In our special section on Community Entrepreneurs, we focus on makers, store owners, food enthusiasts, do-gooders, connectors, online communities, renters, lenders and educators who build and strengthen communities while making excellent goods and services. Bread Furst After turning 76 years, Mark Furstenberg opened a neighborhood bakery in the heart of Washington, D.C. At the ripe age of 50, Mark Furstenberg decided to switch careers entirely to become a professional baker. “I didn’t like what I was doing at the time, writing about other people’s experiences, ” he says of his previous career as a political speechwriter and journalist. “I wasn’t finished having experiences of my own.” Over the following quarter of a This story is from Kinfolk Issue Fifteen Buy Now Related Stories Design Food Issue 23 Moka Express In a world filled to the brim with complex coffee-making machinery, the classic Moka Express remains a much-loved staple. Design Issue 22 Byredo Ben Gorham’s nose is big business. By following it, he’s expanded his fragrance brand Byredo into a global empire. Design Issue 22 Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses “I dwell in the city and the city dwells in me,” Juhani Pallasmaa writes. Design Issue 22 Sophie Hicks Architect Sophie Hicks discusses how she keeps her competitive impulses in balance. Design Issue 22 Janina Pedan Set designer Janina Pedan discusses personality clashes in the workplace. Design Issue 22 Nicole Thirty years after founding a fashion label that still bears her name, Nicole Farhi walked away and did not look back.
Design Food Issue 23 Moka Express In a world filled to the brim with complex coffee-making machinery, the classic Moka Express remains a much-loved staple.
Design Issue 22 Byredo Ben Gorham’s nose is big business. By following it, he’s expanded his fragrance brand Byredo into a global empire.
Design Issue 22 Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses “I dwell in the city and the city dwells in me,” Juhani Pallasmaa writes.
Design Issue 22 Sophie Hicks Architect Sophie Hicks discusses how she keeps her competitive impulses in balance.
Design Issue 22 Janina Pedan Set designer Janina Pedan discusses personality clashes in the workplace.
Design Issue 22 Nicole Thirty years after founding a fashion label that still bears her name, Nicole Farhi walked away and did not look back.
