Urban Honking

I wake up at 8 a.m. on a Saturday, eat a hearty breakfast and put my game face on. Am I preparing for a bike race, in this city of cyclists? Am I getting ready to run in one of Portland’s many running events? Not exactly: I am preparing for a 5-Sport Day. It all […]

What if you sent off your most impassioned manifesto ever, and even CNN reported on your lame choice of fonts? “These widespread abuses of printed type threaten to erode the very foundations upon which centuries of typographic history are built,” quotes an article here. Even the Wall Street Journal took note of a fan’s tweet: […]

What if you sent off your most impassioned manifesto ever, and even CNN reported on your lame choice of fonts? “These widespread abuses of printed type threaten to erode the very foundations upon which centuries of typographic history are built,” quotes an article here. Even the Wall Street Journal took note of a fan’s tweet: […]

Ever notice how some 70-99% of the graphic designers and art directors mentioned in design books, at awards—even in otherwise progressive magazines like Plazm—are male? Let’s assume for a moment that women have also influenced the aesthetic and political juggernaut of visual culture. Where can we find ’em? One good place to start is “Thunderbitch: […]

Ever notice how some 70-99% of the graphic designers and art directors mentioned in design books, at awards—even in otherwise progressive magazines like Plazm—are male? Let’s assume for a moment that women have also influenced the aesthetic and political juggernaut of visual culture. Where can we find ’em? One good place to start is “Thunderbitch: […]

TIMBERS 1, SOUNDERS 1 (SOUNDERS WIN 4-3 ON PENALTY KICKS) To the local sportsman yearning for a spot of good news, Wednesday’s US Cup matchup between the Timbers and hated rival Seattle Sounders offered several reasons for optimism. The house was packed. The privileged perch at the MAC was in full bloom. The little pocket […]

Last night we watched The Box. There are spoilers in this post! I definitely give away everything that happens in this film, and let me just start by saying this film is AMAZING, so if you haven’t seen it, maybe don’t read this entry and go see it and then come back and read this […]

“Rad Hatter” invites Portland to check out the new Tender Loving Empire gallery-shop-etcetera space downtown… and invited some 40 local artists to transform trucker hats into wearable art. Folks like Mona Superhero and Chris Haberman are making hats; all will be priced under $50. Plazm editor Tiffany Lee Brown has a piece in the show: […]

“Rad Hatter” invites Portland to check out the new Tender Loving Empire gallery-shop-etcetera space downtown… and invited some 40 local artists to transform trucker hats into wearable art. Folks like Mona Superhero and Chris Haberman are making hats; all will be priced under $50. Plazm editor Tiffany Lee Brown has a piece in the show: […]

My last solo art show in PDX in a loooong time opens on Friday at Nationale. 6-9Here’s the info:Sarah Gottesdiener presents new work at NATIONALE, with contributors Jenstar Brockman, Michelle Calvert, Lacy Davis, KaetlinKennedy, Aaron Montaigne & Publication Studio“One of the temptations of an artist is to believe himself solitary….But this is not true. He […]