OVERALL DESCRIPTION
Beaver’s Digest is Orange Media Network’s lifestyle magazine. They release three publications a year across stands around Oregon State University. Being the Creative Lead at OMN during the 2023-24 academic school year, I was in charge of coordinating a team of four designers, including myself, to communicate with writers and photographers, organize the contents of the magazine, and layout the design of each publication.
CLIENT
Beaver's Digest / Orange Media Network
ROLE
Creative Lead
TEAM
Alex Koetje / Creative Associate
Kelly Kiel / Creative Associate
Rida Kauser / Creative Associate
FALL 2023 ISSUE / SECRETS OF OSU
COVER
The cover was inspired by the classic iSpy books. I collected items of my own and reached out to dozens of coworkers who all assisted in providing random objects. In total, I photographed and digitally cut out 127 objects for the front and back covers of the magazine.
WINTER 2024 ISSUE / RELATIONSHIPS
COVER
Fern Barber and myself set up times to meet with models to photograph them from a bird's-eye-view. This strategy allowed us to create a compelling composition while showcasing a variety of relationship types.
SPRING 2024 ISSUE / SUSTAINABILITY
COVER
With Fern Barber being the photographer and myself being the director, we landed on an image that could be seen in a positive or negative light depending on how you approach the content. Rather than using real soil, we filled the model's mouth with crushed chocolate graham cracker and placed the flowers behind his head to give the illusion that they were growing from the "soil."
