API Lookbook

An artist collaboration to celebrate the beauty and diversity of Asian/Pacific Island countries.

APItite (2022)

Our theme this year was to personify and design characters based on the iconic and/or national foods of each country under the Asia & Pacific Islands umbrella.See the full zine here!This collection of illustrations has been a huge collaborative effort with 59 different artists from all across the world. We're honored that they put in the time and love to celebrate Asian/Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month this year!

Feature DateArtistDishCountryRegion
May 2DalenacreatesPhoVietnamSouth-Eastern Asia
May 3Vicky PoonIkan PepesTimor-LesteSouth-Eastern Asia
May 3AkashiPad ThaiThailandSouth-Eastern Asia
May 4Lia LexaFish AmokCambodiaSouth-Eastern Asia
May 4Stacy TanAmbuyatBruneiSouth-Eastern Asia
May 5AlisenMakesLarb, Sticky RiceLaosSouth-Eastern Asia
May 5NoroijuNasi LemakMalaysiaSouth-Eastern Asia
May 6hannahavgustMohingaMyanmarSouth-Eastern Asia
May 6Steven TranChicken RiceSingaporeSouth-Eastern Asia
May 7KaorichaNasi GorengIndonesiaSouth-Eastern Asia
May 7SunzaeAdoboPhilippinesSouth-Eastern Asia
May 8Weika25Dal BhatNepalSouthern Asia
May 8JasuiKabuli PalawAfghanistanSouthern Asia
May 9JueriHilsa CurryBangladeshSouthern Asia
May 9Camille SanchezEma DatshiBhutanSouthern Asia
May 10Da Hyun Lee | TapidokesChicken BiryaniIndiaSouthern Asia
May 10TsaiberpunkPashmakIranSouthern Asia
May 11ChocuuGulhaMaldivesSouthern Asia
May 11PoondaweiKottuSri LankaSouthern Asia
May 12steffimadestuffBiryaniPakistanSouthern Asia
May 12ResidentLemonJPani PopoSamoaPacific Islands
May 17Rachel KimBu’oy Ni ImMicronesiaPacific Islands
May 18ShiyuchaTuna CurryTuvaluPacific Islands
May 18Julie NguyenFiji KokodaFijiPacific Islands
May 19Manami MaxtedOtaTokelauPacific Islands
May 19davanchiBobaTaiwanEastern Asia
May 20MelbearRoast GooseHong KongEastern Asia
May 20IntoTheButtonMinchiMacaoEastern Asia
May 21AnanmalousSushiJapanEastern Asia
May 21sunset_opalBuuzMongoliaEastern Asia
May 22JubelNaomiKimchiSouth KoreaEastern Asia
May 22Lucy Xue | cryoflowerPeking DuckChinaEastern Asia
May 13t3t0beanBarramundi CodMarshall IslandsPacific Islands
May 13Kim NguyenLaplapVanuatuPacific Islands
May 14PippentonDemokRepublic of PalauPacific Islands
May 14Lulu TangCoconut FishNauruPacific Islands
May 15lusanUmukaiCook IslandsPacific Islands
May 15KaycemPalusamiKiribatiPacific Islands
May 16Maxie | MaxfoxartPoiSolomon IslandsPacific Islands
May 16Tori_ToliTakihiNiuePacific Islands
May 17Charissa CurielOta ikaTongaPacific Islands
May 23FiachanDrawGhapamaArmeniaWestern Asia
May 23Annie HuangPilaf / PlovAzerbaijanWestern Asia
May 24uanzhoChicken MachboosBahrainWestern Asia
May 24hiji_artHalloumi CheeseCyprusWestern Asia
May 25eggspensivKhachapuriGeorgiaWestern Asia
May 25adriansloth_MasgoufIraqWestern Asia
May 26RinneFalafelIsraelWestern Asia
May 26CharmiiMansafJordanWestern Asia
May 27HasketchBeshbarmakKazahkstanCentral Asia
May 27Lucielle_DreamMachboosKuwaitWestern Asia
May 28AlyKibbehLebanonWestern Asia
May 28fancy_plantsShuwaOmanWestern Asia
May 29Alex LuongKanafehPalestineWestern Asia
May 29Jenna BastianChicken KabsaSaudi ArabiaWestern Asia
May 30Andy LaoKibbehSyriaWestern Asia
May 30Airu HuangDoner KebapTurkeyWestern Asia
May 31Chiara FloresLuqaimatUnited Arab EmiratesWestern Asia
May 31Pocky Chen | P.Berry_ArtSaltahYemenWestern Asia
June 1Alex LuongMachboosQatarWestern Asia