A post-modern tribute, the art of pickling and hiking in Samos

Chapter 1

The Cosmic House: a moving tribute

A collaboration between Charles and Maggie Jencks and the architect Terry Farrell, London’s Cosmic House is the UK’s first Grade I-listed post-modern house. This October, a new site-specific sound installation, ‘How to Pass Through a Door’ by the Jencks Foundation’s first artist-in-residence Marysia Lewandowska was inaugurated. It pays homage to Maggie Keswick Jencks and her contribution to The Cosmic House. Konfekt’s editor Sophie Grove went along to find out more.

Chapter 2

Samos: a solo hiking adventure

When the noise and rush of city life gets a little too much, there’s no better antidote than a dose of solo hiking to refresh and revitalise. Writer and long-time Istanbul resident Hannah Lucinda Smith went to the Greek island of Samos to find some solitude and reset.

Chapter 3

Kimchi: the art of pickling

As a potential long, cold winter approaches, there’s nothing more satisfying than opening your cupboard to a sea of delicious preserves and pickles. One pickle that has a history of over 300 years is Korean staple food Kimchi. Chef Kimmy from London-based Kimchi & Radish joins Sophie Grove in the studio for a little bit of taste testing and a history lesson.

Chapter 4

The joys of sewing with Merchant & Mills.

Using a needle and thread to create your own clothes might feel like something banished to the past but one company, Merchant & Mills, are on a mission to bring sewing back in vogue from their base in the English town of Rye. We dispatched Konfekt’s Sophie Monaghan-Coombs to find out more.

Chapter 5

Dressing for the job

Fashion writer Lauren Cochrane tells us what dressing for the job meant for her this autumn.