VISION: Journey
About this work
In August of 2025, when I was still at home in Cayman, I was asked if I’d like to work with VISION Magazine a second time, this time in the role of Art Director. I agreed. The first VISION team meeting happened online over Discord. We spent a big portion of that time trying to decide what on earth the theme for this magazine would be; last year was Hello World, dealing with the internet, technology and humans. We knew we wanted to touch on this idea of change and the complexity of life… but what to call it proved harder. So we went through a bunch of ideas — including Fika, which we liked but ended up meaning “coffee break.” Journey stuck because it was broad, it was all-encompassing, and, most importantly, it didn't focus on the resolution (or perhaps, the destination).
The magazine you see on the left was put together by my team of 12 unbelievably talented artists and graphic designers. A massive thanks to Naomi Chan, Iris Cioban, Juna Abutaha, Farah Baseet, Sameeha Fatima, Michaëlle Knights, Jules Lee, Crystal Lo, Ollie Paredes, Shanna Wong, Skylar Zhang, and Aria Zheng.
Another huge shout-out to all the executives: Mariana Ramirez-Zablah, Camila Rodriguez, Kaithlyn Chua, Leema Abbas, Jacqueline Vazquez-Doniz, Mayukha Pelluri, Ishanvi Tandon, and Martin Stric!
Process
I was at the Charlotte airport when I started racking my brain for art directions. Our then-Marketing Director, Zoya Rizvi suggested to me that I make the ‘O’ in Journey into a fingerprint, and then the idea of being very laissez-faire with the art direction popped up in my head. I wanted all my designers to bring their own unique styles to the table. This, ideally, reflected the uniqueness of all people’s individual journeys. All the authors and artists contributed pieces that spoke to their individual journeys, and it was nice to give my designers a similar opportunity visually.
The magazine was made mostly in Adobe InDesign and took the better part of our Winter semester. It was a lot of far from easy and far from smooth — especially since this was my first time doing anything like this — but it was also a ton of fun. It would have been a lot more work without the help of Mariana Ramirez-Zablah, our Executive Creative Director; Camila Rodriguez, the Creative Operations Director; and Mayukha Pelluri, our Writing and Editing Director. Thanks guys!
Details
Type
ART & DESIGNTools
INDESIGNClient
VISION MAGAZINEYear
2026