Anuthin Wongsunkakon, Thailand

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Anuthin Wongsunkakon (b.1973) is a partner of Cadson Demak, type design, type foundry and graphic design firm based in Bangkok, Thailand. Known for providing exclusive font for companies in Thailand such as Telenor, Nokia, Tesco and Thai edition of international magazines such as Vogue, GQ and Wallpaper*. He also localized the classic such as Helvetica, Neue Helvetica and Frutiger for Monotype. His work also recognized by major companies such as Apple, Google, Line and Microsoft to produce and supply high quality typeface design along with extensive research about Thai typeface and typography.

Computer Arts magazine Thai Edition once named Cadson Demak “The Most Influential Type Foundry in Thailand” while Wallpaper* magazine chose Anuthin as “Designer of the Year” in 2015. He also found Bangkok International Typographic Symposium (aka BITS) in 2010. BITS became the first and the only annual conference about typography in SE Asia.

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    Anuthin Wongsunkakon, Thailand (2017)

    Anuthin Wongsunkakon (b.1973) is a partner of Cadson Demak, type design, type foundry and graphic design firm based in Bangkok, Thailand. Known for providing exclusive font for companies in Thailand...

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    Anuthin Wongsunkakon, Thailand (2017)

    Anuthin Wongsunkakon (b.1973) is a partner of Cadson Demak, type design, type foundry and graphic design firm based in Bangkok, Thailand. Known for providing exclusive font for companies in Thailand such as Telenor, Nokia, Tesco and Thai edition of international magazines such as Vogue, GQ and Wallpaper*. He also localized the classic such as Helvetica, Neue Helvetica and Frutiger for Monotype. His work also recognized by major companies such as Apple, Google, Line and Microsoft to produce and supply high quality typeface design along with extensive research about Thai typeface and typography.

    Computer Arts magazine Thai Edition once named Cadson Demak “The Most Influential Type Foundry in Thailand” while Wallpaper* magazine chose Anuthin as “Designer of the Year” in 2015. He also found Bangkok International Typographic Symposium (aka BITS) in 2010. BITS became the first and the only annual conference about typography in SE Asia.

    Publications

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    เดินเส้นเป็นทาง Outline of the Era

    (2000)

    • Anuthin Wongsunkakon

    Cadson Demak Press

    Type specimens of Cadson Demak from 2000 - 2014 and summary of Thai Type Design in digital era.

    Stop Stealing Sheep & find out how type works (Thai Edition)

    (2014)

    • Anuthin Wongsunkakon,
    • Sumet Chartjareansawad

    Cadson Demak Press

    The Thai edition of Erik Spiekermann’s classic book Stop Stealing Sheep & find out how type works (Thai Edition).

    Inside Paragraphs: Typographic Fundamentals (Thai Edition)

    (2021)

    • Anuthin Wongsunkakon,
    • Sumet Chartjareansawad

    Cadson Demak Press

    The Thai edition of Cyrus Highsmith’s universal basic book about typography “Inside Paragraphs: Typographic Fundamentals (Thai Edition)”

    Lectures

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    Overview of Thai Type Design

    (2011)

    • Typotag, Germany

    Note on Helvetica Thai

    (2012)

    • ATypI, Hong Kong

    10 Things you should know before designing Thai

    (2013)

    • Granshan and TCDC, Thailand

    International Latin

    (2016)

    • Typographics, Cooper Union, USA

    Visible Voice

    (2016)

    • TEDxBangkok, Thailand

    Pandora Box & A Can Of Worms

    (2017)

    • CommMa, Thailand

    The Reasons To Design Type.

    (2019)

    • Today at , Apple Store IconSiam, Bangkok, Thailand

    Getting Thai Font Ready For The World

    (2019)

    • National Hangeul Museum, South Korea

    Awards

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    • 2001

    Type Director Club New York
    • 2014

    DEmark
    • 2014

    Good Design Award
    • 2015

    Wallpaper* (Thai Edition) Designer of The Year

    Other Professional Activities

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    • Lecturer, BFA Vis-Com Design, Rangsit University

      1999 – 2001

    • Lecturer, BFA Comm. Design, Bangkok University

      2001 – 2010

    • Lecturer, BFA Graphic Design, Chulalongkorn

      2002 – 2004

    • Thai Graphic Designer Association Board of Director

      2010 – 2013

    • Full Time Typographic Advisor, BFA Visual Communication Design, Bangkok University

      2011 – 2013

    • Bangkok Art Director Award, Graphic Design Category Judge

      2011 – 2013

    • Visiting Lecturer, BFA in Communication Design (International Program), Chulalongkorn

      2013 – 2016