Future List

08/12/2022

The Future List 100 invites you to a musical evening with canapés and free-flow drinks for baht 1,605 net. Following the format of The Future List 100 series, Baht 500 from each cover will be donated to the organisation of the guest speaker's choice, in this case, the Thai Youth Orchestra, which is under the Royal Patronage of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, to help promote young and aspiring Thai classical musicians.

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30/11/2022

A few months ago, a car that can be transformed into a small aircraft with only the touch of a button has officially passed flight tests in Slovakia, after 20 years in the making. According to Klein Vision, the company behind the "dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle”, the AirCar was awarded an official Certificate of Airworthiness by the Slovak Transport Authority after completing 70 hours of rigorous flight testing.

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25/11/2022

As trends move ever more rapidly each year, overproduction, wasteful practices and exploitation of labour are destined to be in focus more than before. Happily, there are a number of small sustainable Thai fashion brands coming to the fore each year to fight against the fast fashion currents. Future List has rounded up a list of homegrown brands, each containing their own unique and ever endearing designs.
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24/11/2022

2022 has been a monumental year for landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom. Appointed as designer-in-residence for the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St Louis, she was also a speaker and panelist at COP27, advocating for climate conversation and solutions in action, speaking on such topics as “Access to capital with landscape architecture for adaptation”. She also featured as a climate activist in the children’s book “Rebel Girls: Climate Activists” along with the likes of Greta Thunberg and Wangari Maathai.

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21/11/2022

Thailand’s largest energy company, PTT, has operated plant-based alt.Eatery as a cafe and mini-market in Sukhumvit Soi 51 since mid-May. The outlet’s offerings include snacks, takeaway food and drinks, and plant-based meat alternatives.

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21/11/2022

You've probably already heard that diets with little to no meat are generally healthier than the alternative. Meat products have been linked to increased risk for diseases like cancer and heart disease. On top of that, there are a multitude of concerns with the meat industry, including ethical and environmental concerns. The thought of giving up meat can be daunting and seemingly impossible for those of us who aren't yet vegan or going plant-based on the regs. When there are good reasons to do something though, there is always a will and a way. Here are five simple and important reasons why you should start reducing your meat consumption.

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21/11/2022

It’s been about a year since online travel giant Booking.com rolled out its Travel Sustainable Badge. If you don’t already know, the badge's main goal is to create a universal and transparent measure for sustainable property information across the industry. It’s the “first of its kind” in the hospitality industry and is applicable to all kinds of properties globally including hotels, resorts, apartments, holiday homes and even tree houses.

Travel Sustainable Badge is a Beacon of Hope

17/11/2022

A year ago, Pride Clinic Bumrungrad International launched its holistic and personal care services targetting the LGBTQ+ community. Last week, the clinic hosted a special seminar ‘Be Proud, Be Healthy’ at Waldorf Astoria Bangkok—introducing the importance of physical and mental care within the q***r community and beyond.

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01/11/2022

The Future Lister Rom Sangkavatana, the creative director and artistic force behind the Thailand and London based studio, ROM DESIGN, whose portfolio spans from strategic business development to creative, visual, design, fashion and interior architecture, has now expanded his passion for art further afield with his first solo exhibition, “Reborn”, at Paso Gallery by MaKim in Seoul, South Korea.

For this exhibition, Rom defines beauty that evolves over time and is transmitted from east to west in the eyes of international audiences. It tells a love story through photographs and music over time and the changing definition of beauty. Sparking a conversation about Seoul and its emerging claim as the new capital of art, design, fashion, and entertainment in Asia amidst the global rise of K-Pop and K-Drama trends. He collaborated with Ten Pannatat, a young and enthusiastic Thai photographer, to convey the narrative idea of "the rebirth of love," telling tales of love in multiple dimensions and reflecting time in the digital era.

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Reborn: Multi-Dimensional Love

25/10/2022

As part of LIV Golf’s ongoing ‘LIV to Give’ initiative, the tournament also supported Connext ED, a Thai leadership programme for sustainable education, and the Population and Community Development Association (PDA), a longstanding, independent non-profit organization dedicated to reducing poverty in Thailand.

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20/10/2022

The adage “The customer is always right” has always been contentious, but the principle has probably never been more contested in this post-pandemic world. It’s not news that businesses like restaurants have struggled to make ends meet in these past two years. But as if worrying about rent and salaries aren’t enough, self-entitled and privileged customers add on to the many problems they already face.

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12/10/2022

Sakson Rouypirom shares experiences from SATI Foundation and Na Café at our Future List 100 Dinner Talk on October 6th.
Sakson “Saks” Rouypirom, founder of SATI Foundation and Na Café, was the guest speaker at The
Future List 100 by Koktail magazine. He regaled guests with inspirational stories from his social
development experiences helping marginalized children from both hill tribe minorities as well as at-
risk youth in Bangkok and urban refugees.
Guests were treated to a curated dinner cooked by Chef Sohal and his family who are urban
refugees who escaped religious persecution from Pakistan.
Keeping guests in good spirits with a supply of wine and mineral water was Amari Watergate
Bangkok
And in the format of the dinner talk, a donation of 500 baht from each dinner cover went to SATI
Foundation.