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Leaving her modelling career behind, Michelin-starred chef Dalad Kambhu’s perception of beauty focuses on confidence and sustainability

Various Others is the Munich-based contemporary art initiative championing collaboration over competition

FvF Mixtape #160: Odély Teboul

The French fashion designer curates the latest FvF mixtape, bringing together music by the likes of Jean-Michel Jarre and Daft Punk.

Placing crochet in a contemporary context with French fashion designer Odély Teboul

Finding female role models in the male dominated art industry with Diandra Donecker

FvF Mixtape #158: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

The music director of the Metropolitan Opera on diverse creative leaders, making opera accessible, and his childhood dream of becoming the Pope

FvF Mixtape #157: Herzel

The Berlin-based DJ on his new label, avoiding polished recordings, and resurrecting Macedonian jazz, funk, and pop music

Memories of a Mallorcan summer captured by photographer Daniel Farò

FvF Mixtape #156: Malena Zavala

The Argentinian singer-songwriter on identity, not belonging, and getting to know yourself

Normalizing discussions around mental health with Berlin-based podcast Therapy of Dance, In Conversation

FvF Mixtape #155: FHAT

The queer music duo on being authentic, Saved By The Bell, and Berlin’s supportive artistic community

Nostalgia for the future: documenting Bucharest's crumbling modernist heritage

The Berlin magazine creating a bridge between the 'West' and the Balkans

FvF Mixtape #154: Ticklish

The Berlin-based DJ on R&B, remixing, and the Tony Hawks Pro Skater soundtrack.

Ramshackle medinas meet endless, arid deserts in this Moroccan photo series

Macedonia’s turbulent transition from Socialism to democracy has influenced Skopje’s rising techno scene—and it’s thriving

FvF Mixtape #153: Driving Iran with Lena Heiss

From traditional Persian music to pre-revolution psychedelic rock, this mixtape takes its inspiration from a road trip spent traversing Iranian landscapes.

FvF Mixtape #152: Lie Ning

The Berlin-born singer curates a mixtape to guide you through winter.

Independent publishing house Sorry Press select their five favorite pieces of printed matter

FvF Mixtape #151: Ariel Orah

The Berlin-based artist discusses the inspiration behind his pop-up supper club which blends Indonesian cuisine with experimental live performance.

For artists Honey Long and Prue Stent, photographing nude female bodies is not a political statement

Treading socially constructed lines and borders with Paris-based activist magazine The Funambulist

Five inspiring novels with German journalist and author Paulina Czienskowski

A sculptural dialogue between seduction and technology with Parisian artist Camille Blatrix

Choreographic duo The progressive wave discuss five influences on their spiritual dance performances

Molecular Music: Combining techno and physics with Dasha Rush

The Berlin-based magazine delving into the futuristic world of Iris Van Herpen

The creative director of the world’s first digital fashion house selects five era-defining moments from science fiction

Belgian design duo Muller Van Severen construct poetic furniture rooted in surrealism

Expressing rage through angles and pie charts with Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim

The Cut’s Madame Clairevoyant recommends five books that will alter your perceptions of astrology

FvF Mixtape #147: Hofesh Shechter

The Israeli choreographer curates a playlist featuring tracks by Bon Iver, Pink Floyd, and The Beatles

Questioning traditional gender roles with Chinese photographer Pixy Liao

Could choreography and club culture revive the Berlin fashion scene?

FvF Mixtape #145: Nina Nagele

Nina Nagele recommends her favorite urban tunes from Melt 2019

Keirin Berlin’s former owner on the defining moments of his epic cycle from Berlin to Tokyo

Jessie-Ann Kohlman explores human suffering and reconciliation through film

Don Aretino explores his queer Islamic identity through his avant-garde fashion collections

Five collaborative fashion adverts with Paris-based painter Natacha Paschal

Five feminist films from the Middle East and North Africa with Habibi Collective’s Róisín Tapponi

Upending cultural norms with menswear label Goodfight

Food& is the Berlin-based magazine inviting us to have unusual encounters with food

Five fetching photo books with MENDO publisher Gunifort Uwambaga

FvF Mixtape #141: Juniore

Meet the founding member of Juniore, the band whose music channels the optimistic melancholy of the 1960s in the French capital

Dia Takacsova photographs the indigenous Kenyan tribe fighting for the right to their ancestral homeland

Keegan Fong on the five flavors at the heart of his Chinese restaurant