Nature-best survival

February 2025 | Bangkok Design Week 2025 | in collaboration with NACSA and Pitchapa Jular from Locolab

Today, we, Bangkokians, are at a point where if we are asked about wildlife in Bangkok, we would respond with a confused gaze. We then would try to search every corner of our memories only to find urban wildlife or feral animals such as dogs, cats, pigeons, squirrels, rats, cockroaches, or even monitor lizards, which are species that have survived amidst the dwindling natural environments in this urban jungle centralized around humans.

But Bangkok has not always been like this. If we rewind back to historical times through historical maps, we would be able to find traces of natural environments and rich biodiversity.

“Nature-best Survival” is suggesting such a potential. We use nature photographs taken from around Thailand as background for embroidery of all kinds of wildlife informed by locals’ oral history and the iNaturalist platform. Moreover, we integrated playable sculptures to increase people’s interactions with the space. Spaces where nature can best survive are not just vacant spots scattered in the city, but they are spaces that allow for people to see and have positive interactions with nature and animals so that nature can continue to nurture our city and the souls of its people. When nature survives, cities survives too.

Find out more about the analytical process of this exhibition here.