Category Archives: Opinion

Caleb Deupree of Néojapanisme’s staff blog files a lovely report on Takemitsu Tōru, an experimental musician and composer who created his own graphical system of musical notation, beautiful designs rather than the traditional 10-bar staff familiar to traditional Western players. … Continue reading →

That’s the title of my talk this week at the UCDA conference in Seattle. Come on over if you are in town. Every day, each of us makes thousands of choices to make our businesses more competitive and our design … Continue reading →

The Flash Choir will perform new work at their upcoming show, on October 11th, at Missisippi Studios, in a special Wordstock collaboration, honoring Oregon’s first poet laureate, William Stafford. “Strangers Together” is a setting of 10 poems by Stafford’s book, … Continue reading →

Lesque drop a new video from their Summer Tour and a new line. — 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 →

Designers, filmmakers, artists, writers: every day, we make decisions and take actions, large and small, that influence our lives and the world around us. What do you do, personally, that helps create meaning in your life and your work? What … Continue reading →

House has dropped two new series: posters and serigraphs.  I want…. — 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 … Continue reading →

  Scion Installation 5: Self Portrait – Final Show & Online Art Auction Trailer from Scion ART on Vimeo. All of the work in Scion’s latest Installation tour is available for public auction here. All artwork sale proceeds go to … Continue reading →

Rak Razam interviews Mark McCloud, collector of LSD blotter art, about the design/art form. Online at Juxtapoz. — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm design studio: www.plazm.com — — plazm magazine & blog are now published by … Continue reading →

It’s that time again: I’ll be teaching Typography 101 at Temple University Japan in the upcoming semester. About the course:An in-depth look at typography (designing with fonts) for both beginners and experienced practitioners. This class is a working examination of … Continue reading →

NORA ROBERTSON WITH ADRIENNE FLAGG, LINDA AUSTIN, AND BETH HARPER WED, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 7-8:30 PM, DOORS OPEN 6:00 PM, $5 ADMISSION The New Oregon Interview Series brings three prominent Portland performance figures together for an evening of intimate conversation. IFCC … Continue reading →