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Issue 63 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 63

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Habitus 63 is arguably the most aspirational issue of the year with Kitchens & Bathrooms to dream about. Whether a family hub, an entertainer’s paradise or somewhere to grad a quick meal, how we live in and spend time in the kitchen is a very personal question that requires thought and an abundance of resources. Always the aspirational eye candy of design, we have some truly lovely kitchens from Greg Natale, YSG, Splinter Society, Sally Caroline and Studio Johnston. Bathrooms are just as important with Greg Natale, Studio Tate, YSG and Those Architects sharing some fabulous insights

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Tithi Kutchamuch
PeopleHabitusliving Editor

Tithi Kutchamuch

You can now carry a piece of home with you – literally. Thai designer
Tithi Kutchamuch dazzles Janice Seow with home objects that transform
into head-turning jewellery.


Thai designer Tithi Kutchamuch takes the idea of ‘carrying a piece of home with you’ to beautiful, surprising – and in some cases, extreme – conclusions.

Under her bold vision, antlers from deer figurines transform into edgy necklaces; decorative tops on vases can be used as uber-chunky rings.

 

 

 

For Kutchamuch, who continued to live in London after receiving her MA in Design Products at UK’s Royal College of Art in 2007, it was a way to bring a little bit of home with her wherever she went.

“I wanted to be able to have symbols of home with me all the time, and jewellery certainly has got a function for that. But to make my concept complete, the home ornaments needed to be incomplete until I returned home with the missing parts,” she explains.

 

 

Winner of the ‘Best Newcomer’ award at Crafts Council UK’s Origin show in 2008, Kutchamuch’s preoccupation with animal-inspired functional art objects began when her dog back in Bangkok passed away.

“Every piece of work starts from my personal experience. Writers use a pen to express their thoughts, I using my products,” says Kutchamuch.

 

As far as Kutchamuch can remember, her parents’ home has always had animals in residence and at one point, it even housed peacocks, hedgehogs and a gibbon.

Some of her jewellery tells a darker tale, like the life-size Companion Parrot that looks innocent enough – until you pull out the head that is linked to the bird’s entrails to form a funky necklace.

 

 

In a significant move, Kutchamuch recently returned to Bangkok and is currently busy setting up her studio/gallery/cafe there. “It was time to go back ‘home’,” she admits.

The details will have to remain a “secret” for now, she says, but it is a project on a much bigger scale, from ceramics to furniture to interior design.

In truth, we cannot wait!

 

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Issue 63 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 63

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Habitus 63 is arguably the most aspirational issue of the year with Kitchens & Bathrooms to dream about. Whether a family hub, an entertainer’s paradise or somewhere to grad a quick meal, how we live in and spend time in the kitchen is a very personal question that requires thought and an abundance of resources. Always the aspirational eye candy of design, we have some truly lovely kitchens from Greg Natale, YSG, Splinter Society, Sally Caroline and Studio Johnston. Bathrooms are just as important with Greg Natale, Studio Tate, YSG and Those Architects sharing some fabulous insights

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