DOOR TO ASIA CAMBODIA
2024
Invited by Mai Yoshikawa
I was invited to be one of the facilitators for the Door-To-Asia residency in Kampong Thom, Cambodia that brought a group of 45 designers & architects from all ages to live one week with the Kui, an indigenous tribe known for their ironsmith tradition.
DOOR to ASIA is Japanese project that initiated a Designers-in-Residence program where designers from Asian countries gather in a community for a period of time to create “communication design” for the local companies.
To the designers, this serves as a golden opportunity for them to connect with fellow designers from various regions and a precious learning experience of the practical roles that design plays in tackling common issues shared by Asian countries such as “regional revitalization” and “natural disasters”.
To the local companies, this project presents them a chance to rediscover their own industries, their strengths and unique features, as well as to establish networks and friendships in Asia, so as to imagine and construct a common future together. This program opens our door to the future, slowly but surely, through design and communication between designers and the local companies.
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