Category Archives: events

David Carson: Never Snap2Guides

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Joshua Berger

Wieden + Kennedy / Plazm present A Design Week Portland event. David Carson  Never Snap2Guides David Carson: typography rebel, revolutionary graphic designer, and legendary art director of the magazine “Ray Gun” will show what he’s been up to over the last couple … Continue reading →

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100×100 art gallery

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Joshua Berger

I last wrote here on May 18th, the anniversary of my bike accident. A few months prior to that there was an event at PICA to both help offset a mountain of medical bills and to celebrate my recovery. It takes … Continue reading →

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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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Extraordinary Machines

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Joshua Berger

There’s a fun and engaging lecture happening tomorrow evening at the OMSI Planetarium, by a good friend of mine, Jeff Faulkner. The lecture is part of the Design Speaks series produced by 52 Limited. I should mention that tickets are sold … 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 editor Jon Raymond & Chiasmus editor Lidia Yuknavitch at Wordstock

Posted on October 12, 2012 by magdalen

Tomorrow at 2pm Plazm editor Jon Raymond and Chiasmus editor Lidia Yuknavitch are slated for a joint speaking appearance at this year’s Wordstock Festival. Lidia  is the author of the debut novel Dora: A Headcase, and the memoir The Chronology of Water, both … 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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Jon Raymond Rain Dragon reading at Powell’s

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Joshua Berger

Plazm editor Jon Raymond will read from his new novel, Rain Dragon, Friday at Powell’s Burnside. Damon and Amy have had enough of Los Angeles. Fitful and tired and dreaming of a simpler life, they leave the city to go … Continue reading →

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Transformation Time with Vanessa Renwick

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Joshua Berger

Vanessa Renwick is on her way back from a week of Portland at La Gaîté Lyrique just in time to do an in-gallery presentation at the White Box tomorrow night. This is a great opportunity to experience her Portland 2012 Biennial … Continue reading →

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[PANK] Invades Portland

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Nora Robertson

[Pank] Magazine is bringing its national reading series, [PANK] Invasion, to Portland this Friday at E.A.T Chapel with readers Monica Drake, Gigi Little, Ryan Bradley, Marcelle Heath, Rebecca Olson, and Domi Shoemaker.  I caught up with editor M. Bartley Seigel … Continue reading →

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