All Aboard the Travel Zine

How do you transform the fleeting details of a trip into a multilayered, immersive creative experience? Designer Giovanna Crise set out to answer that question with her newest project, a travel zine bridging the digital and the analog realms through visual storytelling and a multimedia approach. Inspired by her trip to South Korea, the Italian designer created the digital and the physical zine as a means to capture the ineffable: a multi sensorial experience revolving around the feeling of looking out of a train window.

The zine is structured around 5 chapters spanning architecture, markets, street views, people and the sea, playing on contrasts and looking beyond what meets the eye. Building upon an interactive experience, the project features special acetate pages reminiscent of the many layers of ads defining the Korean urban landscape, as well as custom Instagram filters that make the magazine come alive digitally. Drawing on her video and motion design background, Giovanna also created a digital version of the zine, adding an extra layer of accessibility and interaction. The one-page website is built with playfulness in mind: from moving cut-out statues to street-life characters, each reader can engage with the piece and craft their very own impression of a train ride from Busan.

From print to interactive design, Giovanna recreates an individual experience through an ultimately shared experience: constant motion, shifting focus and the fleeting details of a train ride across Korea come together to evoke a sense of constant wonder and a feeling that is constantly new. Designed for travelers and creative minds alike, the zine invites people to see the world—and their own experiences—through a different lens.

Giovanna is a multidisciplinary designer from Trieste, currently based in Torino. Passionate about storytelling, photography, and interactive design, her projects are at the intersection of culture and creativity. The Korea Travel Zine marks one of her most ambitious personal projects, blending editorial and digital design with an interactive approach. Currently, she works at illo.tv as a brand strategist, overseeing the studio’s image, social media, travel coordination, portfolio updates, and much more.

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