Vanessa Shimon is a storyteller blending graphic design, illustration, and writing. Her practice combines digital tools with analog sensibilities across print, branding, packaging, motion, content creation, and more
Eventually
Illustration, Artist’s Book
“Eventually” is a zine about mandarins (the fruit) and Mandarin (the language).
When I peel a mandarin, I think about my mother tongue that I’m no longer fluent in. There’s this unavoidable sense of loss of not being a fluent Mandarin speaker as a Chinese diaspora.
The zine contemplates on this complexity through a form that mimics the peeling of a mandarin. As one peels through the zine, they will find my recollection of idle summers long past, learning to peel mandarins with my grandmother.