NEUTRAFACE

So this is amazing. Good friend/former Plazm worker Jason Kinney and the ever talented Mark Searcy has put together an amazing ode to a typeface. I have a small cameo in it. CHECK IT OUT HERE! If you are a design nerd, a lady gaga fan, or just someone who likes watching funny things, you will love this.

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Open NYC New Decks

I have two new decks out from NYC's OPEN Skateboards.

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Anal Solvent video, live from the first Plazm Event, circa 1991

Anal Solvent, one of the great late 80s/early 90s experimental bands in Portland, performing here at Hand Prints. This was the first of a number of benefit shows that helped launch Plazm magazine. Trying to remember everyone who was on the bill. I believe this night was also Pond's first show. Drunk at Abi's played for sure too. And Hitting Birth? It is a blur. I know it was 1991 not '92 because the first issue of Plazm hadn't been printed yet. Below is also a photo of the first Plazm t-shirt. Design by Rob Bardel. There was some debate about if we were going to be "Plasm" or "Plazm"...

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plazm crazyass moving sale: dec 6 + 9

computers, office supplies, furniture, art & design supplies, light tables, phone systems. some freebies; no phone calls / emails please.

sunday december 6th, 2-5 pm
wednesday december 9th, 5-8 pm
305 SE 3rd Street (orange painted building)

item list here.

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Next Mammal live show: Pecha Kucha Night Tokyo on December 2nd at Super Deluxe.

Mammal = me versus Mari Kojima versus E*Rock. Beat, raps, rhymes, melodies, dances, puberty.

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China Urban Book Release Party

Sunday night November 21st in Portland.
China Urban book release party should be lots of fun.

There is going to be some super puppeteering happening and a screening of Mad Detective.

The book has been six months in the making. I designed it in collaboration with Colley Gallery director Stephanie Snyder and Reed College professor of Art and Humanities Lisa Claypool. The cover is pictured above. It comes in a brown paper wrapper. There are only 200 of them. They will be hand stamped, editioned and signed at the event.

6 pm + at ace cleaners downtown portland
7:30 Chinese puppet theater
8:30 Mad Detective screening

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Sparking Change

"Does art really change anything? I do believe so…It is impossible for art to fix a declining economy or stop all wars, but art changes the way people see and understand reality. And if as artists we often lose faith in the impact of our work, those in power are quite aware of it.”

So writes Internationally renowned illustrator Luba Lukova, in her foreword to the 2010 peace calendar "Sparking Change". Lukova recently edited the calendar for The War Resisters League, an 86-year old pacifist group. It features political posters by artists from around the world, addressing a variety of issues, including war, equality and the environment. Check it out here.

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Graphic Design vs. Cancer

My friend Anandi is currently undergoing chemotherapy for invasive breast cancer. Some of her friends have organized an art auction online to help raise funds for her while she is undergoing treatment to cover some medical bills and living expenses while she is undergoing treatment. 

I have donated 12 hours of graphic design work to the auction, should anyone out there need some work done affordably and for the money to go somewhere where it is really needed.

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thirty conversations on design...

...and their blog logo is lower case, so you know they're serious. Check it out at where else but thirtyconversationsaboutdesign.com . Above: one of our locals, Greg Hoffman at Nike.

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Natural Disasters

This is the best book I have read all year. Period. Full stop.

A compilation of zines by Al Burian. I wholeheartedly recommend it.

Al is one of the most talented writers of my generation. If I didn't mean that, then I wouldn't have busted my ass publishing some of his work myself years ago and illicitly carted thousands of the damn things out the back door of Kinko's.

Get on it.

A perfect alternative to the artsy BS masquerading as "zines" in this day and age.

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New Oregon Interview Series: Food podcasts

Gregg Higgins, Naomi Pomeroy and Stumptown's Matt Lounsbury with host Nora Robertson
Podcasts up now

Next is New Oregon Interview Series: Visual Art
Michael Brophy, Stephanie Snyder and Dark Horse Comics' Shawna Gore
Wednesday, Nov. 11th, Urban Grind East, 2214 NE Oregon St.
7-8:30 PM, doors open at 6:00 PM, $5 admission

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