NATHAN WILLIAMS

Kinfolk - launched to great acclaim and instant buzz in 2010 - is an independently owned quarterly magazine about understated, unfussy entertaining. Both the content and the aesthetic reflect a desire to go back to simpler times; to take a hiatus from the madness of modern life; to build a community around a shared sensibility; and to foster the endless and energising magic that results from sharing a meal with good friends. Now there's a cookbook from the creators of the magazine, with profiles of 40 tastemakers who love to entertain, and who have each provided one to three of the recipes they most love to share with others, whether they be simple breakfasts for two, one-pot dinners for six, or a perfectly composed sandwich for a solo picnic.

They re often behind the scenes letting their work take center stage But now Nathan Williams founder and creative director of Kinfolk magazine and author of The Kinfolk Table The Kinfolk Home and The Kinfolk Entrepreneur with over 250 000 copies in print combined brings more than 90 of the most iconic and influential creative directors into the spotlight In The Eye we meet fashion designers like Claire Waight Keller and Thom Browne Editorial directors like Fabien Baron and Marie Amelie Sauve Tastemakers like Grace Coddington and Linda Rodin We learn about the books they read the mentors who guided them their individual techniques for achieving success We learn how they developed their eye and how they ve used it to communicate visual ideas that have captured generations and will shape the future As an entrepreneur whose own work is defined by its specific and instantly recognizable aesthetic Nathan Williams has a unique vision of contemporary culture that will make this an invaluable book for art directors designers photographers stylists and any creative professionals seeking inspiration and advice