- Sakarit Gunkhan (Chankaew) is a Brooklyn-based Graphic/Web Designer & Visual/Concept Artist
Hi, I’m Sakarit (sa-ka-rit), a Brooklyn-based omnidirectional designer and visual artist with 10+ years of experience across web, motion, print, and digital media. I hold a BFA in Communications Design (Graphic Design) from Pratt Institute, where my practice weaves visual communication, moving images, material exploration, and immersive experiences into an interconnected creative ecosystem where digital, physical, and virtual spaces collide.
My work spans fashion, motion, web, and publishing, combining immersive visual experiences with whimsical experimentation and interdisciplinary storytelling. Rooted in circular design principles, my practice prioritizes material longevity and energy efficiency while exploring unexpected connections between disciplines, materials, and experiences.
I believe design should be more than seen; it should be felt, embodied, and inhabited. My practice seeks to weave diverse disciplines, materials, and experiences into a Gesamtkunstwerk, or “total work of art,” reimagined through the lens of Global South heritage. Rather than reproducing dominant Global North perspectives, I seek to challenge and decolonize contemporary visual culture by bringing underrepresented histories, cultural knowledge, and ways of seeing into dialogue with the present. Most importantly, I really believe:
“There’s a fine line between creativity and insanity—crossing the line is sublimity.”
The curated songs for this page aren’t just decoration. They’re pure ENERGY, amplifying the nuance, sublimity, or curiosity woven into the visuals, and to make the vibe more immersive, playful, and alive! It’s not random, it’s part of the curation. Music is personal, I know!, but here it’s essential to the story.

Sakarit is honored to have his poster design selected and featured in NYCxDESIGN’s 2026 poster series, Ode to NYC, alongside a group of talented and emerging designers. Available exclusively at Poster House, this vibrant collection captures the spirit of New York City through diverse creative perspectives.

Awarded September 19, 2025 , President’s List, Spring 2025 — awarded for outstanding academic performance (4.00 GPA).

Awarded Spring 2025, School of Design, Pratt Institute

Awarded Spring 2025, Recognized for academic excellence and commitment to social, cultural, and environmental justice initiatives.

Awarded Spring 2025, Sakarit’s fellowship work focused on using graphic design, digital media, online archives, and other design disciplines relevant to David’s creations. He aimed to assist the Foundation in making David Wojnarowicz’s work more accessible to self-taught and marginalized individuals who have come to the arts along non-traditional paths.

Awarded Fall 2024: Presidential Merit‑Based Scholarship — awarded for a 4.0 GPA and outstanding academic achievement.

Awarded Spring 2024: Presidential Merit‑Based Scholarship — awarded for a 4.0 GPA and outstanding academic achievement.

Awarded Spring 2024, Graphic Design USA (GDUSA): Recognized as one of the top emerging design students, supported by leading U.S. art and design institutions.

Awarded Fall 2023: Presidential Merit‑Based Scholarship — awarded for a 4.0 GPA and outstanding academic achievement.

Awarded Spring 2022: Presidential Merit‑Based Scholarship — awarded for a 4.0 GPA and outstanding academic achievement. Pratt Institute.

Awarded Fall 2024: Presidential Merit‑Based Scholarship — awarded for a 4.0 GPA and outstanding academic achievement. Pratt Institute.

Nominated in 2021: Semifinalist, Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship (2021), a nationally competitive award recognizing exceptional community college students pursuing transfer to four‑year universities. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.

Awarded May 2020: High Honors recognizing Artistic Merit in Photography and exemplary Class Leadership. The Community College of Philadelphia

Inducted March 2019: Awarded membership in Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (Rho Upsilon Chapter). The Community College of Philadelphia
Ode to NYC is a vibrant poster series by leading and emerging designers, exclusively at Poster House. Each purchase supports NYCxDESIGN’s Emerging Designer Residency and helps strengthen New York City’s dynamic design community—celebrating creativity that inspires both locally and globally.