In Bangkok, Thailand’s top design students sketched the future of work—Mint made sure it could actually be built.
Mint Building Services supported the C&R Next Gen Furniture Design Competition 2025 in Thailand as both sponsor and judge. Centred on the theme “Workspace of the Future for a Sustainable World”, the competition brought together third- and fourth-year interior design students from leading universities including Chulalongkorn University, Silpakorn University and King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang to rethink how work, people and sustainability move forward together.
Hosted in Bangkok, the programme challenged students to respond to real workplace requirements while integrating C&R Office Furniture Thailand’s solutions into their schemes.
Representing Mint on the judging panel was Nuno, Business Development Manager of Mint Thailand, who joined industry peers in reviewing concepts that balanced aesthetics, function and environmental responsibility.
“What impressed me most was how willing the students were to engage with real constraints without losing their curiosity,” Nuno said.
“They were thinking about services, access and maintenance as early as they were thinking about finishes and furniture. That mindset is exactly what our industry needs if we are serious about delivering sustainable workplaces that actually work in day-to-day operation.”
Nuno Rio Tinto, Business Development Manager for Mint in Thailand
From recycled and responsibly sourced materials to ideas around energy performance, wellbeing and flexible space planning, many of the proposals echoed the conversations Mint is having with clients on live projects across the region.
Our thanks go to C&R Office Furniture Thailand for building a platform where students can test their ideas against real-world expectations and industry feedback. For Mint Building Services, the competition was an opportunity to support emerging talent and share practical M&E experience with the next generation of designers.
Many of the concepts seen at this competition will not stay on paper for long; they are early sketches of the workplaces we may be engineering in the years ahead.
