KCR Vol. 33, 33.5
Kolob Canyon Review is a collaborative literary journal produced entirely by undergraduate students from both the English and Design departments at Southern Utah University.
Our objective and themes for this edition included blending modern and vintage editorial styles, strict grid structured layouts, photography shot by team members, and retro-inspired advertisements that explore ideas of overconsumption and the overly commercialized world we live in.
My role: Merchandise Director, Editors Choice Team, Colophon, Table of Contents
Editors Choice:
Merchandise
My role: Merchandise Director
Jens Peterson and I took on the role of merch director for KCR 2025. Our responsibilities spanned art direction, production management, design work, and budget management. Our goals for the project was to create a unified design language across all merchandise, echoing the publication's design elements while engaging a diverse audience and successfully generate substantial profits.
We started with a $1300 investment to purchase materials. With a turn out of 275 people at the launch event we were able to bring in $5200 for funding next years edition.
Production
All production was done by hand. Thanks to the help of the team we were able to produce hundreds of tote bags, shirts, hoodies, and tank tops, hats, mugs, bookmarks, notebooks, stickers, keychains, tech decks, and more through a variety of printing methods such as sublimation, DTF transfer, vinyl, and 3D printing.
Launch Party
Credits:
Designers: Abbey Hawkins, Amaia Garate, Ash Bingham, Ben Sagers, Brinley Jolly, Cindy Dransfield, Dallin Brown, Dan Nurkalis, Gracie Saunders, Hadlee Marshall, Kaitlyn Corley, Kate Hatch, Kathrerine Introna, Kayson Longford, McKay Larrabee, Morgan Castillo, Sav Eckart, Seraya Young, Violet Andrew
Directors: Aimee Barton (Art Director) EJ Williams (Assistant Art Director) Abby Davis, Jens Peterson (Merch Director) Brock Landrum (Faculty Advisor)
KCR Vol. 32, 32.5
Awards
2024 Applied Arts Award: Applied Arts Magazine
2024 International Design Awards - Bronze in Print / Books
2024 Communication Arts Shortlist
1 of 715 out of 2,960 applicants
Fishing for Truth: Typographic Trawls in Troubled Waters
Kolob Canyon Review is a collaborative literary journal produced entirely by undergraduate students from both the English and Design departments at Southern Utah University. Our objective for this edition was to highlight hand-crafted typography and physically created images, merging traditional and digital mediums. The fish theme was inspired by our spot color Pantone 805 C that was coined “hawt salmon” by the team.
My Role: Creative Non Fiction stories, Imagery, Merchandise design,
Merchandise
Credits:
Designers: Violet Andrew, Kendall Andruski, Maret Bone, Damian Cervantes, Abby Davis, Ryann Ford, Amaia Garate, Abbey Hawkins, RaKell Heaton, Addie Hunt, Peter Ipson, Kolton Kamp, Dan Nurkalis, Jens Peterson, Ben Sagers, Sophie Stilson, Hope Thomas, Grace Walter, Jade Warren
Directors: DJ Wilson (Art Director) Aimee Barton (Assistant Art Director) Jack Powell (Merch Director) Brock Landrum (Faculty Advisor)