Make the physical place make sense online.
Preserve the density, emotion, and many voices of an activist exhibition while keeping the interface welcoming and legible.
Asian Arts Initiative · Immersive exhibition storytelling
A bold, media-rich virtual exhibition about organizing, memory, and the fight to protect Philadelphia’s Chinatown.

The experience
No Arena needed a digital form as energetic as the exhibition itself. The experience uses the visual language of posters, paint, community collage, and public space to carry the movement online.
Preserve the density, emotion, and many voices of an activist exhibition while keeping the interface welcoming and legible.
Treat the interface as part of the exhibition: tactile textures, story-led stops, embedded audio and video, and an opening sequence that establishes place before visitors begin exploring.
A virtual tour with a distinct point of view—one that supports both free exploration and an accessible, linear reading of the exhibition.

“A virtual tour should create the urge to explore one more room, open one more story, and look a little closer.”
— Loren Ybarrondo
What I did
Experience features