Kinfolk 39 – Youth | Individually formative and culturally formidable, youth looms large in the collective imagination. This spring, Kinfolk is looking back at the youth cultures that shaped our world, and forward to the future that today’s young change makers are striving for.
Feature story in our Youth section: An interview with Elise By Olsen, the editor-in-chief who founded her first publication aged 13. She holds her industry elders to account by asking a deceptively simple question: Who gains from your influence or power… except for you?
Plus: Note to Self, a collection of letters in which some of our favorite past interviewees, including Call Me By Your Name author Andrй Aciman and Ai-Da the robot, offer advice to their younger selves.
Further: Our three fashion shoots welcome you into cinematic teen bedrooms, recall the more awkward social situations of youth, and transport you to a night of escapist adventure in Seoul. We’ve also got interviews with a trio of New Yorkers: comedian Eva Victor, sommelier Grace Mahary and cartoonist Liana Finck. And, in our lead feature, we take a tour of designer Pierre Yovanovitch’s home, which happens to be a castle.