MADE BY LEGACY FLEA MARKET

Vying for vintage

Following a stint in New York, Vudi Somboonkulavudi shares the story behind Thailand's leading flea market for culture vultures

Bangkok Post : Interview , 19 December 2013
By Napamon Roongwitoo

"What brings people from different areas together, each bringing their most-loved items? How did that happen? Every time I talked to them, I couldn't help but smile. It's a beautiful story of how like-minded people find their place together. It's no longer about the items. It's the amazing network of people with a shared interest, which leads to many other amazing things. For example, when a helmet-maker meets a motorcycle-maker at the flea market, a new collaboration is born. Flea markets result in the exchange and development [of knowledge]. That's what I wanted to see in Thailand as well," Vudi said.

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