This will be the first in a series of posts introducing a collection of short films that were originally made for Soto as a training DVD. The shorts provide background to several of our products, and particularly the natural materials that go into the making of them. I am indebted to John for the the making of these videos.
The film below records our trip to a mulberry paper maker in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The Dali Sofa, a departure from everything you’ve come to expect, and Soto’s bold journey into surrealism. With the initial concept completed, work has now begun on the highly anticipated show-piece. As the project develops we’ll keep you posted on our ambitious and extravagant creation which can only live up to expectations by combining unrestrained design, flawless craftsmanship and Salvador Dali’s immense attention to detail.
Go Green is a natural mineral powder water treatment product, created and patented in Thailand, and is a world first which SOTO are very excited to be introducing into Europe. Comprised of Calcium Carbonate, Phosphate, Magnesium, Perlite, Resin, and Zeolite, Go Green is a 100% natural, non-hazardous environmentally friendly product which removes inorganic chemical residues from water, and does not harm human or animal health.
To see Go Green in action at a polluted fish pond in Thailand watch this Youtube video – Go Green Lake Project
Go Green:
Is easy to use
Contains no man-made chemical constituents
Is non toxic to human and animal health
Provides a substantial reduction in water treatment costs when compared to other treatment methods
Greatly reduces the turbidity of polluted water
Decreases BOD (Bio Oxygen Demand) and COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand)
Removes Chromium, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Nickel, Cadmium, etc.
Eliminates or controls bad odours
Go Green can be put to almost endless water treatment uses to improve the quality of water in various measurable ways. The large surface area of the fine particles in the powder remove unwanted compounds from treated water by the processes of coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation. Go Green removes or greatly reduces the levels of numerous organic and inorganic water pollutants.
Examples of the uses to which Go Green can be put include:
Cesspools and septic systems
Fresh produce markets and slaughterhouses
Schools, hospitals, hotels, restaurants and department stores
Private houses; for example, to dissolve toilet, kitchen sink and other plumbing blockages
All kinds of factories
Canals, lakes, ponds, water courses and areas of stagnant water
SOTO will arrange for further testing on the uses to which Go Green can be put in the UK, so that this hugely promising natural product can reach its full potential and be of benefit to the worlds water.
If you’re planning to be in Thailand any time soon and are interested in the origin of Soto’s products, please send us a message and we’ll be happy to help. Although I might have to give up some of our hard earned secrets, I can point you in the direction of the best local markets, handicraft villages and Bazaars. If you’re not coming to Thailand for shopping, and it would be a waste of an opportunity to come only for shopping, then feel free to ask for any travel advice at all. We are not the lonely planet, but I have been in Thailand for 12 years, used to work in the tourism industry here, and know at least a few things that the Lonely Planet writers don’t know, or didn’t think to tell.
Our talented team are now making use of the virtual in order to bring you closer to the real. Not only can Soto customers order our furniture in bespoke sizes and details, but we are now offering to model any item of our furniture in your home in 3D. If you send us photos of your room, we’ll create a 3D virtual model and place any items of SOTO furniture, in any colours that you’d like to see, in your home or business. We will then send you images or even video tours of your virtual room, bringing you closer to having the best of our original designs of ethically sourced furniture to suit your unique space.
It’s getting hot in Thailand. Hasn’t rained more than a couple of minutes in months. The air is thicker, the sun is eating into all those shady spots I’ve been enjoying all winter. My desk is now facing 90 degrees to the left of where it was this morning, south into the Sun.
Jazz Band and friends of Soto, Alukomarai – http://www.myspace.com/alukomarai , are on Tour in the North of Thailand this weekend in the mountain resort town of Pai, Mae Hongson. I’ll be following them there in case I can’t make it for any of their Malaysia and Singapore tour next month. The tour schedule is posted on their MySpace page if any readers of this post will be in the 3 countries mentioned above over the next month and a half.
SOTO has just launched a new addition to their cutting edge menswear fashion range. These beautiful, unique, Thai silk shirts have a subtle silver stripe and without doubt look dapper on any man, made from the highest quality lustrous Thai silk. They look fabulous dressed down with jeans and are the perfect addition to any classic suit. The maya blue shirt was picked out at the Ebor, York Races by a channel 4 fashion critic as an eye catching, unusual shirt! The unique colour range includes Indigo, Grey Shot Purple, Maya Blue and Jade. Available in 15, 15½,16, 16½ and 17.
Add a SOTOsilk tie in Silver Shot Pink, Purple, Persimmon, Shamrock Green or Pink and be the first to form this classic, cutting edge fashion look!
Teada is ready to make a ground-breaking shift of the centre of our candles range with the Candle Eclipse, coming soon in 3 colour Vietnamese lacquer.
If you’re planning to be in Thailand any time soon and are interested in the origin of Soto’s products, please send us a message and we’ll be happy to help. Although I might have to give up some of our hard earned secrets, I can point you in the direction of the best local markets, handicraft villages and Bazaars. If you’re not coming to Thailand for shopping, and it would be a waste of an opportunity to come only for shopping, then feel free to ask for any travel advice at all. We are not the lonely planet, but I have been in Thailand for 12 years, used to work in the tourism industry here, and know at least a few things that the Lonely Planet writers don’t know, or didn’t think to tell.
