The Kinfolk Home: Interiors for Slow Living

by Nathan Williams

Overview

New York Times bestseller

When The Kinfolk Table was published in 2013, it transformed the way readers across the globe thought about small gatherings. In this much-anticipated follow-up, Kinfolk founder Nathan Williams showcases how embracing that same ethos—of slowing down, simplifying your life, and cultivating community—allows you to create a more considered, beautiful, and intimate living space.
 
The Kinfolk Home takes readers inside 35 homes around the world, from the United States, Scandinavia, Japan, and beyond. Some have constructed modern urban homes from blueprints, while others nurture their home’s long history. What all of these spaces have in common is that they’ve been put together carefully, slowly, and with great intention. Featuring inviting photographs and insightful profiles, interviews, and essays, each home tour is guaranteed to inspire.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781579656652
Publisher:	Artisan
Publication date:	10/20/2015
Series:	Kinfolk
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	128,002
Product dimensions:	8.38(w) x 11.31(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Nathan Williams is the author of The Eye, The Kinfolk Entrepreneur, The Kinfolk Home, and The Kinfolk Table and the editor in chief of Kinfolk, a lifestyle magazine published quarterly by Ouur studio. Founded in 2011, Kinfolk maintains a vibrant contributor base from Copenhagen to Cape Town and hosts hundreds of global events each year that bring the community together.

Editorial Reviews

09/07/2015
The latest Kinfolk lifestyle book from Williams (The Kinfolk Table) is ostensibly about interior design, but it primarily profiles the owners of 35 homes around the world whose living spaces all fall under the nebulously defined theme of “slow living.” Williams defines this as an aesthetic shaped by the “dwellers’ definitions of what brings joy and meaning to their homes.” The book is divided into three categories: “homes for communities,” “homes for simplicity” and “homes for slow living.” But the homes themselves are hard to differentiate, despite the author’s insistence that the selection does not subscribe to a particular aesthetic. All of the homes adhere to a distinctly modern minimalism; many have white walls accented by earth-tone textiles, and hardwood floors and furniture; subway tile is also frequently used. The homes themselves are impressive and skillfully decorated, but the book lacks insight into their design. Instead, the essays and interviews with the homeowners, who are nearly all creative professionals with young children, provide notes on living better: get up early, use light to signal circadian rhythms, welcome children’s chaos. These are whimsies, fantastical goals that belie a more quotidian reality and give little practical advice on designing a home. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

Nathan Williams’ first home-design book is as tightly curated as his wildly popular magazine, Kinfolk. The Kinfolk Home features 35 diverse residences across five continents, each with owners who have created environs that are authentic to their values and living style.”
—C California Style Magazine
 
“Advice on creating homes that foster community, center on simplicity and allow for slow living.”
—BookPage
 
“Although slow living may conjure up visions of sparsely furnished interiors, many here illustrate crowded bookshelves, art-filled walls, and rooms populated with children and pets in close to 300 color photographs. VERDICT This handsome volume filled with visuals and advice shows how to create an environment surrounded by meaningful objects and designed to facilitate the enjoyment of life.”
—Library Journal
 

From the Publisher

04/01/2016
Kinfolk magazine is devoted to slow living, defined as a way to create a simplified lifestyle to focus on the quality of our experiences. In photo essays, Kinfolk editor in chief Williams (The Kinfolk Table) visits 35 dwellings in North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia to show how the inhabitants' embrace of this movement is expressed in their homes. Many of these sections are followed by essays reflecting on the lifestyles or designs displayed on the previous pages, with several featuring interviews with the designers. Although slow living may conjure up visions of sparsely furnished interiors, many here illustrate crowded bookshelves, art-filled walls, and rooms populated with children and pets in close to 300 color photographs. VERDICT This handsome volume filled with visuals and advice shows how to create an environment surrounded by meaningful objects and designed to facilitate the enjoyment of life.

Library Journal