Kia ora —

I’m a designer & developer based in beautiful Aoteaora / New Zealand.

I have nearly a decade of experience in designing and coding online experiences, but my first love was journalism, and I am a storyteller first and foremost.

I love creating connection and capturing the magic of the moments in between. These days, I’m working on an illustrated record of the immigrant experience. If you’d like to share your story or collaborate, please say hello@suyeonson.com.

A sprinkling of my work.

(A wee sprinkling.)

EMMA — An interactive documentary

This gamified documentary follows Emma, a young woman in search of her biological family in Russia. Finalist for Best Innovation in Digital Storytelling at the 2021 Voyager Media Awards.

— Interactive & editorial design. UI & UX. Development with Phaser.js.

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CIRCUIT — An investigative series

Over the course of a year, the elite Stuff Circuit team released a series of in-depth investigations, each designed to probe, analyse, and uncover an issue of vital importance to New Zealand. Each investigation was accompanied by a full online documentary and a feature story or experimental interactives.

— Visual brand, interactive, & editorial design. UI & UX. Development with React.js, Three.js, jQuery.

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WAHINE — A special feature story

On the 50th anniversary of a local tragedy that claimed 53 lives, Stuff released a feature on the kindness, courage, and everyday heroism of strangers who guided survivors to shore.

— Interactive & editorial design. Data visualisation. Development with jQuery.