Imagine a place where students, designers and entrepreneurs can go to be inspired, to learn, to develop and test their ideas, where they can even present their products to the public. Now, step into the Thailand’s Creative & Design Center – a world-class playground for creativity.
The chairman of the Thailand Creative & Design Center, Pansak Vinyaratn had said that Thailand will not be able to compete with other nations when it comes to lower labour costs. He believes that in order to succeed in the global market there is a growing need to stay competitive and to capitalize on the ability to design products and services to better meet market demand. And that the Thai people should have better access to knowledge to inspire their creativity and to allow them to develop original products. As a result, the TCDC has become a major initiative of the Thai government to turn Thailand into a knowledge-centric society.
The TCDC originally opened in Bangkok in November of 2004 and was relocated in May of 2017 to the Grand Postal Building in Charoenkrung, the area of the city that is being developed as Bangkok’s creative and economic district for a whole new generation. The first design resource and learning facility of its kind for the Asian country, the center was created in order to foster the creative potential of the Thai public and to inspire innovative ideas among entrepreneurs and design professionals.