Editorial˚

Kinfolk Maryam Nassirzadeh
New York City, New York

“She wears a Charvet button-down in thin blue pinstripes and a rainslicker-shiny patent skirt from her own line, paired with Margiela’s iconically weird split-toe Tabi boots. Her broad eyebrows and long flaps of dark hair delineate her face, left natural except for a mauve swipe of lipstick. Nassirzadeh, 41, is unvarnished and eccentric, nonchalant and sophisticated.” - Laura Rysman, Kinfolk Issue Thirty-Five

Kinfolk Nevine Mahmoud
Los Angeles, California

“The fruit came with the stonework in a way. I wanted to work with a traditional material and sync it up with myself and my perspective as a woman. My thought process became: “What would be the most interesting way to undermine the materiality of stone, which is hard and resistant and not edible? What would be the inverse of that?” [It was a] contrast I was immediately drawn to, especially as these oversized objects take on the size and scale of a body part: A torso-sized peach—do you want to eat it?” - Elise Bell, Kinfolk Issue Thirty-One

Abrams Books Everything I Want to Eat: Sqirl and the New California Cooking
Silver Lake, California

“The book itself looks less like a cookbook than an exhibition catalog. The pages are tastefully spare, the images stark. There are full-page portraits of regular customers with the clothes and expressions that real people wear. It feels raw and direct, and it stands out at a time when some cookbooks can be overly precious or overly produced.” - The New York Times ª James Beard Foundation Nominee, Photography (2017)

Kinfolk HaaT by Issey Miyake
New York City, New York

“The collection’s name contains linguistic references to three essential themes of her creative philosophy: HaaT, Sanskrit for “village market,” speaks to the collection’s diverse spirit, from its eclectic use of textiles to the variety of aesthetic ideas it presents; Heart emphasizes the haptic and emotional qualities found in textiles; and Haath, Sanskrit for “hands,” underlines the unity of Indian and Japanese craftsmanship at the collection’s core.” - Charles Shafaieh, Kinfolk Issue Thirty-Four

Kinfolk Hariri & Hariri Architecture
New York City, New York

“For over three decades now, the Hariris have run an internationally renowned studio in New York City, where they are celebrated for a holistic approach that puts as much emphasis on the furniture and smallest accessories as on a design’s grand structure. Whether in Salzburg or Tehran, they are inspired by Iranian culture’s reverence for nature as well as by its poetry.” - Charles Shafaieh, Kinfolk Issue Thirty-Six