Plastikcomb Magazine No.7

Leafing through any issue of Plastikcomb, you can’t help but be brought back to the time of Ray Gun and Transworld Skateboarding magazines – all holding an important part of graphic design history – an era heralded by David Carson. The self-taught graphic designer famously started an era of grunge and experimentation in design during the eighties and nineties – taking creative ownership of multiple magazine titles, adding his own stamp on the content. Notably on Plastikcomb’s website we see a quote by graphic designer, speaker and all round creative powerhouse Stefan Sagmeister. Referencing his words on social media, he writes, “I think it’s fantastic that two designers with no formal training are creating a magazine. If you go back in design history, you’ll see that your results are quite similar to what David Carson achieved in the eighties and nineties with Beach Culture and Raygun. ⁠As the eighties are being mined for a comeback in fashion and music, maybe we are ripe for this happening in graphics as well.”