Issue 22
Personality Tests: A Brief History
From warfare to psych wards to the workplace, Harriet Fitch Little uncovers our long-standing fascination with personality tests.
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Hot Under the Collar
When the temperature drops, take shelter against the dreary days and cold nights with winter essentials.
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Tips: Brainstorming and Contracts
Whether you're brainstorming with colleagues or hammering out a contract, taking everyone's viewpoint into consideration leads to the best outcome.
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Working Lives of Cats
First published in 1979, the book ‘Working Cats’ documents the cats that earn their keep.
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Day in the Life: Stine Goya
Stine Goya has been a quiet presence in the fashion world for more than a decade—first as a model, then as an editor, now as a designer.
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Pattern & Repetition
Science writer Philip Ball speaks on the intertwined relations of our brains and the patterns they perceive.
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At Work With: Laurent Martin
A little more than a decade ago, Laurent Martin defected from the advertising world and retreated into an artist's life in rural Catalonia.
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Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses
“I dwell in the city and the city dwells in me,” Juhani Pallasmaa writes.
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This Woman’s Work
In his latest book, The Kate Inside, photographer Guido Harari presents the audacious spirit and restless creativity of iconic singer Kate Bush.
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Hans Ulrich Obrist
Kinfolk’s contributing editor Hans Ulrich Obrist has turned curatorial work into a work of art in itself.
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Tips: Business Cards and Hiring
Some professional gestures may seem ephemeral, but can be leveraged to have lasting impact.
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Ruth Asawa
From internment to avant-garde art institute: the rare life story of Ruth Asawa, the “fountain lady” of San Francisco.
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Charlie Casely-Hayford
Fashion designer Charlie Casely-Hayford muses on the double-edged sword that is ambition.
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Occupational Hazards
A uniform has the power to command something of its wearer and, in turn, from the world.
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In Conversation: Group Dynamics
We invite leadership coach Kari Uman and clinical psychologist Murray Nossel to advise on collaborating more constructively.
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Sophie Hicks
Architect Sophie Hicks discusses how she keeps her competitive impulses in balance.
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Breathing Space
Acclaimed Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto discusses his new work on the self-inflicted demise of humanity.
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Philippe Malouin
Canadian designer Philippe Malouin shares his way to beat beating around the bush.
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Glyptotek
At Copenhagen’s Glyptotek, one expects the collection of classical antiquities and French and Danish masters to come alive in the early hours.
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Theresa Traore Dahlberg
When Theresa Traore Dahlberg realized that she couldn’t relate to narratives about women in West African films, she decided to make her own.
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Origin of the Chair
Still standing: design historian Witold Rybczynski’s appreciation of the chair and its 5,000-year history.
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The Art of Conversation
Beyond small talk and silence: How to cultivate good conversation.
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Word: Trypophobia
More commonly known as the fear of holes, trypophobia is a word with both its etymology and experience rooted in the recesses of the internet.
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