One of the most significant elements of our contribution to the Thailand Biennale 2025 was the creation of uniforms for its cultural actors. TOQA designed 120 uniform sets for the docents, curators, management & installation teams — forming a shared & functional visual vocabulary of Phuket identities.

Images by Atiwat Sukkhum

Shot on location at installations by TOQA, Lek Kiatsirikajorn, Noémie Goudal, Andrew Thomas Huang, Tsai Ming Liang, Alex Monteith, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Shiro Takatani.

Assisted by Chanathinat Chaiyapoo

We merged Ying Batik’s hand-painted techniques with TOQA’s sport-resort sensibilities, developing motifs together and teaching each other how to create something hybrid between our practices.

All textiles are 100% hand-painted batik. The Phuket fruits motif references pineapple, mangosteen, durian, rambutan — specific to Phuket but familiar food linkages across Southeast Asia.

The fisherman pants draw from the folding of banana leaves, practical and sculptural forms used in the tropics to wrap, carry, and hold, translated into this modular silhouette.