Scrapbooking is a form of storytelling and a place to hold pieces of your memories combined with words or emojis to document your life in a meaningful way. Underneath a typical scrapbook that would usually include glitter, stickers, and decoration. For this particular scrapbook, I hope to focus on the true meaning of a scrapbook which would include simple designs. For my project 1, I created a virtual scrapbook that would emulate an on-hand scrapbook. While taking into consideration what a physical scrapbook would include, I added some personalized assets using HTML and CSS. As many people would flip a book, I used buttons as emulation for

people to interact with the virtual scrapbook and a polaroid layout for my images. To make it more personalized, I used my personal images ranging from food, childhood, and growing into adult life pictures that led me to where I am. This form of a virtual scrapbook goal is to bring warmth and nostalgic memories. And it also gives the audience get to know more about me and insights into my life. 

As for the website design, I wanted to keep it minimalistic and simple using the main color brown as it is the color that represents soil and growth. The title of this scrapbook called “Recollection”. If I could sum up my virtual scrapbook into one word, I would title it “Recollection” since the title has a powerful meaning of recalling to mind or the reflections of memories. 

The concept of Playground in a Dream is based on my investigation of unconscious and conscious thoughts, emotions, and experiences living in a world of responsibilities. For so long, the only time I would be able to escape from reality is through writing stories and reading fictional stories. From writing and reading stories, I was able to unleash a part of my endless possibilities of a virtual world. 

My world is an escape from an unpredictable future of fears, doubts, and uncertainties I created a world that is my escape from reality housed inside a bowl of cereal. 

They are constituted by dreams, desires, and curiosities. I question, does our image of world-building reflect our desires to create our own worlds? What if there is a portal where you can watch the real world without temporarily being a part of it? 

In this virtual space, in particular, I imagine a world of sweets like candy, donuts, and whatever you can imagine, you name it! It invokes positivity and playfulness filled with vibrant colors in which the viewers can explore the surrounding when entering the playground. As you are exploring you can also see a bright circular portal, as you enter that world you can see that two worlds are traversing and watching the world progressing as time passes by.