Author Archives: Joshua Berger

Back in the Day, Plazm posters 1991-94

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Joshua Berger

1Plazm magazine was founded in 1991 as an artist resource. In the early years we held live music events with bands like Crackerbash, Dead Moon, Hazel, Pond, and The Spinanes, raising funds for our fledgling magazine, and shipped magazines from … Continue reading →

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Tussle – Invisible Cities

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Joshua Berger

— plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm design studio: www.plazm.com — — plazm magazine & blog are now published by new oregon arts & letters: www.neworegon.org —

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Hannah Stouffer Plazm Thread V-Neck Now Available

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Check out this crazy, layered prehistoric contemporary creature. And it comes on a V-neck! As with all Plazm Thread shirts, when they are gone, they are gone. Subscribe now and receive this + five other shirts including original works from … Continue reading →

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Ladies and Gentleman, The Fabulous Stains

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Joshua Berger

I recently watched this great movie again. And it is a great movie. From the early 80s featuring a young Laura Dern and Diane Lane and various punk rock notables such as Fee Waybill of the Tubes, Steve Jones and … Continue reading →

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Can I just say Kay Rosen is awesome?

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Joshua Berger

No props in type circles (that I have seen) until this feature in iDN. I am humbled to have work in the same issue. — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm design studio: www.plazm.com — — plazm … Continue reading →

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Ed Fella T-shirt – Last Day to Order

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Get this shirt plus five others (one each month for six months) at plazmthread.comNext month Los Angeles-based illustrator Hannah Stouffer. — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm design studio: www.plazm.com — — plazm magazine & blog are … Continue reading →

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The Speculative Frontier

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Tonight is a wonderful night for film, music and food under the stars: THE SPECULATIVE FRONTIERFriday, July 31, 20098:00pm – 11:00pmGreymalken Center for Experimental Living, in Portland, Oregon.229 N Shaver, Portland, OR Experimental film + video inspired by Stan Brakhage’s … Continue reading →

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Two New Plazm Thread Artists Announced – Al Jaffee + E*Rock

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Joshua Berger

We are happy to announce two new artists for upcoming Plazm Thread shirts. #1: E*Rock (November 09)#2: Mad Magazine’s Mr. Al Jaffee (for realz – January 10) Subscribe now and receive both these shirts and four others including the current … Continue reading →

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Plazm Thread Presents Mr. Ed Fella’s Latest

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Each month Plazm presents a new limited edition T-shirt design, once it’s gone, it’s gone. We call it “Plazm Thread.” This month’s shirt features a six color Ed Fella design that seemingly brings clarity to the economic collapse. The print … Continue reading →

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Envisioning Information: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Lust put this together for De Volkskrant newspaper. It’s quite an amazing semiotic analysis and re-categorization of the sea of information we swim in. The Oogle search engine queries Google search and determines the semantic orientation of each word in … Continue reading →

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