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

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

October 2016

After the gin flood: How Alexander Stein turned Monkey 47 into a long-running hit
Black Forest Food

After the gin flood: How Alexander Stein turned Monkey 47 into a long-running hit

Alexander Stein, who’s seen plenty of new gins from smaller distilleries come and go in recent years, knows all too...
Oak the Nordic Journal traces echoes of the North throughout the world

Oak the Nordic Journal traces echoes of the North throughout the world

Oak was founded in 2012 by Anne Riis, Publishing Director, and Laura Terp, Creative Director: “It grew from a shared...
String Theory: Hildur Guðnadóttir reimagines instruments and lets the robots play
Berlin Music

String Theory: Hildur Guðnadóttir reimagines instruments and lets the robots play

With open sides, no fully-formed body or f-holes, it’s the very absence of material that gives Hildur the type of...
The Art of Anything: Designer Michael Sodeau Finds Freedom in Flexibility
London Design

The Art of Anything: Designer Michael Sodeau Finds Freedom in Flexibility

“One day, I’m designing an eraser and the next day, I’m designing an entire house. I never get bored,” he...
The Periodic Journal pays tribute to locality and Auckland’s under-the-radar creative scene
Auckland

The Periodic Journal pays tribute to locality and Auckland’s under-the-radar creative scene

Created by writer and editor Yasmine Ganley, graphic designer Natasha Mead, and photographer Greta van der Star, the free publication...
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: The quiet beauty of Ruby Barber’s fleeting floral arrangements
Berlin Design

The Perks of Being a Wallflower: The quiet beauty of Ruby Barber’s fleeting floral arrangements

Mary Lennox is the orphan heroine of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. Sent from India to live with relatives...
634 Minutes inside Nisyros’ active Volcano
Nisyros Music

634 Minutes inside Nisyros’ active Volcano

The concept: an ambitious event inside Nisyros’ active volcanic crater involving 15 musicians improvising together under the August full moon...
Hannah Henderson & John Moore
Los Angeles Design

Hannah Henderson & John Moore

In another, two women, each with a barefoot child, halt a friendly conversation to wave; further down, a man paints...
Ditto’s founder, Ben Freeman, discusses the relevance of the object in today’s society
London

Ditto’s founder, Ben Freeman, discusses the relevance of the object in today’s society

Coupled with his interest in fashion, subculture and “the darker side of things,” Freeman went on to co-found two forward...
There is a Light that Never Goes Out: Thomas Melssen hunts down the parts that illuminate
Cologne Design

There is a Light that Never Goes Out: Thomas Melssen hunts down the parts that illuminate

Nowadays, he’s the creative mind and guiding hand behind the lamp manufacturer Funzel baut Licht. He takes us on a...
All the Light We Cannot See: Discovering the Unsung Wonders of the French Capital
Paris Architecture

All the Light We Cannot See: Discovering the Unsung Wonders of the French Capital

Alex did his Ph.D. on the ground covered in our tour, which traces the path of the ancient Rue du...
Casting Call: Media all-rounder Rabea Schif and Frankfurt’s evolving cultural scene
Frankfurt Fashion

Casting Call: Media all-rounder Rabea Schif and Frankfurt’s evolving cultural scene

One of these creative forward-thinkers is Rabea Schif, who makes a living by hosting fashion and lifestyle shows (on fashiondaily.tv,...
Measure for Measure: Jordi López Aguiló imbues soul into domestic objects
Valencia Design

Measure for Measure: Jordi López Aguiló imbues soul into domestic objects

After spending time abroad collaborating with prestigious architecture and design firms in Paris and Copenhagen, architect turned designer Jordi completed...
A seat at the Norwegian table: Celebrating the distinctive designs and local cuisine of the Nordic country
Berlin Food

A seat at the Norwegian table: Celebrating the distinctive designs and local cuisine of the Nordic country

For a building that houses Berlin’s Norwegian embassy, the famous Oslo-based architecture firm Snøhetta transplanted a 15-meter-tall, 120-ton granite block...
Be Here Now: Artist Gracey Zhang keeps her illustrations firmly in the present
New York City Art

Be Here Now: Artist Gracey Zhang keeps her illustrations firmly in the present

Shortly after having thrown her graduation hat into the air at the Rhode Island School of Design, The New York...
From magazine to movement: Riposte’s everyday activism in the changing face of women’s media

From magazine to movement: Riposte’s everyday activism in the changing face of women’s media

It marks, from this point forward, the publication’s dedication to being not just good, but being better—together. Three years on...
Dressed to kill: Latvia’s most supernatural fashion label
Riga Fashion

Dressed to kill: Latvia’s most supernatural fashion label

Looming before you is a figure in black, her face deathly white. The trees around you shiver in silence as...
A Brief History of a Life in Trees
Berlin Architecture

A Brief History of a Life in Trees

Treehouses are secluded spaces of adventure and freedom, of security and coziness. There is a long tradition of treetop habitation...
Architect Dionys Ottl on guiding historic buildings to contemporary identities
Berlin Architecture

Architect Dionys Ottl on guiding historic buildings to contemporary identities

Architect Dionys Ottl looks down from his workspace on the eighth floor of the high-rise on Hardenbergplatz in Berlin at...
Inside Pioneer Works, New York's collaborative wonderland for the arts and sciences
New York City Art

Inside Pioneer Works, New York's collaborative wonderland for the arts and sciences

It is, without sounding hyperbolic, an organization multifaceted with creativity and underpinned by iconoclastic entrepreneurship, with curiosities that beckon around...