Teerasak Sakon

ผศ.ดร.ธีรศักดิ์ สะกล — Thammasat University, Lampang

Research

Design knowledge
that others can use.

Three lines of enquiry run through the work: colour systems built from natural dyes, wayfinding judged by measured behaviour, and identity designed participatively. Each produces artefacts and a paper.

งานวิจัยสามแกน — ระบบสีจากสีย้อมธรรมชาติ · การประเมินระบบนำทางเชิงพฤติกรรม · การออกแบบอัตลักษณ์แบบมีส่วนร่วม

01 — Published

Peer-reviewed articles

  1. 01

    FC-STEAM as participatory identity design model in graphic design education: A visual communication strategy for higher education

    Sakon, T. (2026). Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies (HASSS), 26(1), 188–201

  2. 02

    A study of natural dyes to create colour palette for creative design

    Netithammakorn, N., Sakon, T., & Shen, J. (2025). Color Research & Application (Wiley)

  3. 03

    STEAM education for enhancing creativity in packaging design

    Sakon, T., & Petsangsri, S. (2021). Archives of Design Research, 34(1), 21–31

02 — In review

Under peer review
or in preparation

Facilities (Emerald)
Scopus Q1

Evaluating wayfinding integration and circulation efficiency in a multi-level university building: A post-occupancy evaluation

Revision under review

Color Research & Application (Wiley)
SCIE

A harmony-rule engine as an interoperability bridge for natural dye colour systems

In submission

InfoDesign
Peer-reviewed

From perception to spatial intelligibility: Developing a design logic model for wayfinding

Awaiting editorial decision

Journal of Urban Culture Research
Scopus Q1

Designing participatory identity — Thammasat Games 2025

In preparation

03 — Funded projects

Programmes

Proposal submitted

Natural Dye Colour System

ระบบสีจากสีย้อมธรรมชาติ: การพัฒนาเว็บแอปพลิเคชันและกรรมวิธีสร้างชุดสีมาตรฐานเชิงพื้นที่

Building a spatially grounded standard colour set from Lanna natural dyes, delivered as a web application with a documented, reproducible process.

Role
Principal investigator
Funder
NRCT / TSRI (วช. · ววน.)
Period
2027–

Proposal in preparation

Participatory Identity Design

การออกแบบอัตลักษณ์แบบมีส่วนร่วม

A qualitative study of how institutional identity is negotiated between an organisation, its students and its public — online focus groups plus expert validation interviews.

Role
Principal investigator
Funder
Thammasat University Fast Track
Period
24 months

Manuscript under review

Wayfinding Post-Occupancy Evaluation

การประเมินระบบนำทางหลังการใช้งานจริง

Measuring travel time, navigation errors and hesitation at decision nodes in a multi-level teaching building, before and after an environmental graphics intervention.

Role
Principal investigator
Funder
Thammasat University
Period
2024–2026

04 — Research tools

Built, not just described

Harmony Engine

A web application that generates harmony-rule colour relationships across natural dye colour systems, built as the interoperability bridge described in the accompanying paper.

05 — Service

  • Frontiers in Psychology — Media Psychology

    Peer reviewer · Independent review report, 2026

  • Faculty academic promotion and curriculum review, Thammasat University

    Reviewer / committee · Ongoing

  • TPQI professional qualification — scriptwriting, Levels 4 and 5

    Curriculum developer · With TU-RAC

06 — Awards

  • Visual Arts Silver Medal

    2025 · The 6th International Symposium on Creative Fine Arts (TSU-ISCFA)

    For the creative work “Packaging and Label Design of Larb Chili Paste, Lampang Province”

  • Creative Design Award (CDA) — New Media Design

    2022 · Creative Chiang Mai

    For the typeface OA-Satapud

07 — Exhibitions

  • International Art, Design and Architecture Exhibition

    2024 · Faculty of Architecture and Design, RMUTR

  • International Art, Design and Architecture Exhibition (ADA)

    2023 · Thailand

  • SILPA Creative Works Exhibition

    2022 · Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University

  • Chiang Mai Design Week

    2022 · Creative Economy Agency

  • “Phoenix” International Arts Exhibition Project

    2022 · 20th Anniversary, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Thammasat University

  • “Top View New Vision” Art Crafts and Moving Exhibition

    2018 · Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Thammasat University

  • “Typo Embroidery Design”, Krafts Art & Design Exhibition

    2015 · Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Thammasat University