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

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

June 2016

The Adventure Handbook Explores Travel off the Beaten Track
Travel

The Adventure Handbook Explores Travel off the Beaten Track

The publication offers a Wes Anderson vibrancy meets National Geographic raw look at our globalized community. With stopovers in Serbia,...
Open for Business: How a Tattoo Artist and a Children's Clothing Designer Set Up Shop in The Hague
The Hague Home Stories

Open for Business: How a Tattoo Artist and a Children's Clothing Designer Set Up Shop in The Hague

Children’s clothing designer Karina Sandvliet and tattoo artist Kim Rense have seamlessly integrated their apparent differences. Kim’s tattoo business Papanatos...
Life on a Divided Island: The Urgency of Contemporary Art in Cyprus
Nicosia Art

Life on a Divided Island: The Urgency of Contemporary Art in Cyprus

Born and raised in Nicosia and Limassol, artist Peter Eramian and photographer Stelios Kallinikou belong to the younger generation of...
A Project to Actualize a Timepiece Displaying the 24-Hour Day

A Project to Actualize a Timepiece Displaying the 24-Hour Day

The intuitive ideas is based on the principle of stretching the feeling of a balanced day. The color and form...
Contributing to a Well-Rounded Education through Bridging Circular and Angular Geometry
Architecture

Contributing to a Well-Rounded Education through Bridging Circular and Angular Geometry

The concepts behind the design includes transparency, flexibility, and adaptability which were trickled into the aesthetics from structure to material....
Fluid Fashion: International designers present their creations at Florence’s Palazzo Pitti
Florence Fashion

Fluid Fashion: International designers present their creations at Florence’s Palazzo Pitti

“The beautiful statues sprinkled around town, the parks, the bridges and the old architecture, it all makes it a dreamlike...
Dazed and Composed: The East Berlin atelier of electronic musician and painter Markus Manowski
Berlin Art

Dazed and Composed: The East Berlin atelier of electronic musician and painter Markus Manowski

Amidst the towering Soviet apartment complexes and only a block away from the notorious Hohenschönhausen prison, the industrial face of...
Link List #53: Ocean plastic sneakers, LED-laden pigeons and an artificial waterfall at Versailles
Link List

Link List #53: Ocean plastic sneakers, LED-laden pigeons and an artificial waterfall at Versailles

We’re featuring topography from the deep blue sea—as a design on the latest pair of Adidas to an update from...
Hills like White Elephants: The Senegalese Salt Gatherers of Lac Rose
Dakar Photo Essays

Hills like White Elephants: The Senegalese Salt Gatherers of Lac Rose

Based in Barcelona but more often traveling than at home, his curiosity leads him to interesting places around the world—Chile,...
Open Letter: Blake Enting and Marc Thorpe on additive manufacturing and the rise of the singular product
New York City

Open Letter: Blake Enting and Marc Thorpe on additive manufacturing and the rise of the singular product

On closer inspection, however, are a varied assortment of everyday objects—a boombox, a bowtie, a telephone—arranged on the wall behind...
A Moveable Feast: Creating an opulent Georgian Supra in the heart of Berlin
Berlin Food

A Moveable Feast: Creating an opulent Georgian Supra in the heart of Berlin

Perhaps one of the most fascinating and complex countries in the world, Georgia, along with Armenia and Azerbaijan, form the...
FvF Cooks: My Goodness Chef Izzy Reuss shares her recipes for healthy fast food
Berlin

FvF Cooks: My Goodness Chef Izzy Reuss shares her recipes for healthy fast food

The afternoon tea Izzy prepares for us is a taster of her nutritious food company My Goodness. Now a thriving...
FvF Mixtape #108: 36minutes
Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #108: 36minutes

The boys behind 36minutes invite other DJs and friends to create 36 minute-long mixtapes, they’re passionate about fostering the mixtape...
In Good Company: Claesson, Koivisto and Rune on architecture, design and productive partnership
Stockholm

In Good Company: Claesson, Koivisto and Rune on architecture, design and productive partnership

Despite their strikingly different personalities, the three soon became close friends. Two years later, while still in college, they launched...
Imperfect Beauty: British Artist Maisie Cousin’s voyeuristic view of the female form
London

Imperfect Beauty: British Artist Maisie Cousin’s voyeuristic view of the female form

Coming across Maisie’s feed on Instagram evokes a visceral response—you won’t be able to pull your eyes away, no matter...
California Dreaming: Interactive Art Director Stefan Schuster and his new reality
Sunnyvale Art

California Dreaming: Interactive Art Director Stefan Schuster and his new reality

After chancing on an Eichler Mid-Century Modern house, Stefan, his wife Jana and their two boys Josha and Silas made...
A Discreet Charm: The first family of French product design on extracting elegance from efficiency
Paris Workplaces

A Discreet Charm: The first family of French product design on extracting elegance from efficiency

“We started with a plank of wood, and then set to nailing it—but we didn’t have the right nails; the...
Crack & Shine International: Clandestine ops with Will Robson-Scott
New York City Art

Crack & Shine International: Clandestine ops with Will Robson-Scott

Based in Brooklyn and constantly on the move, capturing everything from the grime scene in London, the violent streets of...
Link List #52: Incarcerated rappers, the Burger King sauna and a personal history of pho
Link List

Link List #52: Incarcerated rappers, the Burger King sauna and a personal history of pho

Thanks for reading!  We hope our links inspire you and give you a small window into what the FvF office...
A Finely Tailored Life: Hien Le on finding peace and inspiration in his Kreuzberg neighborhood
Berlin Fashion

A Finely Tailored Life: Hien Le on finding peace and inspiration in his Kreuzberg neighborhood

Hien—the man who talks of pleats in high-performance tennis dresses as if it were haute couture— was raised in the...