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Santi Lawrachawee
Born 1971 in Bangkok, Thailand

Education

1994

BFA, Communication Design, School of Fine and Applied Arts, Bangkok University, Thailand

2018

MFA, Design, Faculty of Art and Design, Rangsit University, Thailand

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Lecturer, Instructor & Advisor

1997 – 2003

Full-time Lecturer at Communication Design Department, School of Fine and Applied Arts, Bangkok University

2004 – Present
Visiting Lecturer ;
– School of Fine and Applied Arts, Bangkok University
– Creative Graphics, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University
– Master of Art and Design, Rangsit University
– CommDe, International Programme in Communication Design, Chulalongkorn University
– Industrial Design Department, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University
– Princess Galyani Vadhana Institue of Music (PGVIM)
– Digital Communication Design (International Programme), Silpakorn University International College (SUIC)

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1994 – 1996

Graphic Designer, Vivid Design

1996 – 1997

Co-founder & Designer, Flyday Design Studio

1999 – 2001

Co-founder & Design Director, Samosorn Design Studio

1998

Collaborated with Sansern Milindasuta and Krit Chokpipatpol in a multi-media art exhibition entitled “book” at The Old Kurusapha Publishing Building, Bangkok, Thailand

2001

Co-founder, Alternate Bangkok Council of Design (ABCD)

Moderator, The Design Seminar “4 Hungers” by Communication Design Department, School of Fine and Applied Arts, Bangkok University and ABCD at Bangkok University

2002

Group Exhibition,  A graphic design exhibition “Someone is…”
Organised by ABCD at The Thailand Furniture Mart, Bangkok, Thailand

Group Exhibition, “Discover Asia International Poster Exhibition” Taiwan

2003

Group Exhibition, A design exhibition “Discovering Thai”
at Bangkok University Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2004 – 2017

Co-founder, PRACTICAL Design Studio

2005

Curated “662” Design Exhibition
at Bangkok University Gallery, Rangsit Campus

2006

Curated “Collaboration” Design Exhibition
at Bangkok University Gallery, Rangsit Campus

2008

Curated “Design (Alone) Cannot Change (Everything)”
A Poster Exhibition by 10 Thai Graphic Designers & 10 Design Students
at Siam Discovery, Bangkok

Solo Exhibition “Yes I am Not”
at Bangkok University Gallery, City Campus, Bangkok

Solo Exhibition “Yes We are Not”
at Grand Hall, Siam Discovery , Bangkok

Group Exhibition, “The Art of Corruption” Exhibition
at Office of Contemporary Art & Culture Gallery, Bangkok

2009

Co-initiated & Organized “I am a Thai Graphic Designer” Project with PRACTICAL Design Studio, Exhibition & Event at Grand Hall, Siam Discovery, Bangkok

Group Exhibition, “100 Design to save the world”
at Grand Hall, Siam Discovery , Bangkok

Group Exhibition, “Bangkok Bananas” Art & Culture Festival 2009
Typographic Installation at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), Bangkok

2010

Vice President, Thai Graphic Designer Association (ThaiGa) (2011-2013)

Co-organized with ThaiGa, Ministry of Culture, Centralworld and PRACTICAL; “Heart to heart” A Design project for CTW’s Hoarding by 19 Thai and international graphic designers

Curated “Paper Matter”
A Paper art & design Exhibition, hosted by Antalis (Thailand)
at Studio, 4th floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)

Co-initiated & Organized “IMTGD2010: Somewhere Thai” with PRACTICAL and ThaiGa,
A Thai graphic designers forum at Auditorium, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)

Group Exhibition, Cultural Creativity Creative Economy project: “THAI YO”
at Bangkok Art and Cultural Center (BACC), Bangkok

Group Exhibition, Wonderful Thai Friendship Exhibition at WTF Gallery, Bangkok

Group Exhibition, No conical hats: Southeast Asian works on paper at Give Art Gallery, Singapore

Group Exhibition, World Silent Day : Poster Exhibition
Selected by ADGI (Asosoasi desainer grafis indonesia)
at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Epiwalk Creative Fairground in Jakarta and Bali Creative Festival

2011

Solo Exhibition, “I am not me. This map is not mine”
at Give Art, Singapore

Co-curated “Let’s Panic” Exhibition
at  8th Floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)

Group Exhibition, Now Boarding: Island Thinking and Flights of Fancy at Give Art Gallery, Singapore

2012

Group Exhibition, “A4 Art Show” at NHD Art Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Group Exhibition, “IDEACUBES Project”
at 7th Floor, Central Plaza Rama 9, Bangkok, Thailand

2012 – 2022

Visiting Lecturer for “Design Semiotics” class at Master of Art and Design, Rungsit University

2013

Group Exhibition “GRAPHIC WEST 5 exhibition” type trip to Osaka | typographics ti: # 270
at ddd Gallery, Osaka

Group Exhibition “Resort: An exhibition for landscape of rest”at Main Gallery, 8th floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok

Group Exhibition “Sweet Nightmare” at Bangkok University Gallery (BUG), Bangkok

Keynote Speaker for Bangkok International Typographic Symposium 2013 (BITS)
at Auditorium, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre

2014

Group Exhibition, “Type Trip – The New Asian Graphic Design Exhibition”
at K11 art space, Hong Kong

“A very short introduction of Thai printing and typography”
Keynote Speaker at GRANSHAN Conference 2014, Munich, Germany

Solo Exhibition, “Trivialities”
at Bookhemian Gallery, Phuket, Thailand

DEmark Awards 2014, Graphic Design Category  for “Identity design project for Architect’14” (in the name of PRACTICAL)

Good Design Awards (Japan) for “Identity design project for Architect’14” (in the name of PRACTICAL)

2015

Keynote Speaker at Asian Creative Cross Forum vol.1, Osaka, Japan

Judge at UNKNOWN ASIA Art Exchange Osaka 2015, Osaka, Japan

Published the 1st book “Santivithee 1st” (สันติวิธี ที่๑)
published and distributed by Cadson Demark Press

Awarded as “Designer of the year 2015”
Graphic Design category from Silpakorn University and Thailand Institute of Design and Innovation Promotion, Department of International Trade Promotion, Ministry of Commerce.

Selected as one of “Designer of the year”
by Wallpaper Thai Edition in Design Achievement Category

Group Exhibition, “An Original by the Originals”
A Contemporary Graphic Art Exhibition & Workshops by The Archivist
at The Jam Factory

DEmark Awards 2014, Graphic Design Category  for “Royal Institute Dictionary” (in the name of PRACTICAL)

Good Design Awards (Japan) for “Identity design project for “Royal Institute Dictionary” (in the name of PRACTICAL)

2016

Solo Exhibition, “Santivithee 1st” (สันติวิธี ที่๑)
at Pattana Gallery, Rangsit University

100 clones of solitude
Group Exhibition, “Sci-fi City Exhibition”
by The Association of Siamese Architects
at ASA EXPO, Impact, Muang Thong Thani

Design “Siddhartha Book Lover Edition”
Book Design Project for Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse’s novel.
Translated to Thai by Sodsai Khantiworaphong.
Published only 1,000 copies by openBooks.

Group Exhibition, Collaborated with Sanitas Pradittasnee in “What do you see in commons?”
Exhibition by TCDC, in coorperation with Thai Graphic Designer Association (ThaiGa) at TCDC COMMONS

Judge and Keynote Speaker at UNKNOWN ASIA Art Exchange Osaka 2016, Osaka, Japan

Winner, 100 Annual Book and Cover Design 2016 by The Publishers and Bookseller Association of Thailand

2017

Group Exhibition by PRACTICAL Design Studio, “Rewind to the next”
at The Jam Factory (Bangkok), Dig Me Out Cafe & Gallery (Osaka) & Chiang Mai University Art Gallery (Chiang Mai)

Winner, 100 Annual Book and Cover Design 2017 by The Publishers and Bookseller Association of Thailand

Winner, MUSASHI (White Edition), Striking Stumble Category, OKMD Book Cover Award 2017 by Office of Knowledge Management and Development (Public Organization)

Judge, Paper Weight Awards 2017 by Antalis (Asia)

Guest Speaker in Design Class at Kindai University, Osaka, Japan

Technical Advisor for Degree Project, CommDe. Chulalongkorn University

2018

Judge, Best Booth Design Prizes, 26th Taipei International Book Exhibition 2018, Taipei, Taiwan

Keynote Speaker, Book Design Forum, 26th Taipei International Book Exhibition 2018, Taipei, Taiwan

Judge, DEmark Awards 2018, Graphic Design Category

Group Exhibition, Graphic Trial 2018 (a high quality printed poster exhibition) at P&P Gallery, Printing Museum, Tokyo, Japan (exhibited with Akira Uno, Yoshihiro Yaki & Haruyuki Suzuki)

Lecturer at Communication Design Department, School of Fine and Applied Arts, Bangkok University

Technical Advisor for Degree Project, CommDe. Chulalongkorn University

2019

Judge, Japan International Student Poster Awards 2019, JAGDA, Tokyo, Japan

Solo Exhibition “MIND” at SŌKO Creative Space, Bangkok

2020

Co-founder, PRACTICAL school of design (PS±D)

Group Exhibition, SURFACE at Bangkok University Art Gallery (BUG)

Group exhibition, ๑ ๒ ๑๐ [ One to Ten ] at Joyman Gallery

Talk Session, Understanding the Role of Art in Social Movement and Tranformation at Winter Book Fest 2020, Samyan Mitrtown, Bangkok

2021

Group Exhibition, HUMAN RELATIVITY, Xspace The Exhibition, Xspace Gallery (2021)

Solo Exhibition “MemOyoU (Memorandum of Understanding)” at Case Space Revolution, Broccoli Revolution Charoenkrung (2021)

Talk Session (online), The current movement of the world paper industry and book design, Bangkok Book Fest 2021

Group Exhibition, Safe & Sound Gallery @BBF2021 at The Jam Factory, Bangkok

Group Exhibition, Paradise Lost Exhibition, on 8th Floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)

Artist/Exhibitor, UNKNOWN ASIA 2022, ONLINE INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR

2022

Judge, DEmark Awards 2022, Graphic Design Category

Duet Exhibition “DiaLogic” with Another Nitibhon, Xspace, Bangkok

Participant & Speaker, PATTANI DECODE 2022, Pattani, Thailand

2023

Founder, SANTIvithee OKbab, A design-house where a designer works with a white dog

Visiting Lecturer for Digital Communication Design (International Programme), Silpakorn University International College (SUIC) 

Judge, DEmark Awards 2023, Graphic Design Category