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.
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 connecting 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.
RECOGNITION
American Graphic Design Award, GDUSA
Merit Award, HOW International Design Awards
Silver Award, Creativity International Awards