New Thai Style

Thai Style is renowned throughout the world for its grace, form and colours,reflecting wider national culture. Whether pavilion-style architecture,elegantinterior designs, innovative use of textiles and materials, Thai Style managesto combine cultural traditions with skilled craftsmanship and moderninterpretations. These design forms have evolved into a 21st century paragonof design practice and universally admired. Contemporary Thai Style —one that merges ancient practices with modern fashions, graphics andtechnologies is what this book seeks to showcase. Forward-looking forms— be they in architecture, furniture design, art, interiors or landscaping arefeatured in this exciting new publication. A number of carefully selectedhomes, resorts, hotels and residences from the north, through Bangkok tothe islands in the south are featured in New Thai Style - a cornucopia of allthat is new and exciting in confident, thrusting Thailand’s design scene. Workfrom established and emerging architects and designers are featured asinternational culture vultures and collectors, hot hoteliers and developerslead the way with a 21st-Century aesthetic, confident and contemporary, yetstill distinctly Thai.

Kim Inglis is a British writer and editor based in Singapore. She has edited a number of books about Thai architecture, design and culture, and has featured a number of Thai locations in books she has written on the Asian region. Known for her work on design, architecture, interiors, food, spa and lifestyle, recent books include Singapore: World City, Modern Thai Living and The Classic Collection: Heritage Hotels from East and West.

Michael Freeman is one of the world's master photographers, working principally on documentary travel reportage but with a huge reputation and following as author and originator of the bestselling The Photographer's Eye and many of the world's most widely read and successful technical books on photography.. In a long career, Michael's work has been published in all major publications worldwide, including Time-Life, National Geographic, GEO and a three-decade relationship with the Smithsonian magazine. Much of his work has focused on Asia, beginning in the early days with Thailand, expanding outwards through other countries in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, with several books published on Angkor and other Khmer sites. Many of his 20 photographic books on interiors and architecture are classics of the genre, including Shaker, In the Oriental Style, China Style, Frank Lloyd Wright the Masterworks and Japan Modern.

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