Manifesto
Grand Laos is a curated space devoted to the art of living where culture, craft, and aesthetics meet through a shared vision. Conceived as a boutique gallery and editorial platform, it celebrates refined creativity in all its forms. Each piece is chosen for its integrity, the harmony of idea, material, and hand, and its ability to speak a universal visual language.
The project is guided by two complementary perspectives. One is shaped by connoisseurship, curation, and a cultivated sense of beauty. The other is grounded in community connection, operational clarity, emotional sensibility, and a deep understanding of artisanal practice. Together these perspectives create a balanced approach that honours both vision and execution.
While rooted in Laos, Grand Laos opens toward the world. It connects creators and collectors, artisans and aesthetes, travellers and designers through a shared appreciation for craftsmanship and beauty. It serves as gallery and editorial lens, a space where one encounters works to acquire as well as the stories that give them resonance.
Grand Laos stands as a statement of taste. It preserves the dialogue between tradition and contemporary expression and celebrates the meeting point between the human hand and the cultivated home.
Patay Vongsombath
Co-founder & CEO
Patay gives Grand Laos its human centre. She understands the rhythms of daily life in Laos, the relationships that sustain artisan communities, and the emotional quality that a crafted object carries when it is made with sincerity. Her sensibility is both practical and intuitive. She brings structure without heaviness and warmth without sentimentality. Through her, Grand Laos remains anchored to the people, materials, and traditions that give the project its authenticity. She builds the connections that allow the vision to move from idea to lived experience.
Pietro A. Chiarini
Co-founder & Curator
Pietro shapes the visual and editorial soul of Grand Laos. His eye moves instinctively toward balance, proportion, and the quiet authority of well made objects. Years of living among art, design, and craftsmanship have taught him to recognise the difference between decoration and intention. He approaches each piece as part of a wider cultural story and each selection as an act of care. His work defines the tone of Grand Laos, giving form to a space where beauty is treated as knowledge and where the cultivated home becomes an expression of understanding rather than display.