Last week went too quick... we do a thousand things, I can't even believe it is possible to do so much things in a week... I will gave you details on the amazing hotel of Bangkok, antique market we went to, or meeting and connection done, in some other posts...

We are now on the Koh Lanta island, well known of french readers for the TV show of the same name (the french version of the Survivor broadcast... but it is different from what you see on TV when you are guest in a nice hotel and have a wifi access... White sands beach and coconuts trees, this is where I will work this week !

Back on april 23th, last monday... Nico & Landry, my best Thai-French friends (you become friends eve, quicker than on facebook when you share amazing things), bring me to "Press a card" letterpress studio. As in a lot of country, letterpress in Bangkok is used to very uncreative things... But Zoom want to change that, and he used the workshop of his ant to learn how to print his own projects... He instal his nice design studio in one of the room and was happy to show us the amazing printing studio and its fascinating Thaï letters drawers...

Our week in Chiang Mai is ending... It is in the north of Thaïlande, and there is a lot of craftmans and creativs here, the reason why we want to come. We stay at a very nice place outside the city, Mai Sim resort, Eric live here with his wife Pranee, that help us to speak and exchange with local people. Nice to have a office with mango trees around !

The idea beind this trip is to met creatives, peoples with amazing talents, and to work with them on products... It's what I started with Letteramagica for the coasters and the calendars, and I want to go further...

I have met a lot of people, but the one from what I expect the most is this paper maker... this material is superb, now I have to create my own books with them... Here come some pictures to let you imagine...

I do this blog to inspire people... I do not know it will gave me so much in return... When I post about going to Bangkok, I get an email from Nicolas Dali, a french creative living here... World is small, as he used to work with the Poa Plume studio I visited last february ! He proposes us to go to unusal places of the city...

He brings us to the amazing house of his friends Landry Dunand & Alisa Tang who live in a small island near the city... After a bicycle ride under 40°C, the place looks even more amazing... It is well the wood walls you see on the picture above... Hopfully their neightbour had too much mangos, and we start by sharing them...

Here come the first post from Bangkok... for the moment, I need to adapt... to the jet lag, to the heat... But I feel happy to be there... at last ! Today we just walk around the hôtel as we sleep half of the day, and grab some food in a giant place... I love to discover new packaging (just as I did in USA last summer)...

I am back in Paris, and tomorrow we took the plane to Bangkok, with some hours in Moscow...

One of the reason why we are going in Thailand is that, last year, I get contacted by Parin, who have hotels and resort there... He asked me to design all the identity (graphic language) for the diffrent places, and one which is use for "Vacation village". In 2 weeks, we will have a presentation of this identity system for clients and press, and will be happy to share this moment with you...

Here come the logos and icons done for each places and services :

After weeks of changes and organization, we will finally leave France in april 11th for 2 months. We will arrive in Bangkok on april 12th, so if you can send advices for nice hotel or place to stay during some days, we still miss that... Also, I will be looking for craftman and people to work with a new products I can design, so any idea ar advice is more than welcome... and of course, design company if you want me to visit... please use my barral.fabien(a)gmail.com email with "travel advice" as subject...

I used to show my daughter where we are going on her giant puzzle world map, so I think it would be nice to share it with you too ;)... will update you on this blog, or mrcup one if I lauch it in time, or of course on my new facebook, twitter or flickr...