IT’S NOT JUST A BOX (2026)
IT'S NOT JUST A BOX is a visual work combining collagraph printmaking, digital editing, and moving image to explore migration, memory, and diasporic identity through the symbolism of the balikbayan box. Using cardboard, repetition, and texture, the work reflects themes of care, displacement, and belonging. Layered cardboard plates create imperfect prints that echo individual migration journeys, which are then scanned and digitally reassembled into shifting compositions. Through movement and repetition, the work presents migration as an ongoing process shaped by personal and collective experience.
Created and designed by Chelsea Laylo
Whose House is this? (2026)
Whose House is This? is a publication exploring childhood, migration, and domestic labour through personal and intergenerational storytelling. Combining writing, illustration, archival imagery, and sound, the project reflects on personal experiences of accompanying a parent to employers’ homes during childhood and revisiting those moments through reflection, focusing on how understanding and awareness of those situations has
changed over time.
Created and art directed by Chelsea Laylo
Sari-Sari Stories (2025)
A self-published photo-led project that celebrates the everyday lives and resilience of Filipino communities in London and the Philippines through the lens of sari-sari stores (small, family-run shops) rooted in connection, culture, and care.
Created and art directed by Chelsea Laylo
Blurred Middle Hidden Lower (2023)
A collaborative zine project investigating class divides and urban change, inspired by Breaking Class Upward Climbers and the Swiss Nature of Design History by Paola De Martin. Centered around interviews with independently owned businesses in Peckham, the project explores the effects of gentrification, rising property prices, and shifting demographics.
Interviews & Research: Conducted in Peckham, South London
Design & Editorial: Collaborative effort by the university group.