Biyahe
Meaning “journey” in Tagalog, Biyahe is an accordion-bound book on how my family came to be naturalized U.S. citizens. When fully laid out, it becomes a 50-foot-long narrative of the 21 years that it took for the process to complete.
Recognition: GDUSA (American Graphic Design Award), HOW International Design Awards (Merit Award), Creativity International Awards (Silver Award)
Biyahe is treated like a document, with ink-stamped dates and locations. All imagery was taken from scans of family photographs and the legal documents. Copy was transcribed from recorded conversations and handwritten notes. Each family member “speaks” in their own color — purple for my mother, yellow for my father, magenta for my brother, and green for myself.
The book is accordion-bound, with spreads continuously flowing from one onto the next. An additional centerfold is also included to condense pages of the narrative. Triangular folds denote physical shifts in location — from Manila to Hong Kong, Guam, and eventually Baltimore.
