Mkrs.
Mkrs. is a community based out of Paris concerned with sincerity, quality of life, the slow, and craft.
With making, not faking.
Mkrs. connects you to the human ecosystem that brings a city to life.
Meet the people – a network of friends, collaborators, and neighbours – who, from inside their restaurants and cafés, bars, boutiques, studios, kitchens and galleries, give their city its own, unique flavour.
Founded by writer, editor, and artless entrepreneur Kate van den Boogert, the mkrs.family website, Instagram account and newsletter continue the journey begun with her Makers Paris books, seeking out and championing the people and places that give Paris its special flavour, mapping liberté, égalité, fraternité in its many modern guises.
Kate is dedicated to exploring the intersections where self-expression meets culture, history and community. Her books Makers Paris (Prestel, 2020) and Makers Paris 2 (Ofr. Éditions, 2022) evolved out of than a decade running slow-travel pioneer Gogo City Guides, and her book The Paris Flea Market (Prestel, 2024) is a new stop on this journey of endless connections.
“Long live the strange, new, true, and beautiful!”
Mkrs. is the Paris of artists and of ideas, the Paris of lovers and of families, the Paris of freedom.
The Paris we love is an open place, where there’s room for discussion, for projects, for dreams, and especially room for the heart. These are the engines of a city.