Meka Boyle

Brooklyn, New York

Articles Editor at Family Style

Articles

Padma Lakshmi’s Thayir Sadam

1 week ago | family.style | Meka Boyle |Brontez Purnell |Ann Binlot

Seasoning is supreme for Padma Lakshmi—and what better way to compliment a rich, spicy dish than thayir sadam, a side of cool and creamy yogurt rice that is packed with flavor. No matter the time of year, Lakshmi has various tricks up her sleeve for a seasonal spin to the South Indian staple. “In the summer, I like to add diced cucumber to my yogurt rice, but in the winter, I’ll throw in some fresh pomegranate seeds,” she tells Family Style.
Family Style - Source Material

1 week ago | family.style | Ann Binlot |Meka Boyle |Brontez Purnell |Qingyuan Deng

Harold Mendez is no stranger to artist residencies. The Chicago-born, Los Angeles-based multimedia artist has participated in some of the most prestigious ones. For each, Mendez’s innate curiosity has led him to discover materials not typically used to make art—old cracked glass-plate negatives found in Rauschenberg’s estate, eucalyptus bark from Marin County, and even bone.
Family Style - In the Details

1 week ago | family.style | Meka Boyle |Ann Binlot |Qingyuan Deng |Devan Diaz

“We all live with light,” says Gilbert Mathews. “When done correctly, lighting brings out the beauty of its surroundings.” The CEO and founder of Lucifer Lighting has made a name for his company whose name refers to the “bringer of light” in Latin with three tenets: “define, design, and disappear.” True to its motto, Lucifer is both under the radar and ubiquitous across architects, high profile clients, and luxury brands.
Mary Frey’s Manicotti

1 week ago | family.style | Meka Boyle |Brontez Purnell |Ann Binlot

Family dynamics play out around the table, this much Mary Frey knows. But behind the meals and other intimate moments captured in her portraits of middle-class Americans at home, is the photographer calling the shots and setting up each scene just so. For an artist interested in everyday routines, it's only natural that her own family traditions come with roles of their own.
Family Style - Scene Queen

1 week ago | family.style | Brontez Purnell |Meka Boyle |Ann Binlot

Sean DeLear was the original Black Valley girl. Legend has it, she was among the first group of LA punks to populate the then-newly forming first wave. Like far too many artists, DeLear, who used he/she pronouns interchangeably, was awarded her flowers posthumously—she passed away in Vienna in 2017. ‍I had the pleasure of being friends with DeLear myself. She had to be the most dapper dresser in the world, glamour oozing from her pores.
Chinoiserie, Revisited

1 week ago | family.style | Qingyuan Deng |Meka Boyle |Brontez Purnell |Ann Binlot

Patty Chang forcefully eats a cantaloupe installed in her bra while balancing a generic white porcelain plate on her head. As the performance artist addresses the camera in a fictional monologue for her film Melons (at a Loss), 1998, she explains how she inherited a cheaply made saucer from her aunt who passed away from breast cancer.
If You Introduce a Gun

1 week ago | family.style | Meka Boyle |Brontez Purnell |Ann Binlot

I'm eyeing a gun at the Dallas Art Fair. It’s in a glass case at Tezukayama Gallery’s booth. As I step back from examining it, a woman with perfectly coiffed white hair and a crisp pink jacket bends down to admire it. It is a model that the U.S. uses in the military—next to it is an old Japanese firearm. ‍“It crushes if you touch it,” gallery director Shinpei Okada says when I inquire about the sculpture by Manabu Hasegawa—it is hollow, made with paper and pencil frottage.
Family Style - Daytripper

1 week ago | family.style | Devan Diaz |Meka Boyle |Jane Lewis |Carolina Orrico

CultureFor Martine Gutierrez, the body is as much a tool as it is a triumphant vanity project, an object of perfection where she just happens to live. Others have been taking notice. DesignLucifer Lighting has made a name for itself with fixtures meant to be experienced, not seen. Now for the second time in its 40-plus-decade history, it is launching a decorative fixture where form meets function.
The Crowning Jewel

1 week ago | family.style | Sahir Ahmed |Devan Diaz |Meka Boyle

Kelly Rutherford knows a thing or two about playing royalty. Off screen, the actress carries the same cool, composed, effortlessly chic energy as the roles that cemented her in pop culture. So when PDPAOLA revealed its latest fine jewelry collection, Rutherford naturally made perfect sense as the face. ‍An old-world-style oil painting of Rutherford hangs at the brand’s sleek flagship in the West Village.
Family Style - Purity of Form

1 week ago | family.style | Meka Boyle |Jane Lewis

The challenge in modern-style minimalist design is to keep ideas fresh, and Poliform achieves this once again with its forthcoming 2025 collection. Just unveiled at Salone del Mobile in Milan, it features indoor and outdoor furniture designs from an international roster of collaborators, including French architect Jean-Marie Massaud, Milan- and Bordeaux-based designer Emmanuel Gallina, Singapore architect Soo Chan, and Milan design firm studioutte.