April 2015 - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Smart Living

What was once just a science fiction story aimed at children is today a very real theme of economic, scientific...

New Delhi Design

Usha Prajapati

For some of those born in Gaya, like a young woman named Usha Prajapati, the Bodhi tree is a metaphor...

Berlin Design

Erik Spiekermann

The list goes on and spans decades of collaborations and clients. As the founder of FontShop, the first mail-order distributor...

Link List #23

Business of Fashion’s Robin Mellery-Pratt reports on how Chanel is securing the future of savoir-faire craftsmanship. i-D exclusively shares Seth...

Vienna Art

Alexandra Grausam

Before anything else, visitors to her studio and home in the Mariahilf district encounter the powerful smell of solvents. The...

Madrid

Elena & Ana Arce

But most of all, they tell a story about cultivating a curiosity for one’s city. It is not too often that...

Berlin Art

Strings of Life: Frank Rittwagen

It is a craft of skill, dedication and patience – delicate work, a process of construction, dismantling and reconstruction, that...

Music

FvF Mixtape #86

Jazz pianist and composer Aron Ottignon established himself as one of the Antipodes’ finest musicians by the tender age of...

Link List #22

The Quietus talks to emerging British DJ Bruce about his music. LA Weekly shares a time-lapse video of the Do...

Los Angeles Design

Kassia Meador

Just shy of 15, she caught the attention of revered board shaper Donald Takayama, and former surf champion Jeff Hakman....

Auckland Photography

Lucy Vincent

The beautiful aroma that greeted us at the door has been revealed. Hand-made socca crisps away in the oven and...

Meet The FvF Contributors: Marta Vargas

As a photographer and graphic designer, Marta believes that design starts with thinking, exploring and experimenting before translating thoughts into a visual language...

Link List #21

Dean Ornish writes about the myth of high-protein diets on The New York Times. Hopes & Fears shows you where a...

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

David Göttler

They’re just out for a relaxed afternoon of gorge climbing in Saint Gervais, a small mountain town in the French...

New York City

Nana Spears & Daniel de la Nuez

It took Spears, a New Jersey native who grew up in a farmhouse outside Princeton, a solid year of looking...

Berlin Food

FvF Cooks: Swiss Roll

For the fourth and final installment of our ‘Afternoon Tea’ series with Laura and Nora, of Our Food Stories, the...

Link List #20

If you’re in need of some music, make sure to check out Lowdown Magazine’s Monday Mixtape. Munchies reports on the...

Athens

Chris Kontos

On my way there, I witnessed the transient moment of streetlamps lighting up, signifying the official passing of the day...

Music

FvF Mixtape #85

When she was a child she was given a vast collection of records consisting of soul, disco and funk. What...

New York City

Josh Powe & Darcy Penick

On weekdays, their Williamsburg loft is a sunny, airy home with high ceilings and balconies overlooking McCarren Park. A quick...