ” VERY THAI” project.I have to answer the given questions into loog-toong (ลูกทุ่ง) style of illustration 🙂 Which one do you like or dislike just let me khow!I’d appreciate your comments! 🙂

http://happygraff.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/very-thai/

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Very Thai

One picture/day. Inspired by Very Thai: Everyday Popular Culture by Philip Cornwel-Smith & John Goss

https://www.flickr.com/groups/verythai/

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Books and Readings for Mundo’s Thailand Interns, Friends, Visitors and Travelers

Books and Information on All Things Thai

http://mundoexchange.org/2010/10/books-readings-for-thailand-volunteers-and-travelers/

Mundo Exchange volunteers and interns in Thailand have created a list of books and reading about Thailand and Thai culture. Some of the works included are fiction, others are about history, the arts, and the cultural ways of this Thai society. Travelers, tourists and armchair anthropologists may enjoy some of these writings. Our goal is to include more, so if you want to recommend other Thai related readings let us know at info@mundoexchange.org. Enjoy they reads! (*Other books and readings, not listed here, will be available for Mundo Exchange volunteers during your cross-cultural training and orientation.)

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Sukjai Keu Thai Tae (Happiness is the True Thainess)

by Patcharin Pattanaboonpaiboon

Kit is the magazine of TCDC (Thailand Creative & Design Centre), Thailand

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I Love Thailand

Feel Goood is the subscriber magazine of DTAC Telecom, Thailand

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‘Somewhere Thai: Tools to Untie Thainess’ by Philip Cornwel-Smith

The Graphic Design Association of Thailand held a 2-day symposium on Thainess in graphic design, called Somewhere Thai. One of only two western speakers among the Thai program at Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Philip Cornwel-Smith spoke about ‘Tools to Untie Thainess: How I Wrote Very Thai’, translated by Thai typographer Anuthin Wongsankakon.

http://en.bacc.or.th/event/IMTGD®FORUM-2010-SOMEWHERE-THAI.html

http://thaigraphicdesigner.wordpress.com

Somewhere Thai PCS clipping

IMTGD®FORUM 2010: SOMEWHERE THAI

Date : 25 September – 26 September 2010

Location: Auditorium, 5th floor.

IMTGD®FORUM 2010: SOMEWHERE THAI
Initiated by Santi Lawrachawee
10.30 am – 7 pm
Organized by Practical Design Studio
in associated with Thai Graphic Designer Association and Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Ministry of Culture

– See more at: http://en.bacc.or.th/event/IMTGD%C2%AEFORUM-2010-SOMEWHERE-THAI.html#sthash.yI720b37.dpuf

IMTGD®Forum will be held on September 25-26, 2010 at Auditorium Hall, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). More than 60 guest speakers will join the event. Somewhere Thai is the first conference where more than 60 outstanding graphic designers, academicians, cartoonists, editors and musicians will openly share their ideas on Thai identity in design works. Foreign guest speakers will also be invited to exchange their ideas on the same topic in order to provide primary data for future research and forthcoming creative works.  Speaker List: Anusorn Tipayanon Anuthin Wongsunkakon Be Our Friend Studio Chatchaval Khonkajee Chaiyot Itworaphan Craftsmanship studio DesignLab Ductstore Ekaluck Peanpanawate Farmgroup G49 Kelvin Wong Koichi Shimizu (Japan) & Thanaraj Vangsiripaisal LIKAYBINDERY Nutjarus Eangmahassakul Nuts Society Opas Limpi-Angkanan Pairoj Pittayamatee Philip Cornwel-Smith  Pichaya Suphavanij Pongtorn Hiranpruek Pongprom Sanitwong na Ayuthaya Practical Prinya Rojarayanont Roj siamruay Rukkit Kuanhawate Sethapong Povatong Siam Attariya Slowmotion Songsin Tiewsomboon Surat Tomornsuk  Thanaboon Somboon Vichean Tow Vip Buraphadeja Waroot Phanyarachun We too are Stardust Wee Viraporn Xavier Comas (Spain) Zeongklod Bangyikhan

*Admission is free.  **For more information, please visit www.imtgd.org or Facebook I am Thai graphic designer. ***Person reserving a seat via somewherethai@gmail.com will get a special premium gift.

for more information: Tel. 02 9382300-4 ext.1003 Fax. 02 9389522 Email: info@practical-studio.com

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So You Think You’re Farang?

By Aphiradee Meedet

A ten-page interview with Philip Cornwel-Smith about Very Thai in an issue themed around changing Thai identity. Open PDF link for full feature.

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TV5 & Discovery Channel

[http://ports.tv5.ca/2013/index.php?page=Bangkok]

Philip Cornwel-Smith [http://ports.tv5.ca/2013/index.php?page=personnalites-locales-saison-1] interviewed by photographer Heidi Hollanger for a segment on the hour-long Bangkok episode of this French Canadian documentary series about port cities. Made in French, with subtitling for Philip’s 8-minute????? segment about the diversity of transportation in Bangkok. Shown worldwide via Discovery Channel, it is now available on You Tube.

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Mime troupe Babymime base their show ‘Thai Jaa’ on Very Thai.

Pantomime 2010: When you say nothing at all

The eleventh Pantomime in Bangkok festival begins this week. We get Thailand’s only pro mime group, Babymime, to start talking

http://travel.cnn.com/bangkok/play/pantomime-2010-when-you-say-nothing-all-496808

PDF version: Pantomime 2010: When you say nothing at all | CNN Travel

The boys of Babymime first met back in 1999 and have been silently entertaining the nation ever since.
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Scorched copy of Very Thai an exhibit in a mixed-media art installation at Chat Room Gallery, RCA Block D, Bangkok.

18 June-30 July 2010

Very Thai book featured as an exhibit in this exhibition of found materials that survived the fires and crackdown of 19 May 2010 at Ratchaprasong and Siam Square. The semi-charred copy of very Thai was found in a shop in the gutted Siam Theatre complex by Chat Room gallery owner Jeff Gompertz, who curated it in his segment of the Proxy show called ‘Body Doubles’, in which objects that survived the fires and were damaged by the flames and smoke – including that scorched copy of Very Thai alongside showroom dummies, melted signs and  the Siam Theatre’s vintage 7″ vinyl single of the Thai anthems –  act as stand-ins for the people damaged by the incident.

Review from CNNTravel

http://travel.cnn.com/bangkok/life/proxy-reflections-aftermath-637654

PDF of review: Proxy: Reflections in the aftermath | CNN Travel 2
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Babymime Mime Troupe, 7th Pantomime Festival 2010

Muang Thai Ratchadalai Theatre, Bangkok

Mime performance based on ‘Very Thai’ by Thailand’s leading mime troupe Babymime.

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http://photoartcmu.com/sites/default/files/medifoto.pdf

I don’t have a date of this exhibition and posting. If you know, please contact me. Thanks.

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Fascinating But A Little Dense

This insight into contemporary Thai culture delves beyond the traditional Thai icons to reveal the casual, everyday expressions of what it is to be Thai that so delight and puzzle outsiders. Never colonised, Thai culture retains ancient meaning in the most mundane things – over 200 colour images.

My Personal Review:

I finally finished Very Thai and I enjoyed it very much. If you have been to Thailand a time or two it certainly helps explain a lot of things you wondered about.

The book is basically organized like a series of magazine articles on all sorts of topics. The tiny font takes some getting used to. Of course some articles are more interesting than others and there is a bit of repetition between and among some of the articles. The book is well-organized, thoroughly sourced, and lavishly illustrated with tons of photos.

I see there are some copies available now that are quite reasonably priced. I paid a ton more for this book, but I certainly don’t regret. If you love Thailand and wished you could better understand the Thais and the things they do this book is essential.

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Thai Napkins

by Michael Babcock, June 5th, 2010

http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/thai-napkins/

One of the more common Thai napkin is a flimsy, pink sheet. The one I measured was 14 cm (or 5-1/2 inches) square and about the consistency of flimsy, 1-ply toilet paper. I often wondered about these and was able to find out a bit about them in one of my favorite books about Thailand: Very Thai: Everyday Popular Culture by Philip Cornwel-Smith, with photographs by John Goss. The pink napkins are made from recycled paper and are less expensive; they are died pink to cover up blemishes from recycling. The dye is made from extracts of tomato and cinnabar.

caption: Napkins at My Choice restaurant in Bangkok

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http://archmania.exteen.com/20100506/the-very-thai-1

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Pink tissues; the burning issues that affect expats

By Heather Allens

A recent slightly messy lunch caused me to stop and ponder the ubiquitous little pink tissues that dot every Thai restaurant and some farang ones too. Why so tiny? Why so pink? My sister came to visit and said she think Thai people have paper products issues, from the little pink tissues to the lack of toilet paper. I had to laugh but then, when trying to wipe my messy hands and needing about a dozen or so to do so, I thought perhaps she wasn’t so far off the mark after all.

A really interesting book that professes to cover all these burning issues (and more!) is called Very Thai by Philip Cornwel-Smith. The book has been around for a few years, and, assuming he’s got his research right, is an invaluable resource for those people who find the little things in life in Thailand so interesting. If the questions of why the big hair for weddings, beauty pageants and Khunyings, why the sniff kiss, and why does everybody have a nickname keep you awake at night then you really need to read this book. (more…)

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Bangkok University 2/2010 ทุกวันอังคาร เวลา 8.40-11.10 น. ห้อง 722.

2010 CD371 Contemporary Issues in Communication Design

วันอังคารที่ 22 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2554

Very Thai > วิถีความเป็นไทยที่แฝงอยู่ในชีวิตประจำวัน

http://2010cd371.blogspot.com/2011/02/very-thai.html

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