February 2016 - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

FvF Mixtape #102 — Rumpistol

Jens started out making records under the moniker Rumpistol back in 2003, and since then he has released five albums...

Building character: How a former Berlin salt factory and Stasi lookout became an architect’s playground

After designing various iterations of the same space in the building for clients, their home became a confident playground for...

London Film

Efe Cakarel on curating art-house films in the binge-watching era

MUBI, the company he founded, bills itself as a kind of art-house Netflix. But it differs from other streaming services...

Link List

Link List #45: Jamaican music history, millennial refrigerators, and puddle mania

Feed your mind with insightful literature, from revolutions in reading to what the future holds for photography. There’s a visual...

Windhoek Travel

Road Trip Namibia: discovering the beauty and contrast of Africa's best-kept secret

Welcome to Namibia, Africa’s most sparsely populated country. With wide, open spaces dedicated to environmental conservation, Namibia is teeming with...

Hamburg

The magazine enthusiast making a stand for independent publications

The 36-year-old freelance media and prepress designer celebrates the simple things — like the sensory treat of sipping a coffee...

London

London's secret street photography with artist Steven Quinn

Without the knowledge of his subjects and equipped only with his tool of choice, the iPhone 5, Steve captures fleeting...

Food

FvF Cooks: Putting Polish culture on the table with Julia Bosski

Cue the “Polish Thursday Dinners”, held each fortnight at a different cultural venue in Berlin. Julia provides the food —...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #101 - Kyson

Born in sleepy Adelaide, Australia, Kyson developed his intimate sound, almost ironically, against the beat-heavy backdrop of Berlin. “The city...

Riga Home Stories

Agnese Kleina questions Latvian identity with her bilingual self-published magazine, Benji Knewman

I bound up the stairs and am greeted by a smiling dark-haired woman, who’s standing at the door. “Come in,”...

Amsterdam

Menno van Meurs, a love of denim, and the pull of personalized retail

From jeans to vintage Eames chairs, slow drip coffee to suede Red Wing boots, Menno embraces “the good things in...

Link List

Link List #44: Russian electronica, gif language and police eagles

We like to get up in each other’s browsers here at FvF. The links that caught our attention this week are media...

Culture editor Anna Sinofzik on how shelves reveal our deepest secrets

But in addition to books arranged in tight rows, record players, stacked dishes, and lots of potential as room partitions,...

Berlin

How Berlin's man of noir Dennis Pfisterer drives innovation

You shouldn’t jump to any conclusions about the man behind the wheel. The founder of Saint Elmo’s Berlin branch is...

Berlin

The healthcare architect harnessing the life-changing power of simplicity

Based in Berlin, his Prenzlauer Berg flat is charming and clean, if unassuming in its look; what stands out is the...