pornprapha@mixedmethods.co.th
Degree
2003 – Master of Fine Art, Communication Arts and Design, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, Virginia.
Graduate Thesis topic: The Generation of Forms and Thai Typeface Design
1997 – Bachelor of Fine Art, Emphasis in Graphic Design, Department of Art and Art History,
University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Academic Appointments
2012 – 2017 – Assistant Professor, Graduate Studies Program, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. Doha, Qatar.
2012 and 2015 – Associate Director and Assistant Professor, Graduate Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. Doha, Qatar.
2012 – 2014 – Acting Director and Assistant Professor, Graduate Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. Doha, Qatar.
2004 – 2005 – Staff Liaison Manager/Designer, VCUQatar and Fitch-Qatar. Doha, Qatar
2002 – 2012 – Assistant Professor, Graphic Design Department, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. Doha, Qatar.
Professional Practice / Work Experience
2017 – Current – Brand Communication & Marketing Director., Mad-Arai-D, Bangkok, Thailand.
2017 – Current – Managing Director of MadTypes., Bangkok, Thailand.
2016 – Current – Founder, Mixed Methods Co., Ltd. Bangkok, Thailand.
1999 – 2002 – Designer, ID8 Department., RTKL Associates Inc. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
1997 – 1999 – Graduate Assistant, Visual Communication Arts and Design department, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, Virginia.
2012 – Co-Author & Designer, Synapse: Designer as Link Post conference publication, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. Doha, Qatar.
2008 – Catalog Design & Exhibition Consultant, “Ishq Al Falaa: Photographs of Sheikh Khaled Bin Hamad Bin Ahmad Al Thani”. The Sheraton, Doha, Qatar.
2008 – Catalog Design, “Generations – Tradition and Continuity in Kimonos from Japan”. The Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar.
2008 – Art Director and Designer – VCUQatar: Leaving a Mark. A Decade of Design publication, Codesign with Law Alsobrook, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. Doha, Qatar.
2005 – Designer – The Al-Thani Award for Photography Publication Design, Qatar Photographic Association. Doha, Qatar.
2003 – Designer – Qatar Foundation Symposium Series: International Child Art Foundation (ICAF), Innovations in Education The Art and Science Partnership, Qatar Foundation. Doha, Qatar.
2001 – 2002 – Designer, Chesapeake Down Syndrome, Promotional materials including prints and website. Baltimore, Maryland.
2000 – Designer – Smithsonian Institute, Promotional materials, Washington DC,
1999 – Designer – Department of Dance and Choreography, Promotional materials, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, Virginia.
1997 – Designer – Kinetix Graphic Communication, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Publications
2011 – Phatanateacha, Pornprapha., “Synapse Designer as Links” post conference publication
2009 – Heller, Steven., Talarico, Lita., “VCUQatar 10th Anniversary Publication” (Class project by Pornprapha Phatanateacha and Law Alsobrook) Design School Confidential: Extraordinary Class Projects From the International Design Schools, Colleges, and Institutes, first edition, 2009, p 30. Print. ISBN-13: 978-1-59253-548-4., Published by Rockport Publishers (October 1, 2009)
2008 – Drew, John T., Meyer, Sarah A., (Student work published). Color Management for Packaging: A Comprehensive Guide for Graphic Designers, Hardcover edition 2008, ISBN-13: 978-2940361670
2006 – Phatanateacha, Pornprapha., Nakib, Hani.,Charm of the City, Photography book about Qatari national heritage. published in 2006. ISBN – 99921-70-82-4
2004 – Phatanateacha, Pornprapha., Nakib, Hani.,Passage Through Qatar, Photography book about Qatar natural environment. published in 2004. ISBN – 99921-69-07-9
2005 – Drew, John T., Meyer, Sarah A., “Thailand Poster” (work published). Color Management: A Comprehensive Guide for Graphic Designers, Hardcover edition 2005 & paper edition 2012,
ISBN-13: 978-1581159165
2000 – Meggs, Phil., McKelvey, Roy., “Clarendon Chapter” (author and design), Revival of the Fittest: Digital Versions of Classic Typefaces, RC Publications, Inc. July 2000, ISBN-13: 978-1883915087 Exhibition
2013 – Group Exhibition. Invited. “Cultural Camouflage” (Mixed Media). Otaku Exhibition, Katara Art Center, Doha, Qatar. With Levi Hammett & Maryam Al Homaid. 27-30 November 2013.
2011 – Exhibition Proposal. Phatanateacha, Pornprapha., & Hammett, Levi. “Droog: Products of Ideas”. The Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. 2011.
2008 – Exhibition Design. Phatanateacha, Pornprapha., Hammett, Levi., Kinnemark, Maja. “Generations – Tradition and Continuity in Kimonos from Japan”. The Gallery, Virginia
Commonwealth University in Qatar. 2008.
2006 – Exhibition Design. Phatanateacha, Pornprapha., “Easton Pearson: Transforming Traditions”. The Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. 2006.
2006 – Exhibition, “Green grass”, The Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, 2006
2005 – Exhibition, “Biofacts”, The Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, 2005
2001 – Exhibition Design. RTKL Inc., Phatanateacha, Pornprapha., “The Overcoming Distance: The Museum Magnet Schools Project” Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C., 2001
1998 – MFA Thesis Exhibition. Phatanateacha, Pornprapha., “The Generation of Forms and Thai Typeface Design” Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. 1998
2003 – Exhibition, “Mini Drawing”, The Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, 2003
1998 – Exhibition, “Live and Work”, Park of the Future, The Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Holland, 1998
1997 – Exhibition, “Promotional poster for the play Woyzeck” and “Press kit for Chapman Richards and Associates”, Faculty Show, University of Utah, Co-design with John T. Drew, Sarah A. Meyer, Pornprapha Phatanateacha, Salt Lake City, Utah USA, 1997
Conference presentations
Phatanateacha, Pornprapha., Levi Hammett & Maryam Al Homaid, “Cultural Camouflage: Transcribing Unconventional Cultural Patterns into Commercial Products”. Tenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability, Split, Croatia, 2014. Presentation.
Phatanateacha, Pornprapha., Jesse Ulmer, “Synapse: Designer as Link”, Geographics: Design Education, and the Transnational Terrain conference Organized by AIGA 2012, Hawaii, USA, December 2012
Phatanateacha, Pornprapha., Muneera U. Spence. “Sustaining Contextual Exchanges: Tasmeem Doha 2011 as a Model for an Experiential Conference”, The Eighth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2012
Phatanateacha, Pornprapha., “Synapse: Designer as Link Course Development “, Tasmeem Doha International Design Conference 2011, Doha, Qatar, March 2011
Invited participant., 2009 Aspen Design Summit: a partnership of AIGA and Winterhouse Institute, Aspen, Colorado, USA – November 2010
New Views 2: Conversations and Dialogues in Graphic Design “A collaboration project on a case study in contextual curricular development” Co-author with
Professor Muneera U. Spence and Professor Peter Martin. London, UK, July 2008
“Enhancing Graphic Design Education with Unstructured Learning in an Unfamiliar Place” FLUX: Design Education in a Changing World and DEFSA International Design Education Conference 2007. Co-author with Professor Peter Martin. Cape Town, South Africa, November 2007
Teaching
Graduate Level
DESI 512: Advance Studio in Visual Communication
DESI 520: Design Research Methodologies
DESI 605: Design Strategies and Ethics for Business
DESI 621: Design Research Studio: Leadership & Entrepreneurship
Team taught with Professor Mike Eisenman, Director of School of Business Career Services, VCU Richmond
GDES 698: Thesis Documentation and Exhibition
A studio-based course focusing on the design and production of final research documentation in both book and exhibition formats.
DESI 630: Teaching Practicum
DESI 631: Design Internship
Provides supervised practical work experience that is coordinated with professional designers under the guidance of the design faculty. Internship placement is based upon research interest.
Graduate Thesis Reviewer
Review on 9 thesis committees
Undergraduate Level
Senior, Junior and Sophomore Level
New courses developed
Special Topics: Synapse course I & II – an interdisciplinary and cross level design course Interdisciplinary (Fashion, Graphic and Fashion Design)
Facilitate with a team of seven interdisciplinary faculty from VCUQatar Collaborate with three professional local and International designers
Senior Level
New courses developed
Senior Design Studio
Facilitate real world experience client based projects, meeting, budget, design teams, faculty supports
New courses developed
Experiential Design
Team taught with Associate Professor Muneera U. Spence and Assistant Professor Leland M. Hill
Senior Portfolio
Team taught with Assistant Professor Sherry Blankenship
Exhibition and Environmental Graphic Design
Typographics III
Junior Level
Print I
Team taught with Assistant Professor Levi Hammett and Diane Mikhael
Print II
Team taught with Assistant Professor Peter Martin
Art Direction I
Team taught with Adjunct Faculty Amin Matni and Christina England
Communication Design: Publications Design
Team taught with Assistant Professor Law Alsobrook
Communication Design: Systems in Design
Team taught with Associate Professor Muneera U. Spence, Associate Professor Mary McLaughlin,
Assistant Professor Peter Martin
Electronic Imaging
Team taught with Assistant Professor Sally Van Gorder
Typographics II
Team taught with Assistant Professor Martha Lewis
Typographics I
Team taught with Assistant Professor Peter Martin
Sophomore Level
Communication Design: Visual Fundamental
Team taught with Associate Professor Muneera U. Spence, with Adjunct faculty Maya Saikali
Design Processes and Methods
Team taught with Assistant Professor Law Alsobrook
Design Technology I: Print based software