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

Art, anarchy, and pornography: Creativity in Soviet Latvia

“Is it safe up here?” I call across the rooftop, whose tiles creak and groan under each footstep. “A little...

How Hayden Cox’s high-tech surfboards are shaking up the industry

“Oh!” we all exclaim, as he trips and tumbles into whitewash, his surfboard ejected rudely from under him. Hayden turns...

Vancouver Travel

The edge of nowhere: How taking photographs led to alternative living

“This process of taking photos has really affected the way I live,” he says, having just returned from a camping...

Link List

Link List #47: Polish milk bars, Cuban musicians and Berlin on screen

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Berlin Community

Living Pieces: BUCHHOLZBERLIN work storied wood into objects with character

In their apartment, with its light concrete flooring and breathtaking rooftop terrace, the two creators of furniture manufacturer Buchholzberlin test...

Berlin

How Brownbook gives voice to the modern Middle East

From their Dubai headquarters, they tackle design and travel alongside culture not covered in traditional or Western media. Publishing Brownbook is...

FvF Cooks: Sicilian chef Fabio Adesso on the traces of travel in his crowd-pleasing desserts

It is both tongue-in-cheek and a wry statement of fact as Lekkamokka is the only one of its kind along...

Mixtapes Music

Mixtape #103: Robot Koch

For more than 15 years, Robert has been honing his style. He started in Berlin with his band Jahcoozi and...

Berlin Art

Jonas Lindstroem: Berlin’s most fresh-faced photographer talking fashion, skateboards, and film

Barely a minute out of art school, the young photographer and filmmaker has already set his lens on some of...

Bristol Bay, Alaska Travel

The fishing squatter community living in an abandoned Alaskan salmon cannery

The ocean is a central theme in his work, which tends to focus on the lives of those who live...

A Dark Direction: Lukas Feigelfeld

Hailing from Vienna, Lukas moved to Berlin to pursue a passion for film that has led him to some unique...

Berlin Architecture

Good Penmanship: Why Berlin-based architect Etienne Descloux still draws everything by hand

“Architecture permeates all areas of life; we’re all surrounded by it. That’s why it’s so important,” says Etienne. It forms...

Link List

Link List #46: From the singular habits of Rick Rubin to today’s radio trailblazers

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Berlin

A Turkish Feminist: Eylül Aslan’s gender-defying photography

Often, their faces are concealed by hands and flowers, or their breasts are framed as a dim reflection in the...

Tokyo Art

Steven Simon: Adjusting your focus

“He used to talk a lot about his business trips to Japan and it seemed to me so unreal and...