Issue 38
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.
Needle Work
In Seoul, the ancient art of tattoo is thrown into sharp relief.
In Seoul, the ancient art of tattoo is thrown into sharp relief.
Needle Work
In Seoul, the ancient art of tattoo is thrown into sharp relief.
Home Tour: Arcosanti
Sci-fi lair, Mediterranean village, utopian ecosystem: Tim Hornyak peers inside Arizona’s experimental desert community.
SHEDDING SKIN
In her series Shedding Skin, photographer Yumna Al-Arashi offers an intimate insight into communal hammam traditions.
Under the Illusion
Through the looking glass, a landscape of strange possibilities and proportions lies in wait.
Winter Sun
Designed by Louis Barthélemy and crafted by Tarek El Safty, these decorative khayamiya marry Egyptian tradition with contemporary art.
Rina Sawayama
In London, Stephanie Phillips takes a tour around the sweet, strange galaxy of glitter pop sensation Rina Sawayama.
Alua Arthur
Death doula Alua Arthur talks to Kyla Marshell about preparing for life's final ritual.
Miranda July
For over 25 years, America's alternative sweetheart has operated according to a simple philosophy: To live with joy, pour life's darkness into your art. In Los Angeles, Miranda July talks to Robert Ito about pouring the fear, pleasure and unspoken weirdness of life into her genre-bending art. Photography by Emman Montalvan. Styling by Rebecca Ramsey.
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Old rites, new routes: How to celebrate life through ceremony
Selected Stories
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.
Essay: On Witchcraft
Rebecca Liu meets a new generation of “baby witches” finding strength in the supernatural.
Priya Ahluwalia
Meet the Londoner fashioning dazzling menswear from other designers’ offcuts.
Kinfolk Dosan
A New Community Space in Seoul.
A New Community Space in Seoul.
Five Tips from the Rituals Issue
Outdoor Pursuits
Birdwatching: Jason Ward
Whether trapped in a bad situation or just terrible traffic, watching birds in flight has always helped naturalist Jason Ward unwind.
Rock Steady
A breath of fresh air amid the ancient Stone Forest of southwestern China.
Jane Goodall
From her perch in the tiny Tanzanian nature reserve of Gombe, primatologist Jane Goodall changed how we understand the nature of chimpanzees—and ourse
Archive: Roberto Burle Marx
Buoyed by the bossa nova experimentalism of mid-century Brazil, an opera-loving landscape architect struck out against the diktats of cool modernism.
New Rituals
Ritual Design Lab suggests new rituals to mark the petty losses and small triumphs that pass without ceremony.
A RITUAL FOR A NEW HAIRCUT Intention: To freshen, clean and protect your hair as it goes through a transition. Props: Olive oil, herbs, lemon. Ritual flow: 1. The morning before your haircut, get ready to take your last shower with your current hair style. 2. Before you do, take a small bowl of olive oil and mix in your favorite herbs—basil, mint, rosemary, sage or parsley. 3. Pour the oil and herbs over your head. Massage them into your hair. This is your protection mask before your cut. 4. After 20 minutes, take your shower and wash your hair. 5. Go to your haircut appointment. 6. When you come home, cut a lemon in half. 7. Squeeze it over your hair. This is the refresh.
Ritual Design Lab suggests new rituals to mark the petty losses and small triumphs that pass without ceremony.
The Kinfolk Print Collection
A new collection of art prints, produced in collaboration with ALIUM. Photography by Sofie Staunsager. Styling by Charlotte Skytte Daugbjerg.
Magazine Makers
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.
Bea & Ruth
How two young assistants ascended to one of the top spots in magazine design.
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
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.
The Kinfolk Garden
Cécile Daladier
In work and in life, ceramicist Cécile Daladier finds inspiration in the bounty surrounding her French farmhouse.
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Fem Güçlütürk
In a quiet corner of Turkey, a former PR executive has turned to botany in her retirement.
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Maurice Harris
Meet the floral artist fashioning arrangements inspired by his grandmother.
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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.