Category Archives: Opinion

The GLOBAL Pecha Kucha Night, traveling the world benefiting Haiti just kicked off. Watch it on UStream!   More info here. — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm design studio: www.plazm.com — — plazm magazine & blog … Continue reading →

Stage two of the collaborative website I’ve designed with AQ for the Asics Olympic team now online. It includes new animated content, as well as many other goodies! — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm design studio: … Continue reading →

Brand new Cooper revival out as of 5 minutes ago! http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/wordshape/cooper-highlight/ Cooper Hilite Complete is a complementary set of two fonts- Cooper Black and Cooper Hilite. Either typeface can be used alone, or as a stackable, multi-colored set.  The history … Continue reading →

Jonathan Ive, Apple’s senior designer (iPod, iPad, iTouch, et al) likes the YACHT logo so much that he and the Apple design team dropped some free custom laser-engraved iPods on the YACHT team last week. — plazm blog has moved … Continue reading →

Host Nora Robertson sits down with Mayor Sam Adams, Randy Gragg and Brad Cloepfil The New Oregon Interview Series brings Mayor Sam Adams, Portland Monthly editor Randy Gragg and prominent architect Brad Cloepfil together to discuss their work in shaping … Continue reading →

I wrote a 10,000 word essay called “Heft, Gravy, and Swing: The Life and Times of Oswald Cooper” for the latest issue of Idea. The essay serves as the definitive biography of the Chicago type and lettering designer, famed for … Continue reading →

I’ll be exhibiting a number of illustrations drawn for the recent Blunt Mechanic CD on Barsuk Records on February 13th at the Sakura Gallery in Nakameguro. The exhibition is an all-day art party and exhibition, running from noon until 10pm. … Continue reading →

Back in 1997 Plazm curated a 32-page coloring book featuring a great range of artists from Raymond Pettibon to Kay Slusarenko. A full list of contributors is below. The coloring book was originally inserted into each issue of Plazm 16, … Continue reading →

My latest print project, a double poster set called “Poster Initiative 004A” will debut at Grasshut in Portland, Oregon in the show “Staying Put”. The show opens tomorrow, February 6. The show is a collection of prints from folks such … Continue reading →

ART PARTY AT BRANXFEB 5th, 9-2, $5, 320 SE 2nd Avenue Portland Live music: Tara Jane O’Neill and Marisa AndersonDJs: Yeti (Mike McGonigal), Permanent Wave, and Gottesfinger (Sarah Gottesdiener) Visuals/installation: Melanie Valera a.k.a. Tender ForeverDance/performance: Get Me Bodied — plazm … Continue reading →