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2025
touchdesigner
When I reflect on my identity, I always return to my roots, delicious and mouthwatering food. Food that once you try, you cannot stop eating. As Filipinos of the diaspora, we often carry a sense of displacement, a double displacement of living abroad while feeling estranged from our homeland. My role as a Filipinx designer residing and working within the empire is to contribute to the visual language of the Philippines so that other FilAms can embrace our heritage. Because of this, it was important for me to create a poster that speaks directly to a Filipino audience. For many Filipinos, food is a source that embeds us deeply in our culture. To fully experience Filipino cuisine, it cannot simply be eaten; you must engage with its memory.
draws inspiration from menus in Filipino restaurants across both the US and the Philippines. I’ve always admired their orderly chaos, a kind of playful rhythm that rejects minimalism, whether through straying from the grid, cheeky typography choices, or photos captured on a simple smartphone. I wanted to honor these principles of Filipino maximalism—an antithesis of Western design. Outer glows, harsh drop shadows, stroke-outlined text, and even Photoshop’s pre-installed shapes felt distinctly
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