Press, Awards & Recognition
Gratitude Design is a Bangkok interior design studio recognised by international design awards and by leading architecture, interior and lifestyle publications. Every entry below links to the awarding body or to the article itself.
27 international awards, 2022 to 2026
The studio has been recognised every year since 2022 by juries in Europe and Asia, across residential, retail, restaurant, bar, hotel and nightclub interiors. Gratitude Design has also been named in the Luxury Lifestyle Awards Top 100 Interior Designers of the World three times, and by Home Journal in its Top 50 Interior Designers of Southeast Asia in 2026. The full record is set out below by awarding body, with the category and the year of each award.
Featured in
Tatler Homes · Tatler Asia · Home Journal · art4d · ROOM / Baanlaesuan · Excellence Magazine · G&G Magazine · Prestige · HELLO!
Independent coverage of the studio and its founders. The full list of features, with the projects each one covers, is under Press and publications below.
Interior design awards
Home Journal Top 50
A Hong Kong published listing of the fifty leading interior designers and studios working across Southeast Asia, selected by the editors of Home Journal.
International Property Awards
Judged under the American Standard mark across the Asia Pacific region.
- 2026 — Retail Interior — Scintillion Surawongse
- 2023 — Retail Interior — SHU Fashion Island
- 2022 — Retail Interior — Engagement Ring Store
- 2022 — Residential Interior — The Bangkok Sathorn
Luxury Lifestyle Awards
A global programme selecting luxury goods, services and design practices.
- 2025 — Best Luxury Private Club Interior — MU:IN Bangkok official page ↗
- 2024 — Best Luxury Restaurant Interior, Topazio Bar — La Miniera Pool Villas official page ↗
- 2023 — Restaurant Interior — Woo Tender Bangkok
- 2022 — Best Luxury Interior Design, Single Residential Property — Quarter31 official page ↗
Top 100 Interior Designers of the World
A studio listing by the Luxury Lifestyle Awards rather than a project award.
- 2025
- 2024 official page ↗
- 2022 official page ↗
LIV Hospitality Design Awards
An international programme for hotel, restaurant and hospitality interiors.
- 2024 — Winner, Nightclub Interior — MU:IN Bangkok official page ↗
- 2025 — Honorable Mention, Interior Design — Beer Collection official page ↗
- 2023 — Winner, Private Club Interior — Woo Tender Bangkok official page ↗
- 2022 — Winner, Bar Lounge Interior — Kilik Social Club official page ↗
IDA Design Awards
The International Design Awards, judged in Los Angeles across architecture and interior categories.
- 2025 — Silver, Hospitality Interior Design (Night Clubs) — MU:IN Bangkok official page ↗
- 2024 — Sustainable Interior Design — Beer Collection
German Design Award
Presented by the German Design Council, one of the more demanding European juries.
- 2025 — Excellent Architecture, Retail Architecture — Kilik Social Club official page ↗
Iconic Awards
The Innovative Architecture programme run by the German Design Council.
- 2025 — Bar Interior — Kilik Social Club
Asia Architecture Design Awards
A regional programme covering architecture and interior work across Asia.
- 2026 — Retail Interior — Scintillion Surawongse
- 2025 — Retail Interior, SHU — SHU Fashion Island
Architecture MasterPrize
A global architecture and design prize with a dedicated interior section.
- 2025 — Honorable Mention, Nightclub Interior — MU:IN Bangkok official page ↗
Kyoto Global Design Awards
A Japanese programme judging design work from across the world.
- 2025 — Restaurant, Hotel and Bar Interior — MU:IN Bangkok official page ↗
Golden Pin Design Award
Taiwan based, and one of the most established design awards in the Chinese speaking market.
- 2025 — Recreational and Entertainment Space — MU:IN Bangkok official page ↗
BLT Built Design Awards
A built environment programme judging completed architecture and interiors.
- 2025 — Honorable Mention, Retail Interior — Scintillion Surawongse official page ↗
OPAL Awards London
A London based programme judging hospitality, restaurant and venue interiors.
- 2025 — Platinum Winner, Hospitality, Restaurant and Venues Interior — MU:IN Bangkok official page ↗
What interior design awards tell a client
A trophy is not the point. What a jury actually tests is whether a room does the job it was drawn to do. Judges look at how a plan handles circulation when the space is full, whether the lighting is doing more than filling a ceiling with downlights, whether a material was chosen because it suits the use or because it photographed well. That is the same set of questions a client should be asking, which is why we treat an award entry as an audit rather than a marketing exercise.
The pattern in the record above matters more than any single line in it. Recognition across residential, retail, restaurant, bar, hotel and nightclub interiors, in consecutive years, says the studio is not a one building type practice living off a single successful project. It also says the work holds up in front of European and Asian juries with quite different reference points.
Recognition travels, too. A hotel operator in another market, a landlord assessing a tenant fit-out, a brand choosing a studio for a first store in Thailand: none of them can visit every project, so an independent judgement carries weight. For our clients the practical benefit is confidence that the studio has delivered comparable work before and can be held to that standard again.
We enter work selectively and only with the client agreement, since an entry usually means releasing images, drawings and sometimes commercial detail. Where a project cannot be published for reasons of privacy or a confidentiality agreement, it stays off this page.
Press and publications
Selected features, interviews and published projects. Editorial press is listed apart from award-platform coverage — use the filters to move between the two.
Top 50 SEA 2026: Design Has the Power to Influence How People Move, Interact and Feel
Southeast Asia’s fifty leading designers — Warakorn Termwattanapakdee, Co-founder, Gratitude Design
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Decoding Feeling into Design: Give Warakorn Termwattanapakdee
Founder interview — designing homes around the identity and emotion of the people who live in them
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300 High Flyers: Warakorn “Give” Termwattanapakdee
Annual list of Thailand’s leading figures — Design Director, Gratitude Design
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H! List 2025: Warakorn Termwattanapakdee
Annual list feature — Design Director, Gratitude Design; sustainable practice and mentorship
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Design Beyond Aesthetics
Warakorn “Give” Termwattanapakdee — Co-founder & Design Director; Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow 2025
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A Studio That Creates New Experiences Through Meaningful Spaces
Studio interview — Warakorn Termwattanapakdee; Kilik Social Club
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Thailand’s Gratitude Design: Trendsetter nel Design di Lusso
Studio profile — Italian edition
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PETCH Thailand: A Jewellery Store in a Shophouse
Retail project feature — PETCH Thailand
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The Bangkok Sathorn: A Modern Luxury Residence
Residential feature — interiors by Warakorn Termwattanapakdee
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Best Luxury Restaurant Interior Design
Topazio Bar at La Miniera
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Top 100 Luxury Interior Designers of the World
Gratitude Design — studio listing
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Top 100 Architects & Designers — Winner Profile
Gratitude Design Co., Ltd.
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Trendsetters in Turn-key Luxury Design in Thailand
Studio recognition
View Recognition ↗Working with the press
We are glad to supply material for editorial use. For any published project we can provide high resolution images with the correct photography credit, a short project description, the full consultant and contractor credit list, and drawings or plans where the client has agreed to their release. Where a project is still under construction or has not yet opened, we will say so rather than let a date be assumed.
Interviews with the founders on the studio approach, on designing for the Bangkok market, or on a specific building type such as hospitality, clinic and wellness, workplace or restaurant and bar can be arranged in English or Thai. Please allow a few days notice so that we can confirm client permissions before anything is released.
Press enquiry? Get in touch with the studio and we will come back to you with images, credits and any detail you need.