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Rush Pleansuk and Philippe Moisan An East-meets-West couple converges their artistic visions and talents with traditional artistry and contemporary aesthetics
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ow the two worlds of east and west meet and mingle like there’s no boundaries. Rush Pleansuk and Philippe Moisan combine Thai and French artistic sensibilities in their romantic and professional partnership. While Philippe mainly use his keen eyes in photography, Rush wears many hats at Sumphat gallery as a furniture, product and interior designer, a craft and design consultant as well as an architect, columnist and artist. They interconnect design philosophy, functionality and
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artistic values into a profound interpretation. Before becoming an awardwinning designer, Rush earned his Bachelor degree in architecture at Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok. He furthered his studies in “Timber design and construction” at School of Architecture and Landscape, Bordeaux, France. Rush explains, “I think that studying architecture in Thailand concerns more about science than art. I wanted to learn about the source of inspiration and design so I chose France
because as a source of creativity, it’s more liberal. I studied woodwork, such as architecture, interior, and crafts with wood.” Rush continues, “I was a design consultant for a furniture brand Plato. I questioned why the products that I designed devalued quickly. We use teak which is of high quality but after five years, the furniture devalues. We have to find a story and a process that are rare. I then worked at Serax Maison d’être in Belgium and Harto Design in France. Later I started to receive these awards bangkok101.com
