December 2014 - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

The FvF Year 2014 in Numbers and Pictures

2015 is just around the corner, so we’re looking back at what we’ve done this year, we checked the numbers...

Antwerp Fashion

Jan-Jan van Essche

It is not just the quantity of words that captivates, nor the way he speaks. And the clothing, textiles and his...

Berlin

Linda Charlotte Ehrl

Raised in Sweden and the Black Forest, Linda traveled across the globe as a teenager. After her studies and positions...

Barcelona

FvF Cooks with Openhouse: Japanese Seafood

In their multifarious space, previous FvF guests and founders of Openhouse, Andrew Trotter and Mari-Luz Vidal hold frequent dinner parties,...

Link List

Link List #7

Good news from The Guardian: privacy is not dead! Tea is the latest trendy beverage, or so says Time Magazine’s...

Crespina

Piergiorgio Castellani

One of his most memorable experiences took place in New York in the late 1980s, when he was still a...

Vancouver

Ryan Willms

Picking through our dense conglomeration of cultural elements and arranging them in a way that is both meaningful and aesthetically...

Community

Meet The FvF Contributors: Annette Walter

Ever since she discovered The Beatles’ “Revolver” in her mother’s record collection, Annette developed a passion for pop culture and music. Her...

Community Travel

FvF Explores: Californian Wilderness with Sean Woolsey

Road trips are a quintessential American institution. Since the notion took shape in the late 1930s, it has ushered a...

Link List

Link List #6

TIME has picked the best photobooks of 2014. And while we’re on the subject, they’ve also shared the top 10...

Berlin

FvF Cooks with Cynthia Barcomi: Linzer Bars

Little did young Cynthia know that what she thought to be the invention of her American great-grandmother Cora, actually has...

London

Stephen Mann

Haringey used to have a reputation for being pretty hairy. Over the years, a stream of coverage of gang shootings,...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #77

A Barcelona native, this restless Dj is a seasoned performer who’s taken part in various stage battles and played at...

Vienna

Lilli Hollein

In addition she would like to offer an international platform where manufacturers and designers can meet. Especially close to her...

Companion Magazine 03

As part of our print collaboration with 25hours Hotels, we travel to all five cities where the hotels are based...

Pierre Filliez

Born in Switzerland, he was always inspired by his father’s and grand-fathers’ wood-working techniques. He learned the art of leather...

Algarve Workplaces

Marlon Lipke

In a similar setting you’re most likely to find world-renowned surfer Marlon Lipke as he confesses he cannot stay away...

Link List

Link List #5

Is there such a thing as internet addiction? The New Yorker’s Maria Konnikova finds out. We’re all pretty addicted to...

Berlin Community

FvF Explores: Berlin's New Face with Werner Aisslinger

The significance of the area is clear. Undeveloped spaces show the signs of slowly knitting themselves back together into a...

Berlin

Cynthia Barcomi

As she explains in our interview, having a good idea just isn’t enough. With a successful café, a deli and...