Soft Hard is an experimental, multilingual publication. Its loose, nonlinear structure aims to serve as both a newsletter and a creative playground for cultural workers. Each issue invites a wide range of professionals from diverse backgrounds — designers, architects, artists, curators, writers, and independent publishers, among others — to share glimpses of their recent work in response to a given theme. The theme of the inaugural issue, “in conversation,” reflects on the various connections and dialogues that arise as different practices evolve. Issue 1 includes contributions from Anouk Beckers, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Yuseon Park, Jessica Flemming, Avery Youngblood, Miguel Gajdos, Jeemin Shim, J. Chen, and Immanuel Yang Compiled, edit, and designed by Yuseon Park and Immanuel Yang Published by Plane and Vertical, 2024Bilingual, English and Korean Softcover, 52 pages, CMYK + Silver offset printing, 7.25 × 10.25 inches ISBN 979-1-19-795772-7