A campus magazine offers different reading in hopes of broadening your perspective.

Revival magazine is gearing up to publish their annual semester issue. The design magazine consists of members from various majors all with a mutual goal.

“It’s really just to promote alternative cultural forms of production,” said Stella Lee, editor in chief of Revival. “When it started it was largely based on graphic design, trying to generate new and creative community.”

Lee wants to continue the original foundations the magazine had. She went on to explain how she wants the students to be able to express themselves without limitations and institutional standards. This student run magazine offers opportunities to take initiative and create however a person wants.

“Specifically with this issue, the magazine is all about trying to get people to think in different ways. Whether it’s the way they design, take pictures of themselves, or the way they think of their world views,” Lee said.

The magazine hopes to bring a diverse body of content, in hopes of promoting different ways of thinking and experiencing life. American politics, racial divide and personal stories are just a few subjects covered in the magazine.

Revival takes submissions from anyone, which results in their diverse body of content.

“I like to think we’re very open. We have submissions from people who aren’t even at Iowa State and that’s something we really pride ourselves in,” Lee said.

Lee explained how submissions that are provocative and pushing boundaries, are the work they see fitting for Revival.

“Work that someone feels like they wouldn’t be able to find a different platform that would be as accepting,” Lee said, to describe the content they seek.

Revival works to bring content from Iowa State professors, alumni, students and artists outside of the university. This way a plethora of people’s work are in the magazine to maximize the amount of diverse content. The magazine involves a variety of artists relating to fashion, photography, graphic design and writing.

A wide array of people can find a way to express their ideas and talent in Revival. For example, Sommer Danielson, a sophomore majoring in fashion merchandising found her fit in Revival. While, Tia Nieland, a sophomore in graphic design found a place at Revival as well.

“When I visited Iowa State my junior year of high school, Revival is what made me want to come to Iowa State,” Danielson said. “I picked up a magazine at Hamilton and I looked at my mom and said, ‘Okay, I’m okay now. I can go here because it was the one thing I felt connected to on campus.’”

Danielson worked with the fashion committee to run photoshoots for the magazine and even had the opportunity to lead a photoshoot.

“Everyone on Revival wants to support each other’s ideas and help. Once you realize that, you realize you can ask people to contribute, what their thoughts are and that you’re all working towards the same thing,” Danielson said.

Nieland discussed how Revival helped her find graphic design to be a fitting major for herself. She went on to explain how much of a learning experience Revival has been.

“I have gotten a lot more knowledge about editorial design, and what it takes to make a magazine work,” Nieland said. “You learn to work with people you don’t see all the time since you meet so many other people in various majors.”

In the previous semester Nieland worked with the fashion committee, but now works with graphic design. Nieland went on to explain how working on the graphic design team for revival taught her new perspectives and the opportunity to improve on her skills.

The environment Revival provides allows members to express and implement their thoughts and ideas.

“People will only feel truly free to express themselves if there is no hierarchy,” Lee said.

Lee explained how their environment is relaxed in order to make sure members feel comfortable to offer new ideas. During critique sessions of everyone’s work, the directors allow all members to offer their opinions and thoughts.

With the entire team’s contribution and everyone comfortable working with each other, the goal of the magazine is more likely to be accomplished.

“Hopefully people will read it and really feel something and respond to it,” Lee said. This is how Lee would describe the magazine’s goal for their readers.

The Revival team welcomes anyone to attend their release party, which is set to be Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Design on Main.