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...
Read full biographyAnuthin 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
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
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
2001
2014
2014
2015
Other Professional Activities
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