NEUTRAL COLORS is an independent publisher, it is also the name of the magazine it publishes, as well as the name of the bookbinding company. The three are organically connected. The publishing style of NEUTRAL COLORS is to have a small group of people getting together to handle everything from printing, and binding to distribution. We aim to create an economically sustainable medium-scale publishing company that is somewhere between mass commercial printing and small-volume independent printing. (Approximately 5000 copies for magazines / 300–1000copies for Books and Art books)
Website / Link to Portfolio: https://neutral-colors.com/publications/
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NEUTRAL COLORS issue5
Special Feature: The Mystery of Language That Cannot Be Communicated
The special feature is “language.” We believe that language is what most clearly reveals an individual. Even as globalization progresses, it is something that cannot be skipped. As NEUTRAL COLORS, which values the uniqueness of a place, individual cultures, and individuality, this was a theme we wanted to explore. Learning new languages at any age. Communicating through Braille, sign language, and gestures. Language is everything we strive to communicate. While creating the magazine, we are constantly reminded of this. There are times when we want to convey something important but cannot articulate it properly. When meeting someone who speaks a different language, we may stumble over our words or fall silent, facing the barrier of language. For NEUTRAL COLORS, language is “what cannot be communicated.” That is why we wanted to explore this theme through the entire magazine—an attempt to communicate and a shift in thinking—in the “Language” special feature.
Puking Rainbows Past and Future
A collaborative work by photographer Sean Rotman and his son, Tembo. They took Polaroids of each other and exchanged letters as a growth diary. The gaze of the father toward his son and the perspective of the child intertwine, and through multiple exposures of the Polaroids, the two overlap. A collection of memories from “the past” encapsulated in “the present.” The photographs are reproduced using transparent foil the same size as Fujifilm's Instax (Polaroid) film. The codex binding features rainbow colors. Includes an essay by Sean Rotman on fatherhood (English/Japanese) and Tembo's “Rainbow-Spitting” illustration collection.
NEUTRAL COLORS
NEUTRAL COLORS is an independent publisher, it is also the name of the magazine it publishes, as well as the name of the bookbinding company. The three are organically connected. The publishing style of NEUTRAL COLORS is to have a small group of people getting together to handle everything from printing, and binding to distribution. We aim to create an economically sustainable medium-scale publishing company that is somewhere between mass commercial printing and small-volume independent printing. (Approximately 5000 copies for magazines / 300–1000copies for Books and Art books)
NEUTRAL COLORS issue5
Special Feature: The Mystery of Language That Cannot Be Communicated
The special feature is “language.” We believe that language is what most clearly reveals an individual. Even as globalization progresses, it is something that cannot be skipped. As NEUTRAL COLORS, which values the uniqueness of a place, individual cultures, and individuality, this was a theme we wanted to explore. Learning new languages at any age. Communicating through Braille, sign language, and gestures. Language is everything we strive to communicate. While creating the magazine, we are constantly reminded of this. There are times when we want to convey something important but cannot articulate it properly. When meeting someone who speaks a different language, we may stumble over our words or fall silent, facing the barrier of language. For NEUTRAL COLORS, language is “what cannot be communicated.” That is why we wanted to explore this theme through the entire magazine—an attempt to communicate and a shift in thinking—in the “Language” special feature.
Puking Rainbows Past and Future
A collaborative work by photographer Sean Rotman and his son, Tembo. They took Polaroids of each other and exchanged letters as a growth diary. The gaze of the father toward his son and the perspective of the child intertwine, and through multiple exposures of the Polaroids, the two overlap. A collection of memories from “the past” encapsulated in “the present.” The photographs are reproduced using transparent foil the same size as Fujifilm's Instax (Polaroid) film. The codex binding features rainbow colors. Includes an essay by Sean Rotman on fatherhood (English/Japanese) and Tembo's “Rainbow-Spitting” illustration collection.