Voices of Boston's Chinatown
Voices of Boston's Chinatown
Created a design campaign that amplifies stories of Boston's Chinatown residents and activists



Overview
Overview
I created "Voices of Boston's Chinatown" in my Design for Social Change class at the SMFA in 2021 after learning about the long history of gentrification and modernization happening in Boston's Chinatown. Having just moved from St. Louis, Missouri, a place with no official Chinatown, this information filled me with a sense of urgency as I always imagined Chinatowns as symbols of a city's strong and present Asian population. Wanting to do more research on the matter and shed light on it, I designed a campaign consisting of zines made from Adobe Illustrator and Procreate with snippets of interviews I conducted with Chinatown residents and activists. My dad also made Chinese translations for the texts. I also made a simple website for the project to promote it to a wider audience online. My zine with my interviewee Cynthia Yee's story now resides in the Tufts Asian American Center's zine library.
I created "Voices of Boston's Chinatown" in my Design for Social Change class at the SMFA in 2021 after learning about the long history of gentrification and modernization happening in Boston's Chinatown. Having just moved from St. Louis, Missouri, a place with no official Chinatown, this information filled me with a sense of urgency as I always imagined Chinatowns as symbols of a city's strong and present Asian population. Wanting to do more research on the matter and shed light on it, I designed a campaign consisting of zines made from Adobe Illustrator and Procreate with snippets of interviews I conducted with Chinatown residents and activists. My dad also made Chinese translations for the texts. I also made a simple website for the project to promote it to a wider audience online. My zine with my interviewee Cynthia Yee's story now resides in the Tufts Asian American Center's zine library.
Role: Creator, Designer, Illustrator
Timeline: November 2021 - February 2023
Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Procreate, Caard.co
Role: Creator, Designer, Illustrator
Timeline: November 2021 - February 2023
Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Procreate, Caard.co



Click below to access the "Voices of Boston" Chinatown website!
The Design Process








Below are a few assorted pages of the zines.
My interviewee Cynthia Yee also promoted my project on her blog. Check it out below!