Chinatown
strathmore text-24Ib paper
Binding
kettle stitched
Method
hand-scanned pages and photography
Typeface
this book is set in a san serif typeface called Simvoni.
Chinatown, as one of the most populated boroughs, is a miniature of NYC, gathering a diverse group of people and boasting a long tradition of cultural exchanges. It is where many immigrants settle down to start their new lives in NYC. Over time, people come and go, leaving Chinatown with the new and the old: stickers over graffiti, posters over scratched walls, among many other traces. Things lay on top of each other, and the new covers the old. Similar to the physically layered stickers and posters accumulating over time, crimes continually overwrite the latest incidents, mirrored by the recurring sirens echoing around the area.