“…And once again, the annual celebration of creativity returns with Bangkok Design Week 2026, a compelling testament to the depth and potential of Thai creative intelligence. This year, the festival unfolds under the theme “DESIGN S/O/S”, a concept that moves beyond any notion of distress signals to articulate a broader vision: Secure Domestic, Outreach Opportunities, and Sustainable Future. It invites audiences to rediscover Thai design through a new lens, one that is playful, adaptable, and more contemporary than ever before…”
From patterns and materials to craftsmanship and traditional techniques, every element is reinterpreted with fresh perspectives and innovative thinking, while remaining firmly rooted in a distinctly Thai identity. This balanced approach continues to propel Thai design onto the global stage, an enduring direction that Bangkok Design Week has consistently championed.
To take part in amplifying this uniquely Thai creative force, #legend_th has curated a selection of standout projects well worth exploring, creative works that deserve attention and reflection at Bangkok Design Week 2026 this year.
Everything Comes From Something
A dialogue between past and present unfolds through the presentation of 19th-century Qing Dynasty furniture from Lek Gallery, shown alongside contemporary reinterpretations by Thai and international designers. The exhibition reflects how historical craftsmanship can be preserved, celebrated, and thoughtfully reimagined to resonate with modern life.
Location: ATT19
Extreme Repair Lab
An experimental studio that invites audiences to view product design through an architectural lens, engaging with contemporary issues such as sustainability, consumption, and innovation through the concept of “repair.” Here, repair is not merely an act of fixing damage, but a means of gaining a deeper understanding of the objects that surround us.
Location: 965bkk
Table Matter
This year, the Taiwan–Thailand Design Co-creation Project (TTPC) adopts “Table Matter” as its central theme, beginning with the most ordinary tabletop objects of everyday life. These familiar elements are reimagined as points of departure for cross-cultural exchange, inviting us to reconsider the role that a single object plays in our daily routines.
Location: TCDC Bangkok
N8 : Vital Vault From Sustainable Design To Longevity Life
Under this concept, N8 presents the installation Vital Vault, reflecting the studio’s mission to bridge East and West through authentic, powerful, and yet-to-be-told narratives. Drawing on the familiar visual language of an “emergency box,” the work subverts expectation: instead of a fire extinguisher, what is protected inside is a sculpted human lung, enveloped in blooming flowers. The image becomes a poignant symbol of freshness, fragility, and the immediate risk faced by our lungs when exposed to polluted air.
Location: Crystal Design Center
Modern Scholar Collection
A reflection on the relationship between thought and the spaces in which it comes into being. Even as the modern intellectual moves through an ever-accelerating world, the need for a clearly defined, quiet workspace, one that nurtures focus and contemplation, remains constant, an essential and inescapable inner necessity.
Location: Alexander Lamont
When Flowers Tell
This installation is an experimental design project from the Community Architecture course by second-year students from the Faculty of Architecture, Silpakorn University. It presents a small-scale exhibition that functions as a landmark, inviting visitors to discover the stories and symbolic meanings of flowers through real blooms preserved in resin, retaining their natural beauty in its entirety.
Location: The Memorial Bridge Waterfront Area
OUTTAKES: A Cross-Cultural Design Collaboration
An online exhibition initiated by PBB&O, FARMGROUP, Hann, and VEIG, created to provide a platform for B-Cut design works, concepts and ideas that were not selected in the final stages of the creative process, yet remain rich in creative value and unrealised potential.
Location: TCDC Bangkok
Adam – CYCLE OF PASSION
A reflection on the cycle behind furniture design, where every piece carries an “invisible cost,” from fabric offcuts and leftover materials to fragments born of production, cutting, and experimentation, as well as traces of effort, failure, and dedication that are often overlooked and forgotten. This exhibition captures the “final breath” of those materials and holds it in a new form, not to conceal, but to reveal the traces, processes, and time embedded within every design.
Location: Crystal Design Center
The Circular Incubator
ErTerra was conceived through in-depth problem analysis, with the aim of developing solutions that preserve craftsmanship and retain as much of the material value within each ceramic piece as possible. Guided by a philosophy that balances the conservation of original value with innovation, the project seeks to honour tradition while reimagining its possibilities.
Location: Warehouse 30
