Category Archives: Opinion

Protesting the protesters. — 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 —

Clobber Grotesk Bold is a new typeface just released via MyFonts. It was one of a two-part family originally designed for a metal-cutting business, as they were seeking bold letterforms for their custom aluminum furniture that would be readable at … Continue reading →

Plazm at the Backroom, January 11, 2008. Curator Stephanie Snyder in conversation with Plazm editors Joshua Berger, Jon Raymond, and Tiffany Lee Brown on the occasion of the Plazm Backroom event. We recently posted the essays from Jon, Josh, and … Continue reading →

Just released via MyFonts, my latest typeface release is the definitive version of Oswald Bruce Cooper’s great lost typeface Cooper Fullface Italic. At the end of 1927, Oswald Bruce Cooper yearned to create a heavy “modern” face- akin to Broadway … Continue reading →

uh, yeah. Just in time for Sundance! (image stolen from designated.area … thx to Juxtapoz for the pointer.) — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm design studio: www.plazm.com — — plazm magazine & blog are now published … Continue reading →

Two new font releases on MyFonts this week. The first is the definitive version of Oswald Bruce Cooper’s classic typeface Cooper Italic. 1924 saw the release of Cooper Italic, the italic companion to Cooper Oldstyle. Cooper Italic possesses “a most … Continue reading →

Host Nora Robertson sits down with fashion designers Adam Arnold, Ryan Christensen and Elizabeth Dye to discuss their work and Portland’s evolving fashion culture. Wednesday, January 27th, Urban Grind East, 2214 NE Oregon St., $5 admission. — plazm blog has … Continue reading →

Last chance to sign up for Typography 101 at Temple University Japan. The course has been expanded to include designing custom typefaces and programming digital fonts from them. — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm design studio: … Continue reading →

Previously posted about Jessica Jackson Hutchins in the 2010 Biennial… two other artists featured in Plazm #29 are also in the Whitney show; Storm Tharp and Alex Hubbard. Cooley Gallery director Stephanie Snyder wrote a feature for Plazm on Storm … Continue reading →

Clobber Grotesk Stencil Bold is a new typeface I designed now available through MyFonts. Clobber marries crude stencil forms with extreme legibility/readability at small sizes. — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm design studio: www.plazm.com — — … Continue reading →