Plazm (magazine)

Plazm (magazine)

"Plazm" magazine has been published since 1991 by a collective of designers, writers, and others in Portland, Oregon, United States. The complete catalog of Plazm magazine is included in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Plazm Media has become an influential and award-winning design firm, font foundry, and publisher. [ [http://plazm.com/magazine/features/ Plazm website] ]

Notable designers who have been affiliated with Plazm include David Carson, Art Chantry, Milton Glaser, Rebeca Mendez, Modern Dog, Scott Clum, John C. Jay, Bruce Licher, Frank Kozik, Pablo Medina, The Attik, Why Not Associates, and Ed Fella.

Founders of the magazine were Patrick Bardel, Joshua Berger, Karynn Fish, Neva Knott, Andrew McFarlane, Rueben Niesenfeld. Plazm magazine editors have been Neva Knott (issues 1-9), Yariv Rabinovitch (issues 10-17), and Jonathan Raymond (issues 18-28). Tiffany Lee Brown edited Plazm 28 along with Jonathan Raymond. In 1993 Joshua Berger and Pete McCracken started Plazm Fonts.

Plazm design firm

Plazm is also a design firm that builds identities, advertising, interactive and retail experiences using custom typography and was founded in 1995 by Joshua Berger, Pete McCracken and Niko Courtelis. Some designers who have worked for the firm have included Enrique Mosqueda, Jon Kieselhorst, Jon Steinhorst, Carole Ambauen, Lotus Child, Ian Lynam, and Yoko Tsukahara. Plazm authored the book "XXX: The Power of Sex in Contemporary Design", and is working on a new series of books about creative expression on the margins of culture. Current projects include a Plazm monograph, a twenty-plus variation customized global type identity for Nike, Inc. and a new magazine launch for Adobe Systems.

Plazm was listed in 1997 in "I.D." as one of the world’s 40 most influential design firms and has been featured in numerous publications and award shows including the 100 show, AIGA, the professional association for design national show, the Art Director’s Club, Eye, Communication Arts, Graphis, and IDEA (Industrial Design Excellence Awards). Plazm received the creative resistance award from Adbusters in 2001. Plazm partners regularly present work internationally, teach, create workshops and judge competitions.

References

External links

* [http://plazm.com/magazine Plazm Magazine website]


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