Bangkok sabai Walk

If you ask any Bangkokian, “what would make Bangkok a better place to live?”, more pleasant sidewalk areas are definitely one of the answers.

Narrow walkways and crowded landscape in the city has taken away a lot of its charm.

Addressing this issue, a group called “Bangkok Sabai Walk” consisting of city planners, landscape architects, architects, engineers, designers and artists holds a landscape improvement contest. Students, artists, designers, architects and general public in a group of no more than 10 are invited to make sidewalks and landscape in Siam Square area a sight for sore Bangkokian eyes. The area covers Rama I Rd. from Henri Dunant intersection to Phayathai intersection.

The area will undergo improvement based on the winning design to achieve a more beautiful and less polluted version of Bangkok.

The contest is another event that uses creativity to better the quality of life. All Bangkok citizens would be glad to see a new version of Siam Square. If more projects similar to this one are done in other areas in the city, the goal of making Bangkok a creative city is definitely within reach.

http://seasonbangkok.ning.com/profiles/blogs/4362999:BlogPost:16347

Translated by Siritharin Chareonsiri

Creative Catalysts

To make a creative city, a good catalyst is necessary.

The catalyst refers to all creative entrepreneurs.

‘Creative Catalysts’, organized by British Council as part of the Creative Cities project, is aimed to build good relations between the UK and East Asian countries.

Creative Catalysts is a network of entrepreneurs of all kinds of creative fields, such as advertising, crafts, culture, music and literature, from member countries.

From 8 to 15 October 2009, British Council in cooperation with TCDC and Bangkok Design Festival held an event that gathered such entrepreneurs in Thailand, with a purpose to provide a space for exchanging ideas and inspiration as well as strengthening business relationships.

Participants had an opportunity to listen to success stories from local and international entrepreneurs. The event is truly packed with useful information regarding the creative industry.

http://creative-catalysts.ning.com/

Translated by Siritharin Chareonsiri

This is a nice project that gathers everyone’s creative force in order to develop our city into the kind of place we want to live in.

http://seasonbangkok.ning.com/

Translated by Siritharin Chareonsiri

Why ‘Creative Economy?’

Amidst the current economic challenges, what could be the way out?   Can the Creative Economy be the alternative and can we really put it into practice?  The lastest book ‘Why Creative Economy?’ gathers thoughts and assessments of the six renowned economists and thinkers of Thailand on the current situation and future prospect of the creative industries:

• Dr. Supavud Saicheua, Managing Director (Head of Research Group), Phatra Securities Public Company Limited
• Dr. Porametee Vimolsiri, Senior Advisor, Office of The National Economic and Social Development Board
• Richard Pyvis, Chairman of CLSA Capital Partners Group
• Chaipranin Visudhipol, Chief Executive Officerof TBWA Thailand
• Duangrit Bunnag, Managing Director of Duangrit Bunnag Architect Limited
• Apisit  Laistrooglai, Managing Director of Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC)

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The CREATIVE ECONOMY: How people make money from ideas

By John Howkins

What is the creative economy? How is it important to Thailand? How is it related to you? We now live in the era where copyright becomes the most important export product of the US, the UK’s music industry rakes in higher revenue than the automobile, steel or textile industries, and the list of new patents appear on the competitiveness table of each country which used to display the amount of agricultural products or the length of railways. These phenomena not only indicate that it is no longer sufficient for the nation’s wealth to rely merely on the manufacturing industry, but also show the massive economic value of creativity.  

THE CREATIVE ECONOMY: How people make money from ideasby John Howkins explores the idea of the new economic model to which the leading countries such as the UK, the US, China and Europe attach so much importance that they make it the main strategy for the national economic development.

About the anther

John Howkins first published THE CREATIVE ECONOMY: How people make money from ideas in 2001 to make known the ideas of creativity and innovation. He is the Chairman of BOP Consulting, a London-based research and strategic consulting company, and the Chairman of Howkins & Associates, a Beijing-based consulting firm for urban community design and eco-creativity. He has advised major corporations, international organisations and governments in over 30 countries including Australia, Canada, China, France, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Singapore, the UK and the US. His main interest is the use of intellectual property laws to support the creative economy. A large number of his works are related to copyright management. John Howkins is the Deputy Chairman of the British Screen Advisory Council and is one of the members of the UNDP Advisory Committee on the Creative Economy. His latest book, Creative Ecologies has been published in 2009. 

Published by TCDC

Available at The Shop@TCDC, Naiin Book Store, SE-ED Books, Praepittaya, Chulalongkorn University Book center, (Siam Square)

Price: 245 baht

Translated by Siritharin Chareonsiri

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