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The End of War.
It’s from a classical quote.*
It’s the name of a book.
It’s got a nice ring to it.

And it’s an appealingly unspecific concept. Does it refer to the end of, say, the current U.S. invasion of Iraq? Does it mean the end of all current wars? Does it connote one big happy globalized culture? Does it imply the annihilation of all war, forever—and if that is the case, should it not rather invoke a calm slide into peace?
When I conceived of The End of War as a project for Plazm and exhibition, I was drawn to the fluidity of the phrase, to its openness and uncertainty. Could I, personally, even imagine what a war-free world might be like? If I presented the phrase “The End of War” to other artists, how would they interpret it? The only way to find out was to ask them.

We asked about a dozen artists, writers, performers, and designers to respond to the concept of The End of War. Some created new works specifically for the project, while others discovered that it resonated with aspects of their past or current practice. Our contributors sent work from around North America and the world, and we thank them deeply for participating.
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* Or in any case, a quote attributed to a classical philosopher, an attribution about which there is some controversy.

Featuring contributions from:
Lettering & intro spread design by Mansi Shah
Rebeca Méndez & Adam Eeuwens, Los Angeles
Lydia Yuknavitch, Portland design by Susie Nielsen
Art Chantry, Seattle
Letter Doulas bu Kristen Tsiatsios, Seattle; design by Susie Nielsen
David Tartakover, Tel Aviv
Coffee Marvin Bell, Iowa City; design by Susie Nielsen
Death Drive by Magdalen Powers, Portland ; design by
Alex Lilly, Portland
Jamie McMurry, Los Angeles/Chile; design by Susie Nielsen
An Apology to the Vietnamese and Iraqis Marvin Bell, Iowa City; design by Susie Nielsen
Devora Newmark, Montréal; design by Susie Nielsen
Sue Coe, New York
Yoko Ono, New York

The End of War
Curated by and from Plazm No. 29, published in 2007.

A few print edition copies are in the shop.

Live panel discussion & film screening of Graphic Means at Portland Art Museum's Tomorrow Theater

Hands-on print design and production fueled the Bauhaus design revolution, the Mad Men era of advertising—and the beginnings of Plazm magazine. We're happy to be included in this important film about graphic design history, and to a panel discussion at the Portland Art Museum's Tomorrow Theater.

Film screening & panel discussion

Director Briar Levitt joins April Greiman, Dan Rhatigan, and Plazm's Joshua Berger (all of whom are in the film) for a discussion moderated by Michael Ellsworth.

Thursday, April 9
Doors 6:30pm, Event 7pm
Tickets $15
Get tickets & watch trailer: https://bit.ly/4brTVrg

Fort George is celebrating their nineteenth birthday this month. We are so happy to have been able to collaborate with this brand since the beginning and witness as they have evolved into a truly mighty force of Northwest brewcraft. Here's to 19 more!

As part of the celebration Fort George Brewery is releasing a new batch of Sunrise OPA (Oatmeal Pale Ale). The 12 oz. six pack is a redesign of our original 16 oz. 4 packs which was created in 2012. ⠀
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The illustration combines a sunrise motif with the cellular cross-section of an oat and was created by Sze Wa Cheung, our intern at the time. The packaging won a Rosey Award from that year.

The Volumes Design Library is slated to open later this spring on the second floor of the historic J.K. Gill Building at 426 SW Harvey Milk Street in downtown Portland.

You can read an interview in the latest issue of the Portland Mercury for the Spring Arts edition.

Volumes Design Library Wants to Be Portland’s Creative Third Space Volumes isn’t a library where you have to be quiet.

Flashback to Plazm magazine, issue 25

In the year 2000, became our first-ever guest art director.

One of the stories in the issue centers around a group of picnickers at Bagby hot springs in the Mt. Hood national forest who experience a Bigfoot encounter. Pablo graphically incorporated Bigfoot into his designs throughout the pages of Plazm 25. Bigfoot is played in the issue by Todd Haynes.

Picnicers: Jon Hart, Patrick Long, Malia Jensen, Camela Raymond. Unseen picnicer/videographer: Steve McDougal. Help: James Yu, Mike Brophy, Jon Raymond, Storm Tharp. Bigfoot: Todd Haynes. Special thanks: Sam Coomes, JenJen, Safari Lounge.

A handful of copies of the print edition are available in our shop. Link in bio or direct link here: https://plazm.square.site/product/plazm-25/19?cs=true&cst=custom

Pablo also designed an 18 x 24" screen printed poster for the release. There are five of these remaining. Link in bio or direct link here: https://plazm.square.site/product/plazm-25-bigfoot/65?cs=true&cst=custom