This is the last poem the martyr wrote in his prison, before he was shot by firing squad in Bagumbayan, Philippines, and has played an integral role in shaping Philippine history as we know it (or perceive it to be).

Tree Appeal is a project on content and layout management, outlining a publisher’s goal of creating a series of 100 books on trees in 20 years. We were asked to design a layout that could accommodate this need; then pick and gather information on one species of tree to create our layout, and use a fellow classmate’s content to test its structure.

Ibarra’s Historical Almanac is a short history of the Philippines, illustrated by pieces of literature specifically written during or about each episode in time. Highly subjective, it is a collection of texts to encourage the Filipino narrative from the Filipino perspective.

Winner of the 2009 Applied Arts Student Awards for Best in Editorial Design (Single), and a finalist for the 2009 Salazar Student Awards for Best in Print.

This project was particularly special in that it concerned very real issues and very real people. What we realized early on is that despite our good intentions or the natural penchant to use humour and sarcasm, there was a substantial lack of information and genuine understanding—not only from the City’s perspective, but from our own, as residents of Vancouver and as students.