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

August 2016

FvF Mixtape #110: SassyBlack
The Seattle-based producer, singer, DJ and actress is comfortable in states of flux, moving effortlessly between genres and mediums. Classically...
Publisher Ricarda Messner on the potential for alternate universes in print
Quite the contrary, they’re actually becoming both more diverse and more sophisticated. For Ricarda Messner, whose magazine Flaneur is often...
Meet Bambú Design Studio, reimagining everyday objects from the remote city of Alcoy
His firm Bambú Studio creates products that are reduced to their most basic function—yet still maintaining character. A small team...
Christopher Haatuft, the Punk-Chef Godfather of Neo-Fjordic Cuisine
His minimalist fine-dining restaurant, Lysverket, together with a bar and nightclub, is set in the KODE 4 art gallery in...
Parton Brothers: Creating a Global Community
Taking after their father Lindsay Parton, a key figure a in the highly competitive real estate market, the brothers are...
Twenty Twenty Vision: Photographer Michael French preserves the ephemeral era
During our twenties, disenchantment is often merged with starry-eyed idealism; everything is replete with contrasts. Most of all, it’s the...
Meet the FvF Contributors: Andrew Kaineder
Andrew grew up in Mollymook Beach, a little surf town about three hours south of Sydney where he spent his...
Link List #57: A Digital Mark Zuckerberg Doppelganger, an athlete moving from the rainforest to Rio, and an opulent bowling alley
Click through our picks of the web’s perspective on the inspiring and bizarre happenings around the world. Chinese tech hopes...
A Field Guide to Getting Lost in Iceland Pt. 2: Journey to the Center of the Earth
The East fjörds are an underrated corner of Iceland, dwarfed by the South Coast’s sights and the lure of the...
Master Mix: Brad Ascalon on Designing to His Own Beat
It’s music that helps the multidisciplinary designer unkink knotty design problems. And judging from the design briefs tacked to the...
A discourse on Berlin's urban landscapes with photographer Noshe
After Brandenburg, his long-standing work documenting the cultural landscape of the outskirts of Berlin, and Incertitudes, his visual archive of...
FvF Cooks: At Louis Pretty, the New York Deli Sandwich Reigns Supreme
Joey himself grew up eating Italian food. “My family’s Italian. My grandfather was a chef as well and had a...
All Summer in a Day Pt. 1: Chasing the California Dream
Dylan is best known for his photography that centers around surfing, skating or motorcycles. At any given time, he could...
All Summer in a Day Pt. 2: Exploring the Hidden Wonders of the California Wild
“When I’m on the road, I work hard,” he says. “You’re up before everyone else, you’re climbing faster than them,...