From Circular Thinking to Real-World Change: Building the Circular Economy — One Mattress at a Time
At the recent UK Royal Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers Symposium 2025 in Bangkok, nornnorn Founder & CEO Nophol Techaphangam joined circular economy academics, industry professionals, NGO leaders, and policymakers from around the world to explore how data, design, and green finance can power real-world circular solutions — starting with the mattress industry.
3 min read • 11 September 2025
Driving Impact with Data: How nornnorn is Reprogramming the Circular Economy
At the recent BDI Connect the Dots: Data-Driven Service Businesses of the Future seminar, nornnorn Founder & CEO Nophol Techaphangam took the stage not just to talk about beds — but to make a case for how data can reshape everything, from resource use to human behaviour.
3 min read • 9 September 2025
Redesigning Sleep: How nornnorn is Reinventing Mattresses for a Sustainable Future
At a fireside chat hosted by CIMB Thai in Bangkok on August 8, Nophol Techaphangam, nornnorn Founder & CEO, shared his story. It’s a conversation that went far beyond mattresses — touching on climate impact, circular business models, green finance, and the emotional rollercoaster of building something radically new.
4 min read • 6 September 2025
nornnorn Client Highlight: Mana Earthly Paradise
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Located in a peaceful outskirt of Ubud, Bali, Mana Earthly Paradise is a ‘next generation’ eco-resort founded and operated by Earth Company, a Bali-and-Japan-based NGO committed to empowering and inspiring change-makers across Asia Pacific to realise social change.
3 min read • 7 October 2020
nornnorn Client Highlight: Baan Luang Rajamaitri Historic Inn
Muang District, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand
Built over 150 years ago, Baan Luang Rajamaitri Historic Inn is the former residence of Luang Rajamaitri (Poom Punnasri), the founder of Eastern Thailand’s rubber latex industry.
3 min read • 23 September 2020
When will Bali see international travellers again?
Travel industry leaders say this September if we are lucky
5 min read • 2 July 2020
Post-COVID-19 recoveries now underway in Thailand and Far East
Domestic-led occupancies are slowly returning to the hospitality sector
6 min read • 20 June 2020
Bedtime Stories
From a small mattress shop in Little India in Bangkok 88 years ago to nornnorn today
[Translated from the original Thai article by The Cloud Magazine]
18 min read • 15 June 2020
Bangkok’s third airport to boost Thailand’s Eastern Seaboard
Two mega projects now underway to take the country’s most important economic zone to the next level
4 min read • 11 June 2020
National mega deals coming soon
Asian countries planning promotions to lure back travellers
4 min read • 28 May 2020
When will hotel occupancy return?
‘Old Normal’ occupancy levels may come back in 16 months
7 min read · 22 May 2020
When will travel resume in Asia?
Domestic travel has resumed in China and South Korea, with regional travel soon to follow
5 min read • 20 May 2020
Drastic CO2 emissions cut possible, COVID-19 proves
Hitherto unimaginable: carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions this year are expected to fall spectacularly back to the 2010 level
5 min read • 12 May 2020
Hotels’ extra sanitisation measures
What hotels are doing to sanitise rooms during the pandemic
4 min read • 12 May 2020
Travel markets in Far East reopen
Travel markets in the Far East are gradually reopening, representatives of the Hong Kong Tourism Board indicate
3 min read • 10 May 2020
Thailand set to return as China’s favourite destination
Thailand’s position as China’s favourite travel destination is set to resume, a survey indicates