SAKSIT PATTARAPRAGRIT

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Over the past decade, Saksit has worked across disciplines
with public institutions, universities, craft communities, and creative brands
as a designer, consultant, lecturer, and creative director.

His works have been presented at major national design festivals
and recognized with awards in design, sustainability,
and social impact.

ตลอดเวลากว่า 10 ปี ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ทำงานร่วมกับ หน่วยงานภาครัฐ สถาบันการศึกษา ชุมชนหัตถกรรม และแบรนด์สร้างสรรค์ ทั้งในบทบาทนักออกแบบ ที่ปรึกษา วิทยากร และผู้อำนวยการสร้างสรรค์

ผลงานของเขาได้รับการนำเสนอในเทศกาลออกแบบระดับประเทศ
และได้รับรางวัลด้านการออกแบบ ความยั่งยืน และผลกระทบทางสังคมอย่างต่อเนื่อง

Saksit Pattarapragrit has served as a lecturer, facilitator, and design expert in numerous national-level programs between 2023–2025, working with public institutions, universities, and creative communities across Thailand.

His roles include delivering lectures, leading participatory workshops, facilitating creative processes, and advising long-term development projects focused on crafts, local wisdom, design innovation, and sustainable creative economies.

• Design and craft development consultant for royal initiative community projects, Don Khun Huai, Phetchaburi Province (Department of Sericulture, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives)
  
• Lecturer and facilitator for Creative Economy and GI Product Development Programs in Isan and Eastern Thailand (Ministry of Commerce)
   
• Speaker and workshop leader for product development programs “Pha Sanuk”, Nakhon Phanom (Community Development Department)
   
• Design expert for KBO (Knowledge-Based OTOP) projects across multiple provinces including Pathum Thani, Suphan Buri, Nakhon Nayok, Chachoengsao, and Trat
   
• Lead lecturer for the national program “Enhancing Thai Textile and Craft Innovation for Sustainability 2025”, conducted across four regions of Thailand (Community Development Department, Ministry of Interior)
   
• Design consultant for coastal community and ecosystem development under The SAAN International Seminar at Bang Khun Thian, in collaboration with SoA+D, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
   
• Speaker for creative entrepreneurship, branding, and cultural tourism programs in collaboration with provincial commerce offices nationwide
   
• Guest speaker and facilitator for Local Wisdom Night at The Commons Thonglor (Roots Incubation Program x All Kinds x The Rotate)
   

• Winner, BANPU Champions for Change Award (2013)
• Finalist, Sustainable Design Camp (2009, 2010) – COTTO & DoiTung
• Finalist, Home Textile Butterfly Award (2010), Department of Export Promotion
• Winner, Cultural Textile Awards (2022) – Creative Textile Category, Ministry of Culture
• Winner, Cultural Textile Awards (2023) – Cotton Textile Category, Ministry of Culture
• Honorary Mention, Cultural Textile Awards (2024), Ministry of Culture
• SACIT Trend Award (2023), Thai Craft Product Standard Certification, SACIT
• Certificate of Material Excellence (2024), Material ConneXion, New York
• Room Select Award (2025), Sustainable Design Awards for MUDDSAKON Project
• Creative Excellence Awards (2025), Social Impact Category – Creative Community Inclusivity Award
   

WISDOM HAS FALLEN
Presented at Isan Creative Festival 2024 (Khon Kaen), Chiang Mai Design Week 2024, and Bangkok Design Week 2025.
The exhibition critically reflects on the vulnerability, loss, and regeneration of local wisdom in contemporary society, proposing craft as a living system shaped by social, economic, and environmental change.

The Tales of Gold Mine
Exhibited at Bangkok Design Week 2023 and Isan Creative Festival 2023.
A narrative-driven design project exploring extractive economies, material memory, and community resilience through textiles and craft-based storytelling.

NEO-ZENKON NAKHON / Sakon Junction
Creative direction and exhibition design for regional identity development initiatives in Sakon Nakhon (2021–2022), later presented within national creative festival platforms.
UNIVERSAL FASHION: The Impact of Unlimited Possibilities, creative director and exhibition designer for Banpu Impact Day 2022

VOYAGE TO COUTURE – A Tapestry of Thai Heritage and French Elegance, exhibition design under SIRIVANNAVARI at House No.1, commemorating 340 years of Thai–French relations (2025)
TREASURE OF DREAMS – Sirivannavari x Beauty Gems Haute Joaillerie Collection, exhibition design at the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles, The Grand Palace (2025)

• The Cloud (Online Magazine), “Creative Local: Wisdomative”, October 28, 2021
• Anurak Magazine (Online), Feature on Thai Local Wisdom, December 27, 2021
• Thai PBS, The Heart of Textile Patterns, Episode: “Wisdomative – Building Sustainable Craft Communities”, August 15, 2022
• Thai PBS, 168 Hours, August 7, 2022
• Thai PBS, The Heart of Textile Patterns, Episode: “Cotton Threads Against Mining, Ban Na Nong Bong”, January 23, 2023
• Baanlaesuan Online Magazine, Design Update – Woven MCX Collection, December 22, 2023
• CRAFTS Guide Book, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT): Creative Tourism Products in Art, Fashion, and Crafts