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FvF Mixtape #149: duendita

The American musician on spirituality, self love and the power of music

The athletic initiative advancing gender equality in Ethiopia

Illustrating stats in a time of unrest with British data journalist Mona Chalabi

Richard van der Laken fights social injustice one design challenge at a time

Iris Roth embraces original crafts—and gives materiality new meaning in the process

Repression and imagined communities strike a sombre note in the work of Ukrainian photographer Mila Teshaieva

Suppression has never been a barrier for Iranian translator and gallerist Lili Golestan

boom saloon magazine uses creativity as a vehicle for good

Negar Yaghmaian captures the everyday realities of Iranian women struggling for independence

Five page turners with [reads] founders Rachael Yaeger and Emma Stevenson

Mayowa Osinubi is on her fast-paced journey to make comedy more inclusive

Nestan Nijaradze’s curatorial practice stimulates new thinking in Georgia

Meet the FvF Contributors: James Darton

The writer talks responsibilities of storytellers and why writing is a luxury to him

Natural beauty pioneer Susanne Kaufmann on developing cosmetics rooted to her homespun philosophy

Urban utopias born of human needs and speculative vision, The Sooner Now takes a closer look

A discourse on urban informality in Georgia’s capital and why buildings are not enough

Responses to the city’s chaotic development at the inaugural edition of the Tbilisi Architecture Biennial

Azeema Magazine steps up for women of color, translating personal heritages into stories with daring, powerful voices

Photographer Stefan Heinrichs captures tangible moments, inside and outside the studio

Gender equality in Rwanda and the women leading the way forward

Narratives of home told through the language of dance with Medhat Aldaabal

The Syrian dancer and choreographer reset his career while entering a new society

Leslie Williamson captures homes as physical manifestations of people’s lives

The photographer’s third book translates homes of influential creatives into visual biographies

Link List #86: The final push to recognize climate change, kickboxing grandmas in Kenya, and conversations on art in Myanmar

A creative digest of the web’s offerings

Crediting the exemplary females previously unacknowledged for their seminal work in design

The book Women Design highlights how women have been overwritten in the history of design

The timeless compositions documenting a South Korean subculture shunning current trends

Scratching the surface of style with Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum

The mother-daughter duo continue their journey for the true identity underneath one’s clothes

Unearthing creative spaces with Oak – The Nordic Journal

To celebrate the launch of Volume 9, Oak united four creatives at the Friends Space to examine the role of space in their lives

Mapping the future of wearable technology with artist collective Kobakant

In the studio with the duo merging tailoring and technology to talk craftsmanship and materials

Link list #79: The identity crisis of the furniture industry, Cape Town’s new masculinity, and the story of a modern-day publisher

A creative digest of the web's offerings

A Roman curator reinvents communal and design-conscious dining experiences

Our Secret Table hosts intimate dinners in secret locations, and identifies a long overdue need to diversify its city’s culinary portfolio

Link List #77: A Vietnamese ethnic minority stuck on water, an online archive featuring some of our favorite women, and your chance to beat traffic jams with (virtual) unicorns

A creative digest of the web's offerings

Link List #76: Dopamine’s effect on our online behavior, how society fails to recognize female art and the revival of Tamagotchis to increase our productivity

A creative digest of the web’s offerings

To challenge our perceptions of queer relationships, artist Paul Mpagi Sepuya depicts intimate fragments of reality

Creating honest yet playful records of society, the artist continues to take his viewers inside his studio

Once a futuristic movement that symbolized progress, the need to preserve Brutalism is more apparent than ever

Revisiting the style that slipped in and out of fashion and favor for generations