New York Forest
2021 · Parsons MFA Fashion Design & Society · Design Studio 2
A project rooted in family heritage, personal history, and the tension between cultural identity and displacement. Through interviews with family members, the work traces how habit, desire, and philosophy are shaped by an immigrant background — and by literature passed down through generations.
Using SketchUp for structural modelling before translating forms into pattern, the process itself became a way of inheriting — drawing on a skill set learned from my father to ask how an immigrant can be part of a new environment while holding onto who they already are.