Celebrate Hmong Magazine
Weaving New Narratives Through Contemporary Hmong Artistic Voices
Client: Celebrate Hmong
My Role: Lead Designer and Creative Stragetist
Team: Renee Ya, Nectaree Thao
Challenge: Design an editorial magazine that showcases 36 diverse Hmong artists while honoring cultural heritage.
Artist-Centered Layout System: Created flexible design layouts that highlighted each artist's unique style while ensuring a cohesive reading experience across diverse content types including interviews and biography information.
Production Excellence: Optimized all 110 pages for premium print reproduction, with careful attention to color accuracy, paper selection, and binding to create a collectible art object that honors the featured works
Collaborative Artist Engagement: Established communication with Celebrate Hmong's team and all 36 featured artists to collaborate and design layout decisions that shows fun and bold creation while holding space to highlight artist's work.