Title: Happyland
Artist: Wuthipol Ujathammarat
Wuthipol Designs
9 x 5 cm
Softcover wiht zigzag binding
Design by Wuthipol Ujathammarat
Printed by Haptic Editions
2024
The popsicle-shaped zine “Happyland” offers a dystopic and yet unique perspective of the legendary area of the same name located in Bangkok, Thailand. It documents a saturated aesthetic of the unfamiliar retro-futurism architecture that is evidently scattered around the neighborhood. Observing from its complexity of geometrical patterns, shapes and colors, Happyland peculiarly resembles a bygone town from the mid-century; where my visual interpretation expands beyond reality through ‘risography’—a printing technique known for its vivid palettes. The outcome is so awesomely ridiculous, it fashions a metaphorical illusion of an urban popsicle paradise.
- From the publisher’s website
The popsicle-shaped zine “Happyland” offers a dystopic and yet unique perspective of the legendary area of the same name located in Bangkok, Thailand. It documents a saturated aesthetic of the unfamiliar retro-futurism architecture that is evidently scattered around the neighborhood. Observing from its complexity of geometrical patterns, shapes and colors, Happyland peculiarly resembles a bygone town from the mid-century; where my visual interpretation expands beyond reality through ‘risography’—a printing technique known for its vivid palettes. The outcome is so awesomely ridiculous, it fashions a metaphorical illusion of an urban popsicle paradise.
- From the publisher’s website
