Bangkok Design Week (BKKDW), now in its seventh year, has long been a regular highlight on Bangkok’s events calendar. Designed as a city festival, Bangkok Design Week contributes to the growth of creative industries and promotes Bangkok as a UNESCO Creative City Network, Bangkok City of Design. The event is organized by the Creative Economy Agency (Public Organization) or CEA, in collaboration with more than 60 state agencies, public organizations, universities, and international institutions. In addition to institutions, more than 2,000 designers and creative enterprises participate in Bangkok Design Week; the festival attracts about 400,000 visitors from Thailand and abroad.
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Bangkok Design Week: a growth engine for Thailand
BKKDW is a growth engine for Thailand’s creative industries, stimulating business competitiveness. In different ways, it includes showcasing innovative companies and projects. It also boosts competitiveness and promotes the creative industry.
Moreover, Design Festival Week also positively impacts Bangkok’s tourism industry, galleries, cafes, restaurants, gifts and souvenirs, travel, hotels, and public transportation.
Bangkok, in fact, is one of the most desirable tourist destinations, but it’s not an ideal nice place to live. In the several rankings of “tourist cities,” Bangkok always ranks high among the cities everyone wants to visit. This may be because of the appeal of its various tourist attractions, the reasonable cost of living for travelers, and the friendliness of the people.
However, Bangkok needs to catch up in the ranking of livable cities due to various structural problems.
These include traffic congestion, lack of infrastructure, air quality problems, insufficient green spaces, and insufficient public areas. In addition, Bangkok faces future challenges, such as rapid urban transformation.
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Creative Market at Bangkok Design Week
Bangkok Design Week: Livable Landscape
Against this backdrop, Bangkok Design Week becomes an opportunity to invite the design community to create a “Livable Landscape” in all possible forms, from the relationships we build to the space we inhabit to the environment we live in. A city that is physically well-designed, easily accessible, and promotes good health. A city that cares for its inhabitants and offers diverse activities and celebrates authentic culture.
In this sense, design matters: a well-designed city ensures good living, thriving public spaces, and strong communities and contributes to the creative economy.
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Why visit
The festival takes place in a number of districts in Bangkok, with design and creativity potential to help promote the areas’ well-being and economy. You may enjoy the event and learn about the city’s fascinating elements by visiting the creative economy districts.
Bangkok Design Week (BKKDW) proposes the prominence of Bangkok’s design and creative works. Through these works, the festival presents ambitious ideas and new possibilities for Bangkok, now and in the future.
Celebrated in the creative districts, these creative works range from experimental pieces to works with social and business impacts. With fun activities and memorable experiences, the festival blends beautifully with the charm of Bangkok and attracts visitors from across the world to experience Bangkok’s latest happenings.
Bangkok Design Week, January 27 to February 4, 2024, many locations
BKKDW is a large, public, event, open to the general public
Exhibitors are designers and galleries
Size: 2000 exhibitors, 400.000 visitors
Visit BangkokDesignWeek website for more info
