Peerasin “Punxh” Hutaphaet is a visual ecologist exploring how graphic communication can emerge through living systems.
During his MA in Material Futures at Central Saint Martins, UAL, Punxh developed GROWinK, a regenerative printing system combining fungal pigments with bacterial spores to support the biodegradation of printed materials. His work received recognition through the Swarovski Foundation Sustainable Innovation Scholarship and LVMH Maison/0 Green Trail Award. He is a 2026 Future Materials Fellow at Jan van Eyck Academie supported by the SIA research grant with CHILL at Brightlands Chemelot Camp where his research explores multi-species colour systems.
During his residency, he will investigate how graphic design might shift from producing fixed visual objects to cultivating communication that grows, transforms and returns to ecological systems. The research proposes three pathways beyond conventional print production: Return, where graphic materials decompose and re-enter ecological cycles; Transform, where biological activity changes colour, form and legibility over time; and Regenerate, where graphic materials become substrates, habitats or nutrients for further living processes. Treating printed matter as a living medium rather than a static object, he will investigate how graphic communication can become an evolving ecological relationship.
