Needle Work
In Seoul, the ancient art of tattoo is thrown into sharp relief.
Winter Sun
Designed by Louis Barthélemy and crafted by Tarek El Safty, these decorative khayamiya marry Egyptian tradition with contemporary art.
NEW RITUALS
Ritual Design Lab suggests new rituals to mark the petty losses and small triumphs that pass without ceremony.
Miranda July
In Los Angeles, Miranda July talks to Robert Ito about pouring the fear, pleasure and unspoken weirdness of life into her genre-bending art.
Home Tour: Arcosanti
Sci-fi lair, Mediterranean village, utopian ecosystem: Tim Hornyak peers inside Arizona’s experimental desert community.
Rina Sawayama
In London, Stephanie Phillips takes a tour around the sweet, strange galaxy of glitter pop sensation Rina Sawayama.
Essay: On Witchcraft
Rebecca Liu meets a new generation of “baby witches” finding strength in the supernatural.
Abby Stein
Unorthodox author Deborah Feldman meets Rabbi Abby Stein. Photography by Katie McCurdy. Styling by Dominick Barcelona.
Current Issue
Old rites, new routes: How to celebrate life through ceremony
Selected Stories
SHEDDING SKIN
In her series Shedding Skin, photographer Yumna Al-Arashi offers an intimate insight into communal hammam traditions.
Jacques Cousteau
The man who taught a generation to love—and protect—the oceans.
At Work With: Green River Project
Aaron Aujla and Ben Bloomstein switched lanes from art to design, and found their true calling as outsiders in the world of interiors.
Priya Ahluwalia
Meet the Londoner fashioning dazzling menswear from other designers’ offcuts.
My Favorite Thing
Death doula Alua Arthur tells the story behind her favorite crystal.
Kinfolk Dosan
A New Community Space in Seoul.
A New Community Space in Seoul.
Under the Illusion
Through the looking glass, a landscape of strange possibilities and proportions lies in wait.
MAGAZINE MAKERS
The Bin Shabibs
In a preview from our forthcoming book, The Kinfolk Entrepreneur, Pip Usher meets Rashid and Ahmed Bin Shabib.
The Navigators: Danielle Pender
The editor in chief of Riposte Magazine embraces the energizing nature of one of the world’s creative hubs.
Lindsay Peoples Wagner
Change your style. Change your industry. Change the outlook of the next generation. Kyla Marshell meets the trailblazing editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue
Excerpt: Franck Durand
Creative director Franck Durand on building a once-defunct Holiday magazine into a mini empire.
Paper Planes
Better known for printing silk scarves, Hermès also prints a playful magazine.
Alua Arthur
Death doula Alua Arthur talks to Kyla Marshell about preparing for life's final ritual.
Death doula Alua Arthur talks to Kyla Marshell about preparing for life's final ritual.
The Kinfolk Print Collection
A new collection of art prints, produced in collaboration with ALIUM. Photography by Sofie Staunsager. Styling by Charlotte Skytte Daugbjerg.
NIGHT LIGHTS
Last Night
What did artist and designer Luke Edward Hall do with his evening?
Tokyo Rising
As daylight fades into the neon lights of night, Tokyo reflects its own glow.
The Light Brigade
Meet three lighting designers who think in fresh ways and create products we covet.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: PROFILES FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks documented America: its violence, its beauty, its pride and its prejudice.
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Langston Hughes
Neda Semnani charts the life of a merchant sailor turned Harlem literary colossus.
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The Click Farm
Meet the influencers, and owners, fighting like cats and dogs for your likes.
Jenny Slate
What do you get when you cross a free spirit with a stand-up comedian? At home in Los Angeles, Jenny Slate delivers the punch line.
Rendered Impossible
Those who can only dream of the great outdoors may as well have some fun while doing it.
Vizcaya Gardens
A garden once dismissed as a stylistic mishmash now conjures nostalgia for an impossible place.
Tiny Temper
It's the little things that count—and that drive us to distraction.