A Life in a Graveyard of Airplanes – Design You Trust

A Life in a Graveyard of Airplanes

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A Thai man climbs down from his home in a disused airplane on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. 3 impoverished Thai families have begun living in disused airplanes on a private field. The families, who collect and recycle garbage earning a few dollars a day, can’t afford to rent and prefer to stay in the planes. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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A young Thai woman sits under a picture of the king in her home in a disused airplane on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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A Thai woman and her young son examine watches to see if they can be resold in their home in a disused airplane on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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A young Thai boy plays outside his home in a disused airplane on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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A collection of toys which were thrown away by their original owners have been scavenged and displayed in a room in a disused airplane on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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A Thai woman returns to her home in a disused airplane section after washing on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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A Thai man walks toward his home in an airplane section after finishing a cigarette on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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A young man brings goods into his home in a disused airplane on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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Oxygen masks are strewn across the floor of a disused airplane on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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A Thai man fans himself with a piece of plastic while listening to a battery-powered radio in his home in a disused airplane on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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The interior of a disused airplane on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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Disused airplanes are stored in a field on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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The cockpit of a disused airplanes sits in a field on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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An elderly Thai lady sits in her room in a disused airplane on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

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