Editor’s note

Currant began during the pandemic, at a time when the world felt uncertain and strangely still. What started as a small idea — to create something beautiful, thoughtful and tangible — somehow grew into far more than we could have imagined.

It has been a dream journey, and at times a wild ride. We went from putting together our very first issue to seeing Currant carried by 88 stores around the world. Along the way, we worked with people we admired, told stories we cared about, travelled, created, learned, changed our minds and figured things out as we went.

Then life changed, too. As did I.

Over the past few years, I have found myself thinking more deeply about what I want to make, what I want to say and, perhaps most importantly, what I want to put my name to. My practice has gradually expanded across writing, visual art, publishing and creative direction. I am currently working on publishing my first book, creating my first art installation and building Random — the studio and company through which I hope to bring many of these ideas into the world.

With that has come a growing interest in authorship. In making work that feels distinctly mine, while allowing all the different parts of my practice to exist alongside one another. Writing does not have to sit separately from photography, art, design or curation. They can all be different ways of looking at, interpreting and responding to the same world.

After a long pause, it therefore felt right not simply to pick up where we left off, but to begin a new chapter.

Currant is becoming A Love Letter To — a new title, and a more personal way of looking at the things we have always loved: people, places, objects, ideas, culture, food, beauty and the small things that make a season feel like itself.

In many ways, it is a continuation of what Currant has always been. But it also gives me the freedom to let the publication evolve alongside my own practice — to be more personal, more curious and more intentional about what we choose to make, collect and put into the world.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of Currant over the years — whether you bought an issue, stocked the magazine, contributed to it, worked with us, or simply followed along.

We hope you’ll come with us into what comes next.

Continue to follow our journey at A Love Letter To.