Exploring the diverse cultures along nearly 30,000 miles of Mediterranean coastline, this issue of Kinfolk highlights the unique lifestyles found in 22 countries. It showcases the artists, cooks, and cowboys who embody the spirit of their local communities, journeying from Tunis to Tuscany and Morocco to Mallorca. Through rich narratives and captivating visuals, it offers an unconventional perspective on Mediterranean living, celebrating the vibrant tapestry of traditions and experiences across the region.
From cradle to grave, rituals bind communities and mark the transition from one life stage to the next. This winter, Kinfolk finds new routes through old rites and learns how to celebrate life through ceremony.
Issue Forty-Seven takes a stand against one-off wellness trends and miracle cures and focuses on well-being as an innate balance to be safeguarded. You’ll meet inspiring people for whom the well-being of others is paramount, featuring Walt Odets on the power of therapy, Chani Nicholas and Sonya Passi on financial well-being, Julia Bainbridge on sobriety, and Alice Sheppard on dance as a way to commune with the body—even when it hurts. interviews with fashion icon Farida Khelfa, tattoo artist Dr. Woo, superstar stylist Veneda Carter, and much more.
We can never shake the back-to-school feeling that September brings. As predictable as the urge to hunker down in winter, then travel in the warmer months, the fall stirs up memories of sharp pencils and blank slates. Rather than dragging our heels reluctantly into the new term, the Education Issue rises to the challenge and asks: How can we keep on learning? From interviews with celebrated academics and alternative practitioners to a fashion editorial set in the most visually inspiring school in Denmark, Issue Thirty-Three of Kinfolk considers how education might be reimagined for a time when cognitive scientists are increasingly insistent that there is no expiry date on our brain’s ability to learn. Also in the issue, we consider what Roland Barthes might have to say about modern dating, interview Desiree Akhavan about making films now she’s no longer a Hollywood outsider, and ask whether hitting “rock bottom” is really a necessary part of starting over. Elsewhere, we break new territory with our first painted fashion shoot and a reported long read on why social media is sustaining, rather than exposing, the scourge of pyramid schemes.
Be it the subject of awkward small talk in the office or the call to arms at an international summit, the weather is a topic of perennial interest and importance: It’s both daily life and global crisis, and the latest issue of Kinfolk takes readings that span the full barometer. Plus: A look inside the studio of architect Giancarlo Valle, the home of interior designer Gergei Erdei and the closet of fashion icon Michelle Elie.
For our winter edition, we explore the relationship between community and design. How can design strengthen bonds with our families, friends and neighbors? And how can good design improve our quality of life? Design is a type of communication. It’s about the way an object or idea speaks to its audience. But good design not only gets its message across—it also engages us in a conversation. The voices in this issue’s pages have taught us that there’s no set of rules that govern what constitutes “good design.” Form doesn’t have to follow function, function doesn’t have to follow form—in fact, there shouldn’t be any following at all, only leading.Helps readers explore what is essential in their lives by removing the extraneous and frivolous and determining what needs to be pared back in order to better examine the core of existence to help live more simply and more fully. Original.
The autumn edition of Kinfolk explores the relationships we have with our nearest and dearest, in all of their iterations. We ask some big questions: How is photography changing the way we construct our family narratives? Should we feel guilty about speaking to our barista more than our sister? And did our parents actually have any idea what they were doing? Our concept of family is deeply personal and forever evolving. No matter what kind of family we come from or the type of family we want to create ourselves, there’s no longer a universal concept of “normal.” There’s no ubiquitous manual to consult, rules to follow or boxes to check. Well, maybe just a few: love, understanding, empathy and support. And perhaps a little patience.
