Author Archives: Joshua Berger

Plazm Thread Launches with Alien Abduction Theme

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Join plazm thread, our new t-shirt of the month club with BuyOlympia. Six incredible original designs delivered to your door, once a month, for just $99. Whenever a month passes? That shirt goes out of print, period. It’s gone. So … Continue reading →

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Yasmeen Ayyashi – Formless

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Former Plazm intern Yasmeen Ayyashi has a solo exhibition exploring the form, or formlessness of an identity. The interactive installation is comprised of print, sculpture, and sound. Opening Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in an abandonded factory reborn as a womb. … Continue reading →

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The Great Design RIp-Off

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Is it fair for global corporations to ask designers to create spec work on the promise of recognition and a potentially small payday? That appears to be what is happening on a mass scale. Doubleday posted a logo contest for … Continue reading →

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Bruce Sterling: Designing Processes Rather Than Art

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Fabrica recently posted Bruce Sterling’s lecture on generative art and design on their web site. — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm design studio: www.plazm.com — — plazm magazine & blog are now published by new oregon … Continue reading →

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Rap On Board

Posted on April 4, 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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Christina Seely’s Lux Project Opens in Seattle

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Christina Seely’s Lux, titled after the system unit for measuring illumination, presents photographic portraits of cities within the most brightly illuminated regions on the NASA map of the night earth. This project is inspired by the disconnect between the immense … Continue reading →

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Notes to Self

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Friend of Plazm (and issue #14 cover designer) Rick Valicenti has created a new body of nearly 600 works using only sumi ink, a syringe, foam brush and paper. You can view lots of these on his web site and … Continue reading →

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Psychedelia Hits Denver

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Over 300 objects including Victor Moscoso’s poster “Chambers Brothers, Matrix, San Francisco” (1967), pictured above, are on view in “The Psychedelic Experience.” It opens Saturday at the Denver Art Museum and runs through July 21. For more details: Denver Art … Continue reading →

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Animation on the Streets of Buenos Aires

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Check it out. MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo. — 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 & … Continue reading →

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Freedom on the Fence Screening

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Joshua Berger

Freedom on the Fence is a documentary project about the history of Polish posters and their significance to the social, political and cultural life of Poland. Examining the period from WWII through the fall of Communism, Freedom on the Fence … Continue reading →

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