The Chain Reaction
Inspired by the overcomplicated machines of Rube Goldberg, follow the trail to watch a flower—finally—get watered.
13/02/2019
Design
Cult Rooms: Kenzo Tange
Kenzo Tange fired up one of the 20th century’s most ambitious architectural movements—but he kept his own home simple.
13/02/2019
The History of Utopia
Is utopian architecture a doomed quest to build human progress with bricks and mortar?
13/02/2019
Archive: Charlotte Perriand
On the architect who understood that modernism was much more than an aesthetic movement.
13/02/2019
Tales of Tableau
Meet the florist who chooses to showcase his designs in industrial air vents rather than vases.
15/11/2018
Maison de Verre
A cubist tableau. A light show. A maverick of modernism. Hugo Macdonald explores a Parisian masterpiece.
07/11/2018
Cult Rooms: Kew Gardens
Built like a boat, a Kew Gardens greenhouse where marooned palms flourish.
15/08/2018
Studio Oliver Gustav
A tranquil design showroom that doubles as a studio in Copenhagen’s Østerbro neighborhood.
02/08/2018
Mujo Objects
Two friends with a knack for finding beautiful objects share their treasure.
09/07/2018
Case Design
In Mumbai, a team of international architects have found a way of alchemizing the city’s chaotic spirit into crisp designs.
18/05/2018
Khalid Al Qasimi
Long-distance calling: Meet the designer balancing two jobs in two countries.
20/02/2018
Paloma Lanna
In Barcelona, Paloma Lanna is beginning to branch out from the fashion empire into which she was born.
23/11/2017
Cult Rooms: Donald Judd's Library
Corralled in the Chihuahuan Desert, Donald Judd’s library has its own ecosystem.
23/11/2017
Modernismo
The São Paulo home of Julio Roberto Katinsky is a living, breathing masterpiece of Brazilian modernism: all curves, concrete and creeping vegetation.
28/08/2017
Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen
Kinfolk’s contributing editor Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen offers some friendly guidance to his younger self.
26/08/2017
Far From Pedestrian
A rambling path: walking the line between civilization and wilderness.
25/08/2017