


Fivethousand Fingers is a design studio working globally from Montréal. Led by founding partners with backgrounds in the arts, the studio specializes in branding, typography, and illustration, and strives to innovate across disciplines. They work with clients and collaborators who share their care for the quality and experience of a product, whether it be material or virtual, commercial or experimental. Their process balances concept and craft, moving from broad strategy to fine execution.
Plazm is a creative studio founded in Portland, Ore., in 1991 with the launch of Plazm magazine. Together with their clients, they solve problems, tell stories, and seek out truth. Plazm magazine started as a cooperatively published, not-for-profit periodical that sparked a nascent creative community in early 1990s Portland. As the magazine garnered accolades and awards, it spawned a commercial design and branding firm whose clients have included Nike, LucasFilm, and MTV, along with local businesses and nonprofits such as PICA, the Northwest Film Center, and Fort George Brewery.
Karoshi remains true to their original objective a creative approach that seeks tangible and meaningful difference, not just superficial impact and noise. They are compact enough to ensure that clients always deal with the principals, agile enough to be flexible and pragmatic when required, and client focused so that they build effective partnerships.