Design
Khalid Al Qasimi
Long-distance calling: Meet the designer balancing two jobs in two countries.
Paloma Lanna
In Barcelona, Paloma Lanna is beginning to branch out from the fashion empire into which she was born.
Cult Rooms: Donald Judd's Library
Corralled in the Chihuahuan Desert, Donald Judd’s library has its own ecosystem.
Modernismo
The São Paulo home of Julio Roberto Katinsky is a living, breathing masterpiece of Brazilian modernism: all curves, concrete and creeping vegetation.
Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen
Kinfolk’s contributing editor Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen offers some friendly guidance to his younger self.
Far From Pedestrian
A rambling path: walking the line between civilization and wilderness.
See Attached
Mementos and security blankets: Why some inanimate objects take on spiritual significance.
Bower
The designers behind New York–based Bower prefer to let objects emerge from an intuitive mixing of colors, materials, shapes and concepts.
Isabel & Ruben Toledo
To enter the loft of Isabel and Ruben Toledo is to ascend into a Borgesian sense of infinitude.
Michael Anastassiades
Kinfolk’s contributing editor Michael Anastassiades is a leading light on the global design scene.
Light Emotions: Formafantasma
For Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi of Formafantasma, design is a purely scientific inquiry.
Falling Asleep with Charlie Hedin
Charlie Hedin—founder and creative director of bedding company Tekla—on his rituals of sleep.
Hybrid Identities
For the sisters behind Beirut-based T SAKHI, Lebanese traditions inspire a modern view of architecture.
Designing in Palestine
After studying and working in Paris, brothers Elias and Yousef Anastas, both designers and architects, returned home to Palestine in 2012.
At Work With: Dimore Studio
In an industry distracted by just-so austerity and asceticism, Dimore Studio's Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci are waving a flag for indulgence.
Dieter Rams: As Little Design As Possible
Dieter Rams discusses the people and principles that have made him a design legend.
The Hourglass
When we trace back the origins of the hourglass, we can’t find conclusive evidence of its existence before the 14th century.
Moka Express
In a world filled to the brim with complex coffee-making machinery, the classic Moka Express remains a much-loved staple.
Pernilla Ohrstedt
Wrestling with ideas about a rapidly urbanizing future, an emerging architect makes an optimistic case for doing more with less.