Project Log
of designer, artist & educator Jason Li

An interactive map to cope with the overabundance of mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

An online, open-access journal of critical and scholarly essays on lifewriting in all its forms. I'm part of the editorial team.

Your bi-weekly dose of emoji word puzzles — a newsletter to accompany The Hanmoji Handbook.

A guide to overcoming a long spell of viral fatigue. Created with Maggie Wauklyn.

The first translation of the cult famous webcomic by Wang XX. A Paradise Systems project.

An illustrated story about white entitlement and COVID vaccine outreach in the early days of the global panini.

A unique twist on the virtual art book fair. Use a pixelated body to walk around, look at things on walls, talk to the people next to you, host your own exhibitor table, and swap zines with other fair goers!

Because we all need to pet a llama under the stars sometimes. Created with BeanSandBun and respectfulchild.

Want a fun, safe way of getting together with friends and loved ones? Miss the thrill of solving puzzles with friends in an escape room? Team up to solve a vast paleontological mystery and trace the steps of your childhood friend gone missing.

A Toronto Chinatown community arts space online and an experiment in digital co-presence in the age of COVID-19. Proud host of a virtual art opening and winter market.

All Tactics for convincing people to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously are good tactics, especially if they are delivered with care, compassion & humor 💫

"Adding a COCKROACH emoji would not only benefit the currently small animal-bug collection but also ensure that if cockroaches do outlive humans in the future, at least they have an emoji too."

A testament to the vibrant community of independent cartoonists in China, a full-color anthology of outstanding comics. A Paradise Systems project.

A webcomic about all that I heart and hate about the city of Hong Kong, a mix of critical social commentary and funny life moments.

A workshop template is for running an introductory digital safety & privacy training workshop for asylum seekers and refugees.

How inclusive are beauty brands around the world? A collaboration with Amber Thomas, Divya Manian and The Pudding.

Submitted to the Unicode Consortium. Because there really should be an emoji for llamas and alpacas.

The first chapter from The House on Horse Mountain: crowdfunded, printed and shipped.

Functional CSS toolkit for web designers & developers alike. I maintain its verbose fork.

Internet security webcomics (research reports + training materials). A collaboration with The Citizen Lab & friends.

Illustrated dishes & recipes of home-cooked Chinese food. A year-long experiment in learning to draw with my iPad.

A Sunday weekly webcomic about the grueling journey behind the creation of my first graphic novel. My attempt at an Instagram-first comic.

Helping citizens exercise their legal right to their own data. I helped out with some UX design and testing.

An literary excerpt from the short story collection of the same name. Swipe to advance. I programmed & designed this.

A digital short story: explore the apartment block on your iPhone. I programmed & designed this.

A collective of researchers and writers looking at the creative side of civic technology. We support each other in our goals to engage the public through writing, talks and workshops.

Fred Wilson's famous series about business operations & startups – now illustrated!

I taught a set of three classes on user experience design, from wireframing to testing, for General Assembly Hong Kong.

A job board for tech, media & design opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. Seeing a lack of cross-disciplinary & multi-country job boards, some friends and I launched one.

Hong Kong's first online petitions platform focusing on environmental issues. I was responsible for the initial UI and graphic design for the site (much of which has since been overwritten).

A electronic circuits learning kit for kids. Exhibited at Maker Faire 2012.

Web site design and development for publishers, galleries and artists.

Illustrated notes of talks, panels and conferences that I've attended.

A MMO virtual world designed for language education. I was the startup's first employee and head of product.

A group blog cataloging and reviewing pop culture from across the globe. I wanted to create a central place where people could find out about other places through their pop culture.

The story of a simple Chinaman in a foreign land. A short comic based on my experience of living in Barcelona from 2008 to 2010.

Laughing at ourselves about the recession. A webcomic I began shortly after the global economic recession/financial crisis hit us all.

A picture book about the wild world of white-collar work.

A group blog about technology, media & design in China and the rest of the Sinophone world. I serve as its editor and as one of its writers.

A sardonic take on student life at an elite American university. A webcomic I wrote in college that eventually made its way into the school newspaper.

A novel way to co-create with kids using comics. A collaboration with the team at Microsoft Research Asia.

An online news site for video game fan translations, primarily Japanese to English. I was its editor and one of its writers.