Kinfolk Volume 31 - Softcover

Kinfolk

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1941815359 ISBN 13: 9781941815359

Publisher: Kinfolk, 2019

Synopsis

Issue Thirty-One

The spring issue of Kinfolk builds on our foundational interest in design to consider the discipline in its most ambitious manifestation: architecture.

Mid-century architect and furniture designer Charlotte Perriand, whose archives we delve into in this issue, once wrote: "The extension of the art of dwelling is the art of living." We interrogate this close relationship between external surroundings and interior wellbeing and meet the architects chipping away at the partition wall between the two.

Buildings affect the mood and behavior of their inhabitants. Equally, the things we build--or wish to build--reflect our own state of mind; blueprints of the ways in which we hope to reinvent the world. This issue of Kinfolk will pay homage to the architects with dreams too big for city planners to swallow--from an investigation into the history of utopian design to a photo essay about the most visionary projects that have been demolished, or simply never-built, over the last century. We also interview those who have bridged the divide and made their strangest whims a reality: like Asif Khan, whose belief in a future where architecture is "light, intelligent and simple" inspired him to build with bubbles.

Elsewhere in the issue, we meet Sharon Van Etten, who talks about why she chose to study psychology while writing her new album, and we spend a day in the studio with Kyle Abraham--the choreographer making history at the New York City Ballet. As the weather turns warmer, our thoughts follow; this issue's essays find our writers lingering on balconies, musing on the impossibility of "turning over a new leaf" and biting down on the juicy history of the peach.

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About the Author

Kinfolk is a quarterly magazine based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 2011, Kinfolk delves into personal values and quality of life, and inspires its readers to live with intention, energy and a sense of community.

From the Back Cover

The spring issue of Kinfolk builds on our foundational interest in design to consider the discipline in its most ambitious manifestation: architecture.

Mid-century architect and furniture designer Charlotte Perriand, whose archives we delve into in this issue, once wrote: "The extension of the art of dwelling is the art of living." We interrogate this close relationship between external surroundings and interior wellbeing and meet the architects chipping away at the partition wall between the two.

Buildings affect the mood and behavior of their inhabitants. Equally, the things we build--or wish to build--reflect our own state of mind; blueprints of the ways in which we hope to reinvent the world. This issue of Kinfolk will pay homage to the architects with dreams too big for city planners to swallow--from an investigation into the history of utopian design to a photo essay about the most visionary projects that have been demolished, or simply never-built, over the last century. We also interview those who have bridged the divide and made their strangest whims a reality: like Asif Khan, whose belief in a future where architecture is "light, intelligent and simple" inspired him to build with bubbles.

Elsewhere in the issue, we meet Sharon Van Etten, who talks about why she chose to study psychology while writing her new album, and we spend a day in the studio with Kyle Abraham--the choreographer making history at the New York City Ballet. As the weather turns warmer, our thoughts follow; this issue's essays find our writers lingering on balconies, musing on the impossibility of "turning over a new leaf" and biting down on the juicy history of the peach.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kinfolk
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1941815359
• ISBN 13: 9781941815359
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192