‘I met my business partner and good friend Nathan Headlam in Melbourne a number of years ago,’ says Australian expat Brendan McCarthy as we sip on a local craft beer at his Phnom Penh rooftop hangout, Sundown Social Club. ‘At the time we were co-managing a venue called The Penny Black in Brunswick while Nathan was studying and I was pursuing a music career. We made some loose plans to one day put a hospitality venture together, never expecting it to be in a place like Phnom P

Nothing about open-air creative mall ChangChui is what you might expect. First, there’s the out-of-the-way location — an 11-rai plot of land (roughly 1.7 hectares) sandwiched between an elevated expressway and a busy road on what many Bangkokians consider the wrong side of the river. Click here to read the PDF #ChangChui #designanthology #bangkok #SomchaiSongwattana #Flynow #booksmith #DonMueang #InsectsintheBackyard #NaOh

‘When I first arrived in Bangkok, I met so many inspiring and creative people,’ recalls Thomas Menard, who in 2010 quit his high-stress job in France and moved to Asia in search of a different life. ‘When it came to house hunting, I was really interested in finding a local shophouse in a cultural or historical area, and Charoenkrung seemed the perfect spot.’ Click here to read the PDF #designanthology #bangkok #thomasmenard #Charoenkrung #speedygrandma #soysaucefactory #soulb