A Sense of Place

Indefinite Hiatus

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:41:00 +0800

It’s been a while since the 14th of February. Last Valentine’s, Issue 02 of Terroir Magazine was released to a pretty warm reception. This was followed up by the release of Issue 03 in August. There was supposed to be a new issue out last month, but alas, it won’t be coming. Terroir Magazine is going on an indefinite hiatus.

With every issue of the magazine, roughly four month’s worth of my weekends are burnt — either spent designing or printing to fulfill orders. I had thought that by coming out with three high quality concept issues, the magazine might be able to attract enough attention to secure funding from a publisher and distributor. As much as the magazine has been gaining a little mention from a few internationally well-known authorities, it has failed to attract attention where it needs to most — back home in Singapore.

A magazine that is priced so expensively such that only a few get to enjoy it has no future. A magazine with no readership is self-defeating. I had no choice to do it this way because printing on my inkjet is the best way to ensure that the quality of the magazine is at the standard that I deem it should be. Having bought samples of magazines from both Blurb and MagCloud, I was disappointed with the selection of paper stock, lack of binding options and overall less than stellar colour reproduction.

The option to port the magazine over to the iPad is tempting, but ultimately I feel that this isn’t what Terroir stands for. And so I have made the difficult decision to stop the magazine indefinitely. There are so many ways to improve the magazine and make it better! But I guess we shall have to let these ideas gestate for awhile.

In the meantime, I can finally enjoy my weekends! Or perhaps move on to other projects before returning to the magazine someday. During this interim, I bid you all farewell. It has been a rather amazing journey to see such a personal effort get to where it is today. Remember, don’t stop travelling!

Sincerely,
Benjamin Koh
Curator & Editor, Terroir Magazine

We return with Issue 03 on our first anniversary. See the mag...

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:55 +0800

We return with Issue 03 on our first anniversary. See the mag here.

A little while ago back in early May, Terroir Magazine had the...

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 03:31:46 +0800

A little while ago back in early May, Terroir Magazine had the honour of being exhibited alongside many other awesome publications for Magazine Library 10, which was held at the Hillside Terrace in Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan.

Hiroshima, Grey Magazine Issue 02 Spring/Summer 2010

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:39:04 +0800

Hiroshima, Grey Magazine Issue 02 Spring/Summer 2010

Taking the mags off the store for awhile to finish printing some orders and exhibition...

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:07:00 +0800

Taking the mags off the store for awhile to finish printing some orders and exhibition copies. We’ll be exhibited along with many other awesome magazines at Magazine Library on 13th May in the Daikanyama area of Tokyo, at the Hillside Terrace.

Keep you all posted! :)

Raffles Place in 1966/1967. Beautiful.

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:26:58 +0800

Raffles Place in 1966/1967. Beautiful.

It’s taken slightly longer than 6 months, but TERROIR Magazine No. 2 is now available! Join...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:24:00 +0800

It’s taken slightly longer than 6 months, but TERROIR Magazine No. 2 is now available! Join us as we take you to Korea, Europe and Japan in this issue. Visit our updated website for more pretty pictures or head straight to our web store to purchase a copy. :)

Something new by the folks at Casual Poet, Casual Days is a...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:59:54 +0800

Something new by the folks at Casual Poet, Casual Days is a simple and honest print magazine about meaningful everyday experiences. The first issue is on travellers!

Hong Kong-based designer Yiu Yu Hoi turns his fast-paced city...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:22:00 +0800

Hong Kong-based designer Yiu Yu Hoi turns his fast-paced city into a slow moving dream by the use of infrared photography. He first learned about this technique from photography forums which got him “totally fascinated” with how shockingly different he could make his city scenes appear.

Look through his photos and you’ll notice that Hoi seeks out trees in Hong Kong, making them look vibrant in their pink-ish tone. “The glowing trees can be obtained in-camera, but they are bluish straight out of camera,” he tells us. “A more natural reddish tone could be available by simply swapping Blue and Red channels in Photoshop. That is a very popular, yet powerful way to develop colored infrared photos.”

Infrared photography has the ability to show us what the eye cannot see, it’s the art of capturing invisible light. These days, digital photographers can use filters and image-editing software like Photoshop to achieve this otherworldly effect.

see Yiu Yu Hoi’s Flickr

article written by Alice
via MY MODERN MET

Bandung, Indonesia. The soul of the place beautifully captured...

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:04:00 +0800

Bandung, Indonesia. The soul of the place beautifully captured through a window by Nathalia. Absolutely mesmerizing.

Now these utterly adorable birdhouses by Nathan Danials have...

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:31:56 +0800

Now these utterly adorable birdhouses by Nathan Danials have gotten us going totally gaga over the idea of hanging one around the house. Anyone who has a private property with a tree in Singapore willing to volunteer? We’ll pay for the birdhouse! :)

More at Nathan Danials’ Etsy.

Gosh this is such a beautiful video of Old Singapore, back in...

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:44:28 +0800

Gosh this is such a beautiful video of Old Singapore, back in 1967. Thanks to @deafknee for tweeting it! And Derek Tait for blogging about it.

thelittledromstore: I Don’t Friend You by the little drom...

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:37:00 +0800

thelittledromstore:

I Don’t Friend You by the little drom press

A book celebrating friendships and childhood playtime memories in Singapore (circa 80s – 90s).

Using petite hands, foot and imagination at large; games and friendships were formed. “Chi ku pak” and “nehnee nehnee boo boo, you cannot catch me” are amongst some childish lingoes and silly game tunes that are still softly echoing in our heads occasionally. Up till today, we are left amused and confounded by these very ingenious game creators. A recollection of old school playtime memories of kids back in the good old years of 80s/90s.

View more sample spreads via our flickr.

• ISBN 978-981-08-9285-2 • 72 Pages • Hard Cover • Cloth Bound • Size = 14.5cm(w) by 18.5cm(h) • includes interactive pages for reader to participate in the games

Also available online here.

paulineho: For the most part of it, I think the enriching part...

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:52:31 +0800

paulineho:

For the most part of it, I think the enriching part about going out to see the world is the realization that happiness comes in many other forms. Which we forget after being fixated on that one form after being in the city for too long.

Our web store is finally up! Only four 2 copies will be sold each week, because that’s the...

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:10:00 +0800

Our web store is finally up! Only ~~four~~ 2 copies will be sold each week, because that’s the fastest it can be made. Remember, this is a bespoke magazine. We recognize that it’s a rather couture concept of selling. Someday, Terroir Magazine might be published and distributed. For now, we’ll do what we can to get it out there.

After months of discussions, collaboration, curation and finally execution, Terroir Magazine has...

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:12:00 +0800

After months of discussions, collaboration, curation and finally execution, Terroir Magazine has finally launched!

See the magazine on:
Behance
Pepper & Cinnamon

Our social links:
Terroir Website
Facebook Page
Twitter

P.S. The web store is currently unavailable because we’re still fulfilling pre-orders.