Plazm Magazine: 15 Years of Documenting Creative Culture
Founded in 1991 by artists as a creative resource, Plazm publishes an
eclectic design and culture magazine with worldwide distribution. The
entire catalog is now part of the permanent collection at SFMoMA. Order
Plazm 29 Now.
Artwork by Joshua Berger ©2005, silkscreen + monoprint, edition of 5.
Published in Plazm #29.
Whipper Snapper Nerd
Hand writing is excerpted from writings by John McKenzie which first appeared in Whipper Snapper Nerd a magazine produced by Harrell Fletcher and Elizabeth Meyer of work by students from Creativity Explored, a non-profit art center for developmentally disabled adults in San Francisco.
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In
Conversation With Emigre
Rudy VanderLans in conversation with Plazm.
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PDX
Music Memory
In Plazm 29, we took a stab at documenting the scene. A by no means definitive effort.
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David
Byrne
Beth Urdang conducts an interview, and we publish photographs made by Mr. Byrne for Plazm #15.
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Timeline of Dissent
Out of Hand: an Interview with Leonard Peltier
Out of Darkness: DIN and the Mythic Power of Type
Rarely is typography viewed as part of an organic process of evolution...
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Listening to OMD with Stephin Merritt
The musician behind the Magnetic Fields narrates OMD's Architecture and Morality.
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Reversible Destiny: the Architecture of Arakawa & Madeline
Gins
If you barrel down the Grand Neutralizing Parkway in the town of Yoro, Japan, you may safely lose your mind.
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Whose
Protecting Who?
Editorial by Martha Rosler with illustrations by Raymond Pettibon.
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Fifteen years
of blood, sweat, and tears can be viewed in under an hour. Check it out.
In
Conversation With EmigreRudy VanderLans in conversation with Plazm.
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PDX
Music MemoryIn Plazm 29, we took a stab at documenting the scene. A by no means definitive effort.
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David
ByrneBeth Urdang conducts an interview, and we publish photographs made by Mr. Byrne for Plazm #15.
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Timeline of DissentThe twentieth century saw nearly constant war and nearly constant
protest of war. Plazm assembles a timeline of dissent.
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Out of Hand: an Interview with Leonard PeltierImprisoned since 1976, Peltier continues to thrive as a writer,
painter, and member of AIM.
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Out of Darkness: DIN and the Mythic Power of TypeRarely is typography viewed as part of an organic process of evolution...
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Listening to OMD with Stephin MerrittThe musician behind the Magnetic Fields narrates OMD's Architecture and Morality.
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Reversible Destiny: the Architecture of Arakawa & Madeline
GinsIf you barrel down the Grand Neutralizing Parkway in the town of Yoro, Japan, you may safely lose your mind.
More>>
Whose
Protecting Who?Editorial by Martha Rosler with illustrations by Raymond Pettibon.
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