Monthly Archives: October 2009

Old Masters & New Psychedlia Still on View at The Cooley

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Joshua Berger

The Language of the Nude: Four Centuries of Drawing the Human BodyPsychedelic Soul: Contemporary Responses to the Masters Rarely traveled, now is a great opportunity to see a deep collection of master drawings from the Crocker Art Museum. In a … Continue reading →

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Liminal: An Examination of Graffiti in Tokyo

Posted on October 19, 2009 by ianl

I recently self-published a 32 page zine that covers the scope of Tokyo street graffiti to coincide with a lecture I did recently for the Artalking series of contemporary art gatherings in Tokyo. The zine features an illustrated essay in … Continue reading →

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Yokoyama Yuichi new book: Baby Boom!

Posted on October 19, 2009 by ianl

Yokoyama Yuichi’s latest book, Baby Boom, is out now. 160 pages of two- and three-color overprinted marker drawing madness. The book is primarily wordless (katakana onomatopoeia sound effects included, however) and an excellent introduction to the work of Japan’s leading … Continue reading →

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Chinese Box

Posted on October 15, 2009 by rachelr

Wherein a small town architecture critic makes a sojourn to the “Asian city” and discovers that size matters…. We recently posted this article to the Plazm magazine web site by Randy Gragg with photography by Susan Suebert. Original article appeared … Continue reading →

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Great archive of Pelican covers

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Dozens and dozens of classic Pelican covers can be found on the Things Magazine web site. Categorized by decade with decent resolution scans. Fantastic to see these all in one place. — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — … Continue reading →

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Home Movie Day: Portland

Posted on October 11, 2009 by michaeln

“I make home moviestherefore I am.I am, thereforeI make home movies.” ~Jonas Mekas, Walden (1969) As a film programmer, my one hard and fast rule was to actually watch anything before screening it. A lot of movies sound really great … Continue reading →

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Sarah Gottesdiener on Plazm Thread

Posted on October 11, 2009 by rachelr

Now is an excellent time to purchase a subscription to Plazm Thread. Check out this great shirt! Six colors of cascading triangles on a V-neck of course. Limited edition, available through subscription only. Also, this is the last chance to … Continue reading →

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Content09

Posted on October 8, 2009 by thomasb

This October, How We Develop’s debut event, CONTENT, will premier at the Ace Hotel in Portland, OR. This event is designed, in its curation of talent and selection of venue, to harness and highlight the individuality stemming from the independent … Continue reading →

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Graphical Musical Compositions

Posted on October 7, 2009 by magdalen

Caleb Deupree of Néojapanisme’s staff blog files a lovely report on Takemitsu Tōru, an experimental musician and composer who created his own graphical system of musical notation, beautiful designs rather than the traditional 10-bar staff familiar to traditional Western players. … Continue reading →

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Design Habits for the Future: Act, Collaborate, Do Meaningful Things

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Joshua Berger

That’s the title of my talk this week at the UCDA conference in Seattle. Come on over if you are in town. Every day, each of us makes thousands of choices to make our businesses more competitive and our design … Continue reading →

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