Category Archives: Design

100 x 100 for Josh: a PICA celebration & fundraiser on Feb 24

Posted on February 14, 2013 by magdalen

Hello, people of Plazm… On February 24, our friends at PICA are very kindly putting on an event for Josh due to his bike accident, with help from many wonderful friends and compatriots. We hope you’ll come. There’ll be art … Continue reading →

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Plazm Design Week Exhibit at MoCC Extended Through This Weekend

Posted on October 16, 2012 by magdalen

If you were unable to make it down to the Museum of Contemporary Craft during last week’s Design Week 2012 festivities, you have a little extra time to check out the Plazm exhibit. As part of Design Week 2012, Plazm … Continue reading →

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Plazm at Design Week Portland

Posted on October 10, 2012 by magdalen

Check out all the sweet Design Week Portland events. http://designweekportland.com/ Plazm is participating with an exhibit sampling 20 years worth of Plazm magazines, posters and assorted ephemera at the Museum of Contemporary Craft. The display was selected and arranged by … Continue reading →

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Final Week – Plazm: 20 Years of Art and Design

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Joshua Berger

The twenty-year retrospective show of Plazm’s art and design work will close on December 10th. There are hundreds of pieces of ephemera, posters, and one-of-a-kind pieces of art. Hope you can make it out to the ‘couv this week. We … Continue reading →

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Making Faces Screening Tonight

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Joshua Berger

About ten years ago Plazm had the honor of doing a joint lecture with Jim Rimmer. Jim was a Vancouver, BC based artist and typographer. He had rooms and rooms filled with old type machines. He created limited edition artist … Continue reading →

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E*Rock poster show 6/17

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Joshua Berger

E*Rock was featured in Plazm #28 and has collaborated on a bunch of Plazm projects over the years. Here’s a great opportunity to check out a bunch of his posters in one place, plus some rad music.  “I Made 99 … Continue reading →

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Crossing the Line: Free D-Crit Conference

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Joshua Berger

The School of Visual Arts MFA Design Criticism Department presents “Crossing the Line: The 2010 D-Crit Conference,” organized by D-Crit students. Moderated by D-Crit faculty member and “Studio 360” host Kurt Andersen, this inaugural event will feature thesis presentations by … Continue reading →

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The Rise of American Poster Art

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Joshua Berger

“American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art”, is a documentary about the history and subculture of rock poster art in America, will be released on DVD on March 27th, 2010. The film has been touring around the country … Continue reading →

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Plazm posters join Swiss museum

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Joshua Berger

Plakatsammlung Museum fur Gestaltung Zürich—the international poster museum based in Switzerland—has recently ascended over 90 Plazm posters into their permanent collection. A sampling of these posters created from 1992–2000, are shown here. Designers include Plazm folks as well as guests … 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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