Rare and collectible COLORS Magazine 

Issue Number 32 - While You Sleep

June - July 1999

English/ Italian 

Before the internet was in every home and pocket, COLORS magazine was a great way to expand your world view. It was a quarterly international creative magazine about 'the rest of the world' that was supported by the Benetton clothing company. Each issue focused on a particular topic from the perspective of "the rest of the world". This issue's topic is While You Sleep, and it explores the most fascinating, bizarre and amazing stories and facts about what went on around the world at night time in 1999.  

COLORS magazine was established in 1991 and it was edited by Oliviero Toscani and Tibor Kalman. Both editors shared the belief that cultural variety should be celebrated and that all cultures should be given equal consideration. It was a quarterly magazine up till issue Number 90 "Football" (2014), and it was distributed internationally in different bilingual editions.

The publication has been recognised with awards in prestigious competitions all around the world, such as the 2010 World Press Photo First Prize in the Art and Entertainment category and the Silver Award in the 90th Art Directors Club Awards. It was rated as one of the 51 best magazines of all time by Good Magazine, and it was ranked as one of the most influential cultural journals on the world stage by La Vanguardia.

The older issues of COLORS are collectable since they are hard to come by and those that are about can be quite expensive. On the United Colors of Benetton website, you used to be able to get back issues for about 30 Euros, however they have been out of stock for quite some time.