STUFF
This book is a storytelling project about an extraordinary slice of history and the people who defined it, using Kim’s singular edit of art, fashion, design, photography, books and ephemera as a lens. On these pages you’ll meet Kim’s amazing friends: at an all night party in the basement of an East Village church with Keith Haring, a private art sale with Jeffery Deitch in Phyllis Diller’s kitchen, or a dinner at Trader Vic’s with Salvador Dali and Joey Arias. In Kim’s New York, a leopard print Fiorucci look catches the attention of legendary photographer Bill Cunningham and sparks a lifelong friendship. A chance run-in with Kim’s neighbor Steve McCurry has her witness the creation of the defining image of 9/11. And a trip with her mother to buy a dining table from George Nakashima, sets off a devotion to patina as a form of personal history.
Cover art by Jim Joe
Film by Waylon Bone
"In carving out a radically new mode of storytelling, this 448-page tome serves as both testament and beacon, a record of collaboratively-engineered creative intelligence that can guide whoever is looking to continue in its lineage. Think of it like a manager for future world building." —WHITNEY MALLETT
"The remarkable contents of Kim’s Fifth Avenue home, which you’ll find in this book, should be enshrined in a museum of cultural history" — JEFFREY DEITCH
"The remarkable contents of Kim’s Fifth Avenue home, which you’ll find in this book, should be enshrined in a museum of cultural history" — JEFFREY DEITCH
"STUFF is a meteoric rush of wonder, sass, and cool—told in a torrent of sonic booms. I couldn’t put it down." —MICHAEL STIPE
"STUFF is a meteoric rush of wonder, sass, and cool—told in a torrent of sonic booms. I couldn’t put it down." —MICHAEL STIPE
"Kim's enthusiasm makes us feel like better artists than we are." —PEDRO ALMODOVAR
"Kim's enthusiasm makes us feel like better artists than we are." —PEDRO ALMODOVAR
additional places to order:
u.s. — barnes & noble / bookshop.org
u.k. — waterstones
france — les presses du réel