Knobel Media

Our founder and CEO, Blair Knobel, was recently featured in South Carolina Voyager. Click the link to the interview below:

Conversations with Blair Knobel - Voyage South Carolina Magazine Today we’d like to introduce you to Blair Knobel. Blair Knobel Hi Blair, can you introduce yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today. My editorial career began in the art department of Furman University and found its literary calling in the publishing world of Ne...

The SPRING 2024 issue of Vessel Mag is almost here! Subscription copies and single-issue pre-orders will be mailed very soon.

Grab yours now: vsslmag.com/store

“We could not have conceived of a better visual to encapsulate the very essence of spring—its power, its transformation, its beauty, its surprise—than this mind-bending work by paper artist Charles Richard Clary.”—EIC Blair Knobel

Our ⚡️SPRING 2024⚡️ issue is rolling off the press this week! Tear into your copy, or subscribe, at the 🔗 below.

Photography of artwork by Bobby Altman

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We’ve been building.

Creating.

Cultivating something new.

Presenting the INAUGURAL ISSUE of Vessel Magazine, showcasing the artful, soulful, and distinctive South.

Each quarterly edition—featuring award-winning contributors, thoughtful design, and dynamic photography—will include regional arts & culture, essays & literature, food & drink, style & design, travel essays and experiences, and unique events.

Vessel Mag will be for sale at select retailers throughout the Southeast. You can also subscribe and purchase single issues via our new website, vsslmag.com.

OUR FIRST ISSUE, Winter 2023, will be out the first week of December. Pre-order now!

Cover photograph by Paul Mehaffey

One year.

Thank you to our very first supporters, collaborators, and believers. And thank you to those whose shoulders have given us a great view.

There’s only one first year in business—we tried to savor every moment, even the unsavory ones.

As we head into year two, stoking the fire of our first publication—Vessel Mag—heading to print later this year, we are riding high on creative momentum.

With great hope, there will be many more firsts. But we are soaking in this one.

Cheers to all who are bringing Knobel Media to life.💡

Project Print. Read all about it:
https://blairknobel.substack.com/p/project-print

Welcome, Colin!

Introducing Colin Brake, our new editorial intern, in a few facts:

✍️ Colin is pursuing a degree in English from Furman University.

🌆 An Atlanta native, Colin is excited to help Vessel Mag branch out into the wider corners of the Southeast.

🗞️ He is the incoming editor in chief of Furman's The Paladin but found his first home in the Opinions Column as editor—or, more accurately, "arguer.”

🪑Colin's two favorite rooms are the newsroom and the classroom. One day, he aspires to become a college professor.

💡He is a creative problem-solver, lover of eye-opening conversation, and hater of Atlanta traffic.

Welcome to the Soul Good mag, Colin!

Our founder Blair Knobel takes Vessel Mag readers on a personal journey through AVL's creative heart.

Like singular coffee or superior wood grain, inspired content—the soul-stirring kind—has depth, nuance, and texture.

⛰️ Elevate your vision.

🖋️ Refine your story.

⚡️ Ignite your brand.

Hot off the press! Presenting Vessel No. 5, featuring Hotel Hartness, Dr. Mary Brittain Blankenship, owner of Spruce MD Integrative Medicine, Southern Roots Reunion, Augusta Twenty Market and Cafe, and more.

Issue 5: Spring Awakening Reaching toward the light

Respecting the trails and blazing new ones. ⚡️

Happy International Women’s Day!

Presenting ISSUE 4 of Vessel, featuring artwork by Sunny Mullarkey Studio, cocktails at Scoundrel Gvl, Mill Village Ministries' Rhonda Rawlings, an essay by WRITESHARE's Lindsey DeLoach Jones, and Leo's House of Thirst in Asheville.

Issue 4: Internal Compass Moving forward in a hopeful direction

Coming or going, the road is a way through. It is ground for movement and change. A road is rarely smooth, but it’ll get us there if we just keep going.

Wishing you the most beautiful roads in 2023. Happy New Year!

*Issue No. 2 of VESSEL is out now* — featuring Southern makers, international artists, soulful writing, a holiday show of a different sort, and . . . bourbon. Cheers! 🥃

Issue 2: Spirit Forward Taking stock of a multifaceted season

Introducing VESSEL, a soulful publication about creativity, culture, and our collective experience. Check out our first edition: https://substack.com/inbox/post/79424352

Subscribe for monthly issues featuring curated content about regional arts, culture, food, and travel, along with personal essays and weekly extras.

Thank you for reading and your support!

Everything Belongs Zooming out for a better view

Good storytelling is about framework—what is shared and, just as importantly, what isn’t. Compelling content is a balance of positive and negative space, of both questions and answers.

Why do we focus on print?

Print is a premium brand experience.

Digital content has its place and immediacy. It attracts, informs, and entertains.

But scrolling and zooming do not match the pleasure of paging through a beautiful publication, full of visual artistry and immersive storytelling.

Digital content piques interest—while print media keeps it.

Introducing our founder, Blair Knobel, in a few facts:

📸 Blair has a degree in studio art from Furman University.

🌃 She worked in publishing in NYC, bridging her passions for photography, design, and writing at Aperture Foundation as an editorial work scholar.

🖋 Prior to founding Knobel Media in 2022, Blair led the editorial curation and creative production of TOWN Magazine for nearly a decade.

🗑 She is fueled by the artistic process, solving creative puzzles, collaborating with exceptional people, and finding the right words.

Photograph by Chelsey Ashford Photography