Isabel Ling

for @apartamentomagazine i spoke with brewster kahle, founder of the internet archive. 🏛️💾 our interview took place across two years—in person at the archive’s physical headquarters (a former christian scientist church) and in his home (former colonel’s housing in the presidio), as well as digitally via zoom. we talked about his role in shaping the world wide web, his singular obsession with building a library of everything, as well as the fight to maintain the internet’s original mandate of providing public access to information. photos by @cole_barash

rice harvest :)

this year was also the end of @thisismold , which has my heart forever ♾️

contributed some words about body language to accompany a beautiful editorial in the latest issue of @far___near , which is abt heat ♨️ ty to @luluyaogioiello for thinking of me. pre-order your copy at far-near.media ! — photography: @dannny.lim stylist: @cc_looo cinematographer: @chiaochen makeup: @yuuivision hair: @yuhi_kim creative director: @luluyaogioiello assistant: @miukiia production assistant: @fung_adelic talent: @chloeunguyen @laurensicle @anaisnguy3n @mindyyymiao @ridzm4n @akdenizmarat @hooseoklim @yan___li

very late to post, but last year i went grocery shopping at hk supermarket with marcus of @nourishedbytime_ and wrote about it for @nobells ’ inaugural print magazine. 🛒 🎶 one of my favorite interviews, we talked about his last ep, catching chickens, and what it means to build a relationship with time. blessed to work w the besties @manobells and @guarionex_jr on this one 🤝

We had such a good time meeting everyone in person for Food Tools Design Club @thisismold hosted by @honeysbrooklyn with produce donated by @natoora ! We drew and invented new utensils, carved vessels out of fruit and vegetables, and squeezed lemonade to drink out of the vessels. @isabellinging and I started scheming Food Tools Design Club as an antidote to all the heavy work/ global happenings we were focussed on, a return to the magazine’s origins in food design futures, and an opportunity to gather and play. Thank you all for coming to one of the final MOLD magazine events filled with curiosity and wholesome creativity. And thank you to everyone who has submitted your designs. It’s made for a lot of delight in the midst of this all. Go see each other in person and make things together! All graphic design by the amazing @kristi.bkh 📸 @guarionex_jr @shannonlai

Food Tools Design Club Submissions are in for Brief 1! And they are amazing. We asked the MOLD Community: “If you could design a utensil to eat your favorite food what would it look like?⁠” Happy to curate alongside @thisismold @isabelling @linyeezy People proposed new forms of eating, exploring materials, rituals, humor, and lots of delight. A double headed fork to share food! A special tool for carving out the flesh of coconut! Edible utensils! Read more and see submissions @are.na and stay tuned for Brief 2 this week. -Forkmenot Andee Ashelman -Dough Utensils by Laura Hoyos @laurahoyosc @hitoestudio -Consumption Rituals by Heidi Ross halloumi_heidi -Long Gone by Sarms & Company @sarms.bkk -Opulenc Silverware Justine Yee -Coconut Meat Grater by Giovanni Florian @delboccello -Fiddle Head Flatware by Suna Bonometti @suna.bonometti -Finger Taste by Ayesha Mohyuddin @ayeshasafajewelry -Bow Fork by Alina Aleksandrovna @baby_of_lourdes -shelley-gitelson -Finger Food by Alissa Touranachun @asterisk.zip -The arm Cuff Plates Silvia Dinneth Espinoza Vela -Spork Grass Sofie Kusaba -Feed Me, Love by Nicoletta Corbett -Mayo Chapstick Aria Mcmanus -Blueberry Spoon by Alice Kallman -Sloppy Fork by Punpun Phophientong “From its beginnings, MOLD has explored how we might design a more intimate relationship with food. From a climate-controlled dosa picnic basket to the humble bread tag, the tools we use to gather, prepare, store and eat food actively shape this relationship. They are political, have material implications and link cultural identities. ⁠ ⁠ As a celebration of the creativity of MOLD’s community, we are launching the Food Tools Design Club, a monthly open design call that will invite readers to experiment, play with, and submit designs of tools for food. This series is curated by Lily Consuelo Saporta Tagiuri. Each month ahead of Summer Solstice, when MOLD will be transitioning into our next phase of digital archiving, we will share a brief for designing a food tool. Reference images chosen by Lily and MOLD’s editorial team will be shared through MOLD’s Are.na. At the end of each open call, we’ll share out submissions with the community.⁠”