Local Spotlight: Modern Myth
This week for our Local Spotlight we are chatting with MacKenzie Duffy, the founder of Modern Myth Decor. We had the pleasure of using some of her beautiful rugs in one of our recent stagings, and wanted to share her amazing story. You can shop her products online, or visit her shop at Urbanite and the recently opened Origin Story. Without further ado, here is MacKenzie!
Hi, my name's MacKenzie and I’m the founder of Modern Myth Decor.
Since the age of 21, I’ve been galavanting off on solo pilgrimages to various cultures in search of a rich, slow and deep way of life. It is no coincidence I found myself on Berber soil for the first time in 2017, eyes wide open, walking through a dream. It was the kind of trip that you know is just the beginning, like a door swinging open, inviting you to the next chapter of your life. I returned a year later for my first solo sourcing trip to kick off what is now known as Modern Myth Decor. When you’re open and listening, life seems to guide you.
I spent a month in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, road tripping from one village to the next, eating, sleeping, sourcing rugs and communing with Berber people. Berber people are the original nomads of North Africa, also known as Amazigh. They are people of ritual and song, trance and mysticism and of course, skilled artisans a plenty. What did this time offer me? What does slowing down always offer you….. connection.
“I travel to learn the stories of these craftspeople and their work, to shape my own perspective on place, purpose and belonging. Modern Myth shares that experience with you as we build beautiful spaces of belonging together.”
Our philosophy is to support a lineage of hand-crafted-goods, made by indigenous artisans from around the world. In this way, we are directly protesting the heartlessness of fast fashion and encouraging a deeper, more natural state of appreciation and gratitude for a slow and rich life.
Our products come from the earth and will go back to the earth. A cyclical cycle for an eco-friendly lifestyle. You will never find a synthetic strand in all that is woven here. We are the epic-center for earthy, heirloom goods, luxury vintage rugs and authentic relics of the heart, creating a landscape of poetry within the home. Each piece is carefully considered in curating a unique collection, complex in its history and soft in its expression.
When products come from the earth, they give back to the earth. These touchstones speak and translate a tale of origin, heritage and are effortlessly in constant relationship to the world around them. These well storied items remind us how to come home to ourselves and create meaning in our environment.
Modern Myth is a female-owned and operated brand, self-made and self-sustained. This vision is alive and well because of the ethics and values we collectively share. In this woven culture, we carve out intentional spaces to pause, consider and unfurl.
