Meka Boyle

Brooklyn, New York

Articles Editor at Family Style

Articles

Family Style - Pass the Plate

4 days ago | family.style | Meka Boyle

Lana Del Rey is playing in the background as Sydney Lynn Carlson flips through vintage cooking pamphlets at home in Los Angeles, wearing a leopard print jacket, blue jeans, and a white tank top. A large sectional hints at the many late night dinner parties that transform her sanctuary into a warm space for friends to gather. Her open-concept kitchen-dining-living room is spacious and airy, and atop every shelf and countertop are various trinkets and objects that she's collected over the years.
Family Style - Golden Hour

2 weeks ago | family.style | Meka Boyle |Morgan Becker

It’s an overcast spring day in New York, but the sun is still perpetually shining into the Chelsea Hotel, memorialized in paintings by the late artist Ching Ho Cheng. It was here where he would once watch the sunlight dip through his window and catch its silhouette on the living room wall, tracing its form in his paintings.
Pomp and Precision

2 weeks ago | family.style | Elisa Lipsky-Karasz |Meka Boyle |Morgan Becker

It was the year 1988. A clean-cut 22-year-old named Tom Browne was standing at the edge of an Olympic-size pool in his black Speedo, contemplating a dive into the frigid water.
Gravity Descends

2 weeks ago | family.style | Meka Boyle |Morgan Becker

Metal chains squeeze bulbous glass forms, and porcelain freezes in amorphous, curling ribbons. The thrill of Lindsey Adelman’s latest body of work,“The Hardware Diaries,” is in the sense of precariousness brought on by the materials and shapes: tough and soft, hard and delicate, all twisted together.The tension is palpable taking in the view at The Future Perfect in New York.
Family Style - Always Home

2 weeks ago | family.style | Morgan Becker |Meka Boyle

A semisheer textured paper light hangs on the back wall of Ana Kraš’ Parisian apartment. The Panel Lamp, as it’s called, falls somewhere between art and design, depending on how it’s displayed and whether it’s switched on or off. Is it a collage? A play on the sconce? The mutability is half the appeal. The fixture, and other hybrid creations like it, are signatures of Kraš’ so-called “brand of objects,” Teget, which she founded with her partner, Ruben Moreira.
Margarita Cheesecake

2 weeks ago | family.style | Meka Boyle |Morgan Becker

Tequila and lime may got together perfectly, but for Anders Sølvsten Thomsen, the real fun starts when a third component is added into the mix: cheesecake. “I love baking and drinking margaritas,” the Danish-born stylist and art director tells Family Style. The perfect party-starter, his unconventional, tipsy twist calls for tequila in the filling, in the whipped cream, and on the side. “This cheesecake is to die for, and the perfect way for me to combine my two obsessions,” he jokes.
Family Style - Life’s a Picnic

2 weeks ago | family.style | Emma Schartz |Meka Boyle |Morgan Becker

A young woman’s gold wedge heel rests atop a picnic table in an archetypal suburban backyard. A gold cuff glistens on the arm of the host as she reaches over plates of grapefruits and fruit tarts to pour a drink. Somewhere in the background, a floral dress floats on a clothesline. In Saint Laurent's latest campaign, titled An Ordinary Day, creative director Anthony Vaccarello and Martin Parr trace the rhythms of domestic relaxation, finding beauty in a backyard tea party.
Ottessa Moshfegh’s 1 a.m. Delivery Order

2 weeks ago | family.style | Ottessa Moshfegh |Meka Boyle |Morgan Becker

When international book tours come calling, Ottessa Moshfegh trades the routine of writing in the comfort of her Southern California home for a packed schedule on the road, promoting her work. With little downtime abroad, the author of Eileen, 2015, and My Year of Rest and Relaxation, 2018, opts for a meal that is as comforting as it is hassle-free. ‍InstructionsCall or go to your favorite pizza place in the wee hours of the morning when in Rome. Order a mushroom pizza. Enjoy!
Family Style - Pressure Test

2 weeks ago | family.style | Christopher Morency |Meka Boyle |Morgan Becker

ArtSamuel Ross doesn’t just navigate disciplines—he bends and bridges them, fashioning worlds of his liking only to deconstruct them at a creative whim. The intersectionalist looks to legendary artist Takashi Murakami as a blueprint for controlled chaos. Though generations apart, Samuel Ross and Takashi Murakami fluidly move between disciplines—fine art, fashion, design, tech—without ever being confined by them.
Mama's Dumplings

2 weeks ago | family.style | Meka Boyle |Morgan Becker

When it comes to making both art and food, Callum Su’s approach is rooted in memories of love and care from his childhood. Themes of nostalgia permeate all aspects of Su’s work, from portraiture inspired by birthday cards to home-made dumplings reminiscent of helping his mom as a child. “Whenever I visit my mum in Manchester, she packs over 60 in a freezer bag for me,” the London-based photographer tells Family Style.