NEUTRA是一套由建築師及插畫師Francesca Perani設計的55個無性別剪影人素材，其初衷是為滿足設計者創作更具包容性的效果圖。
NEUTRA is a new gallery of 55 gender-fluid cutouts addressing the need for a more inclusive entourages in digital renderings designed by architect/ illustrator Francesca Perani.
▼NEUTRA剪影人，NEUTRA cutouts © Francesca Perani
▼NEUTRA剪影人運用於效果圖，NEUTRA cutouts in rendering © Francesca Perani
新的素材系列發佈於開創於2016年的意大利平臺Cutoutmix，該平臺現提供超500個免費的剪影人系列素材。三年來，全球有超過69000個用戶訪問了Cutoutmix，下載量最高的國家分別是中國，美國，巴西和意大利。
The new collection belongs to the Italian platform Cutoutmix started in 2016 and now populated by 500 free silhouettes available in open source. In three years Cutoutmix was accessed by over 69,000 users worldwide, with the highest number of downloads in China, United States, Brazil and Italy.
▼NEUTRA系列發佈於意大利平臺Cutoutmix，NEUTRA belongs to the Italian platform Cutoutmix © Francesca Perani
設計師發佈的第一組素材CALERDAR系列即已公開反對侵權，抵制從著名藝術品中複製人物素材的行為。隨後發佈的素材ARCHIFUNKY系列又將關注點放在了擴大人物的膚色，能力及性別範圍。這次新的素材NEUTRA系列則試圖代表極富爭議性的無性別社會：爵士風的剪影人既不是男性也不是女性，他們擁有閃耀的眼睛，乳頭和肚臍。新系列除網上提供的數字免費版，還為剪影人制作了30套印刷版日曆。
▼NEUTRA系列印刷版檯曆，NEUTRA printed calendar © Francesca Perani
▼無性別剪影人，有著明顯的眼睛，乳頭及肚臍，gender-fluid cutouts with flaunting eyes, nipples and belly buttons. © Francesca Perani
▼NEUTRA系列印刷版檯曆細部，detail of NEUTRA printed calendar © Francesca Perani
▼爵士風小人躍然紙上，jazz cutouts shown vividly on paper © Francesca Perani
While the first set, CALENDAR, openly stands against copyright infringements (characters are still too often borrowed from well-known works of art) and ARCHIFUNKY focuses on skin colour, different ability and a wider gender spectrum, this new NEUTRA collection is a provocative representation of a more gender-fluid society: the new jazzy cutouts are neither male nor female, flaunting eyes, nipples and belly buttons. This set is accompanied by a limited series of 30 printed calendars and a digital free format available on the website.
▼設計師發佈的三組人物素材，three set of cutouts © Francesca Perani
▼CALENDAR系列說明，statement of CALENDAR cutouts © Francesca Perani
▼ARCHIFUNKY系列，ARCHIFUNKY cutouts © Francesca Perani
在對NEUTRA的設計說明中Perani闡述到，設計對現實的呈現總是有失公允，受這種不公正設計的警醒，建築的可視化表達需要擺脫過度的刻板印象。Perani是一名建築活動家，她因相信創意分享的力量而提供免費的設計素材，希望其能夠成為專業領域的有效工具，不僅改變效果圖的表達趨勢，更給予設計師們思想上的激勵。
In her illustrative design work, Perani calls time on the misrepresentation of reality as an unfair, unequally designed space convinced that architecture visualisation narratives need to move away from overused stereotypes. She is an architecture activist and a firm believer in the power of shared creativity thus offering free design tools as an effective instrument to bring about change in the profession, not only in visual renderings but in the mind of those who designed them.
▼ARCHIFUNKY系列效果圖運用，打破建築表達刻板映像。Example2 of rendering with ARCHIFUNKY，break the stereotypes of architecture visualisation © Francesca Perani
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