As Quoted:
“A passionate pursuit of editorial originality— no ordinary magazine”
— How Magazine
“You can't describe Plazm as a cutting-edge publication— it's light years ahead”
— Step Magazine
“A jewel in Portland's alternative crown.”
— Steven Heller
“Plazm is unreadable”
— New York Press
“Those who like their magazines slick and formulaic are hereby given a last chance to change their minds”
— Wired Magazine
“The best American magazine since Interview”
— Nieuws Bulletin (Netherlands)
“Visually striking... bold layout and aggressive visual art presentations”
— Willamette Week
“Plazm offers an introduction to an attitude, one that may explain why the revolution of the artists of Generation X won't be televised — and probably won't appear in local galleries either. Plazm's international distribution can't help but germinate the ideas it plants.”
— The Oregonian
“Cool and classy”
— Advertising Age
“With an international client roster, a worldwide reputation, and a dossier that includes graphics, typeface design, and magazine publishing, a resolutely independent Portland-based design firm proves that it's not the size of the company, but the size of its dreams.”
— Margaret Richardson, for CreativePro.com (full article)
“Plazm is an expertly crafted blend of brain food, eyecandy, smart design and sexy typography."
"In an
era when more and more media are controlled by fewer and fewer outlets,
small press and independent media allow outsider voices to be heard. Art,
-- capital "A" Art, not craft or design--is often the expression
of a voice that would otherwise be unheard, even unacceptable. Plazm
provides a fine glimpse into the world of art, prompting further
exploration on the part of the reader. Find a copy and expand your
perceptions."
—
Feministreview.blogspot.com
— Oregonian
Publications
- Designing for the Greater Good, Crescent Hill Books, 2009
- The Graphic Eye: Photographs by Graphic Designers from Around the Globe, Chronicle Books, 2009
- Flashback, Victionary, 2009
- Art Directing Projects for Print, Rotovision, 2009
- MEISHI / Little Graphic Art Gallery Of The World, ICO Japan, 2009
- ITCH magazine, 2009
- Writing for Visual Thinkers, Peach Pit Press/AIGA Design Press, 2008
- Stereographics, Victionary, 2008
- 1000 Music Graphics Rockport, 2008
- International Design Yearbook, Guangzhou, MDX 2008
- Design for Special Events Rockport, 2008
- Communication Arts, September 2008
- Education of Design Entrepreneur, Rockport, 2008
- SustainAble, Rockport, 2008
- 1000 Retail Graphics Rockport, 2007
- Fashion Unfolding: Uncover the Power of Graphics in Fashion Victionary, 2007
-
The Little Book of Promotions Rockport, 2007
- Handmade Ginko Press, December 2006
- IdN, October 2006
-
Influences: A Lexicon of Contemporary Graphic Design,
die-gestalten, September 2006
- The
Oregonian, June 2006
- IDEA
magazine, June 2006
- Portland
Mercury June 2006
- Portland
Monthly, April 2005
- Novuum (Germany), August, 2004
- Creativity magazine, June 2004
- Fast Company,
March 2004
- Page (Germany), January 2004
- Grafik (UK), feature August
2003
- Page
(Germany), August 2003
- Communication Arts, July 2003
- Creativity magazine, June 2003
- Print magazine,
June 2003
- The
Oregonian, June 2003
- Creative Review (UK), May 2003
- Eye (UK), May 2003
- Gobshite
Quarterly, May 2003
- Pen (Japan), April 2003
-
Index-A, Charles Wilkin forward
2003
- The
Oregonian, March 2003
- Step magazine, feature article 2003
- Creativepro.com, feature, Winter 2002
- E-Design (Taiwan),
feature article, 2002
- Education of a Design Entrepreneur, Abrams, 2002
- Oregon Business
magazine, 50 to watch, 2002
- The Oregonian, 2002
-
The Portland Tribune, business page
cover story, 2002
- Communication Arts, Exhibit, 2001
- How Magazine,
feature September 2001
- Adbusters, January/February 2001
- Provocative
Graphics, Rockport Publishers, 2001
-
Then is Now: Sampling from the Past,
Rockport Publishers, 2001
- Communication Arts, Exhibit, 2000
- Eye (UK),
2000
- Limited
Resources, Limitless Creativity, PIE Books, 2000
- Next: The New Generation
in Graphic Design, North Light Books, 2000
- Oregon Business Journal, 2000
- Oregon Humanities,
2000
- The
Oregonian, 2000
- Step magazine, feature article 2000
- Visible Music, PIE
Books, 2000
- DesignNet (Korea), feature article, 1999
- Cool Type 2, North
Light Books, 1999
- Extreme Fonts: Digital Faces of the Future, Madison
Square Press, 1999
- Idea magazine (Japan), 1999
- IdN (Hong Kong), 1999
- One and Two Color
Graphics, PIE Books, 1999
- Oregon Business magazine, 1999
- Print Magazine Computer Design
Annual, 1999
- Radical
Type, North Light Books, 1999
-
Communication Arts, Design Annual
1998
- Communication
Arts, Photography Annual 1998
-
Graphis, Design Annual 1998
- Idea magazine
(Japan), 1998
- Magazine Editorial Graphics, PIE Books, 1998
- Print Magazine
Computer Design Annual, 1998
- Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, 1998
- Radical Graphics,
Chronicle Books, 1998
- Cool Type, North Light Books, 1997
- Creative Review
(UK), November 1997
- I.D. magazine, I.D. 40, 1997
- Adbusters, January/February
1997
- The
Oregonian, 1997
- Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, 1997
- Typefetish: Obsessive
Design in the Digital Age PBC International, 1997- Typography Now 2, Booth
Clibborn Editions, 1997
- The Oregonian, 1996
-
Print Magazine Regional Design Annual,
1996
- Street Smart
Design, North Light Books, 1996
-
Upper and lower case 1996
- Creative Review
(UK), June 1995
- Creative Review (UK), May 1995
- Adobe magazine, feature article,
1995
- A Blip in the
Continuum of Graphic Design, Peach Pit Press, 1995
- The Oregonian,
1995
- Print
Magazine Regional Design Annual, 1995
-
The Best in Cutting Edge Typography,
Quarto Publishing, 1995
- Upper and lower case 1995
-
Wired, feature article, 1995
- Upper and lower case 1994
-
The Oregonian, 1992, 1993, 1994