STEVE KOHTZ |

STEVE KOHTZ | interactive graphic designer | creative ARTS educator | art director | influencer

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It has been said that Steve Kohtz is a "Renaissance Man"experienced in creative skills and life, inspired and professional.” Kohtz, integrating his experience in performance arts with his interactive art work, has honed a unique and innovative experience and offers visual adventure for his clients and students through his work.

He serves as Website Accessibility Coordinator for Iowa State’s Office of Sustainability and has served as Iowa State University’s Office of Sustainability Program Coordinator, a position he held four years.

He is married to Lynette and has two boys Noah and Levi, and a dog Millie Grace, they reside in West Des Moines, Iowa.

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Poster:


Bacon Politics

A collage of political noise created during the 2015 campaign for presidency.

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Audio Recording:
Sioux Forks Water Wetland

Recorded acoustic ecology at Sioux Forks with digital recording device and edited the 1.5 hour recording and submitted it to Nature Sound Map.

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Bookcover work:

Red With
Native Blood

Professionally created book cover for Author using InDesign.

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360 Movie recording:
VR Experience

Using 360 Degree cameras created a Virtual Reality video on sound walks on the them of Playing on the Prairie.

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Video Design:

Growing Green

An artistic approach to waste and pollution giving way to the growth of green. A sustainable journey. Using time-laps photography, live cips and frozen screen shots and music reversals.

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Music Design:

Re-release of
Yo La Tengo Summer Sun

Using InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, a handwritten font was created and collaged together with 1990s Abercrombie and Fitch catalogs to visually express the music of Summer love.

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Art booklet: on Bruce Sargeant

Using InDesign to create an informational booklet on artist Bruce Sargeant.

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Wireframing:
a travel website

Created a wireframe for website with Photoshop and placed it into invision to work through the website and challenges.

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Outdoor design: Iowa State Solar Compactors.

Created a series of 90+ images to place on the solar trash compactors on Iowa State University.

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Art Director for the Live Green! Monthly

Art Directed 4 years of the Live Green! Monthly. Included articles, photography and layout through InDesign.

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Created Live Green! handouts

Created many handouts for the Live Green! Initiative. To include magnets, t-shirts, buttons, stickers, and cooking utensils.

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T-shirt and publicity design

Created work for T-shirts to be uniforms for the Live Green! Interns.