Each year on 12 August, Thailand unites to honour the maternal heart of the nation. Mother’s Day, celebrated on the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother, is more than a celebratio...
From Tradition to Contemporary Design: Bamboo Weaving in Thai Design Today
Bamboo weaving has long been a pillar of Thai craftsmanship, valued for its utility, sustainability, and beauty. Traditionally used in rural life to create baskets, mats, fishing traps, and archite...
Baan Trok Tua Ngork - Inside Bangkok’s Most Thoughtful Heritage Reinvention
In the heart of Bangkok’s Chinatown, down a narrow side alley humming with history, a traditional family home has been reimagined as one of the city’s most compelling cultural destinations. Baan Tr...
Collect, Don’t Consume: The Ethics of Maximalist Interiors
Maximalism is making a major comeback in 2025. Both fashion and interior designers are embracing more colour, texture, and layered complexity, challenging the once-dominant reign of sparse minimali...
Whispers in Form: SUNTUR’s Journey from Canvas to Space
There’s a popular notion attached to modern-day life, where many people see our world as often dictated by noise and complexity. Even amid this drastic cultural change, art remains a crucial tool u...
10 Design-Forward Cafés in Bangkok for the Aesthetic-Minded Coffee Lover
Curated by Surround Living In a city where creativity thrives and details matter, the coffee experience in Bangkok goes far beyond the cup. At Surround Living, we believe that where you sip your es...
Oh!dinary: Stainless, Seamless, and Anything but Ordinary
Almost 4,000 years ago, our ancestors stumbled upon one of humanity's most important discoveries. As prehistoric blacksmiths began heating Iron with carbon-rich materials such as charcoal, steel wa...