JacksonJackson Junk Journal
06 — JacksonJackson Junk Journal

Editorial Design · Brand Identity · Tactile Artifact

Tools & techniques
RoleConcept, Design, Fabrication
CourseRhetoric & Persuasion, GD-342
MaterialsLeather, stitching, embroidery, found ephemera, hand stamps
YearSpring 2026 — Rhetoric & Persuasion, GD-342

A tactile promotional artifact for Sherman Alexie's short story What You Pawn I Will Redeem — the account of Jackson Jackson, a homeless Spokane man on a 24-hour quest to redeem his grandmother's stolen powwow regalia. The journal extends that narrative into a participatory object: through archival layering, distressed materials, and embedded story fragments, it turns the reading into a lived, collectible system of evidence.

The logo repeats the letter J into a symmetrical emblem drawn from the project's title. Designed to function as a stamp, it gives the journal's layered chaos one consistent graphic anchor while keeping the handmade, distressed feel. Every object inside works as narrative evidence rather than decoration — the lottery ticket and receipt reference specific moments in the story; the five-dollar bill, liquor labels, and police patch speak to instability, authority, and economic precarity.

Authored elements are set in John Doe, a distressed typewriter face whose irregularity echoes the story's themes. Sporadic hand-stamped timestamps mirror the fragmented structure of the narrative, and the repeatable stamp system lets the reader keep adding entries — turning a promotional object into a participatory narrative tool.

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Narrative Evidence

JJJJ emblemA repeated J built to work as a stamp
Bottled Imagination labelNarrative Evidence
Fortified Courage labelNarrative Evidence
Five-dollar billNarrative Evidence
Scratch ticketNarrative Evidence
ReceiptNarrative Evidence
Redeem tagNarrative Evidence
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The Spread

Journal spreadArchival layering, stamps, and story fragments
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The Object

The journalThe Object
Inside pagesThe Object
The ObjectJacksonJackson Junk Journal
The ObjectJacksonJackson Junk Journal
The ObjectJacksonJackson Junk Journal
The ObjectJacksonJackson Junk Journal
Keychain + bookmarkThe Object
The ObjectJacksonJackson Junk Journal
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