9,132,000 is the number of Venezuelans who have been forced to migrate in recent decades. Beyond the statistic, this project addresses the social and emotional consequences of displacement. Aimed both at Venezuelan migrants and a broader audience, it proposes shifting the narrative of migration from a massive data point to migration as a lived experience, a process of identity reconstruction, and collective resilience.
9.132.000 Historias de Reconstrucción
Sara Urbina, Graphic Design and Visual Communication
Academic year
2025-2026
The project transforms a migration figure into individual testimonies in order to restore visibility and agency to the people behind it. Through a box containing numbered envelopes, each revealed story uncovers a face, a voice, and a personal trajectory. The act of opening each envelope reframes migration not as an anonymous flow, but as a network of interconnected lives that rebuild meaning, belonging, and community beyond borders.
The project reclaims the human dimension of migration data, transforming statistics into life stories and reinforcing collective identity through design.
The research materializes as a tactile archival system: a box containing screen-printed recycled cardboard envelopes, each holding a publication that brings together interviews, portraits, personal objects, and documentary fragments. The design structure emphasizes the gesture of discovery and presence, positioning the viewer as a witness while amplifying voices that are often reduced to numbers.
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