In Sticky Situations — AEJAY'S PORTFOLIO

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

AEJAY VIVANH-VONG

Email: aejayv02@gmail.com
Instagram: @fujiaua

AeJay is a graphic designer from Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor’s in Graphic Design and a minor in User Experience Design as of May 2026. With experimentation and curiosity for design, AeJay emphasizes research, exploration and refinement to each project.

He collaborates with clients in the working design industry, with work spanning across branding, visual identity, posters, editorial, web &
digital design.

His work has been selected for and received multiple awards and recognitions, including GDUSA Student to Watch, Midwestern Graphic Design Biennial, UCDA Design Awards, Art Director’s Association of Iowa, Flux National Student Design Competition, among others.

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IN STICKY SITUATIONS

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IN STICKY SITUATIONS
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Materials:
 Colored Paper
 Honey
 Colored Pencils
 Graphite Pencils

Technical:
 Adobe Premiere Pro
 Adobe Illustrator
 Adobe Indesign

Categories:
 Motion Graphics
 Mixed-Media
 Experimental

DESCRIPTION
Stemming from a series of material studies and their digital transformations, this mixed-media project explores how physical experimentation can develop into a time-based narrative. Moving between physical and digital formats, the project uses material, movement, and transformation to communicate a story centered on personal struggle, reflection, and growth.

In Sticky Situations explores what it means to navigate circumstances that challenge personal limits and complicate our understanding of ourselves. The narrative follows a gradual shift from self-doubt and resistance toward reassurance, empowerment, and acceptance. Rather than escaping discomfort, the project considers what can happen when we confront the parts of ourselves we may have learned to question, suppress, or reshape in order to fit expectations. Through perseverance and self-reflection, adversity becomes less of an obstacle to overcome and more of a space for understanding, embracing change, and growing more comfortable in one’s own identity.

Award of Excellence | 67th Exhibition | ADAI Awards 2025

MIXED MEDIA PROCESS
Working in mixed media explored how to work with materials and examined hands-on media approaches to ultimately orchestrate a message in a video. Transforming physical media into digital scanning and sequencing has not only been eye-opening but also enlightening as this project dives into dynamic design-making.

MATERIAL STUDIES

From plastic and textures to letter-making and honey, this research on materials emphasized the creative approaches of using physical formats to spread a message that explores form-making.

Inspired by the use of honey and monochromatic coloring, this influenced the style and content creation of the time-based narrative.