April 2017 - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

April 2017 - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

April 2017

Link List #69: In which Jean Jullien designs a bar, Cormac McCarthy gets to the very roots of language, and we wax nostalgic on saxophone solos
Link List

Link List #69: In which Jean Jullien designs a bar, Cormac McCarthy gets to the very roots of language, and we wax nostalgic on saxophone solos

Thanks for reading! We hope our links inspire you and give you a small window into what the FvF office...
From Otto Piene to Candice Breitz, our picks from Berlin's Gallery Weekend

From Otto Piene to Candice Breitz, our picks from Berlin's Gallery Weekend

From Otto Piene to Candice Breitz, our picks from Berlin’s Gallery Weekend It’s that time of year again: between 28–30...
José Parlá's Brooklyn studio
New York City Art

José Parlá's Brooklyn studio

The studio’s design was the result of a collaboration with Snøhetta, the buzzed-about Norwegian architecture firm responsible for such structures...
Josh Owen advocates for socially relevant and impactful design
Rochester Design

Josh Owen advocates for socially relevant and impactful design

His approach to design is seemingly effortless—owed to Josh’s intuition for natural interactions and decades of experience in design. Aside...
Berlin-based textile designer Nadine Goepfert skillfully experiments with fashionable conventions
Berlin Design

Berlin-based textile designer Nadine Goepfert skillfully experiments with fashionable conventions

A sweet fragrance of oriental spices fills the large, bright Berlin studio and the light sounds of Frank Ocean’s song,...
NYC exhibition Designing Women showcases female-centric design
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NYC exhibition Designing Women showcases female-centric design

NYC exhibition Designing Women showcases female-centric design It’s a joy to see women excelling in design. So, we were very...
A conceptual urban living installation in Milan offers a vision of future architecture solutions
Milan Architecture

A conceptual urban living installation in Milan offers a vision of future architecture solutions

On the other, gentrification is raising real estate prices beyond the reach of many with urban space increasingly occupied by...
Designing a customized modular bar for the Friends Space with Hidden Fortress
Berlin Design

Designing a customized modular bar for the Friends Space with Hidden Fortress

When we created the FvF Apartment several years ago we wanted a space that would make our guests instantly feel...
NOME reopens with an exhibition by James Bridle
Community

NOME reopens with an exhibition by James Bridle

NOME reopens with an exhibition by James Bridle After two years’ worth of provocative exhibitions, NOME is now relocating to...
Hong Kong's Para Site launches The Unappropriated Recipes
Community

Hong Kong's Para Site launches The Unappropriated Recipes

Para Site launches The Unappropriated Recipes An unconventional recipe book After a successful Kickstarter campaign at the tail end of...
Ways of Seeing: Isabella Dias on her favorite photograph

Ways of Seeing: Isabella Dias on her favorite photograph

Ways of Seeing: Isabella Dias on her favorite photograph The day I took this photo was very cloudy, and not...
Geometric abstraction forms the basis of modern sculptor Dion Horstmans' labor-intensive work
Sydney Art

Geometric abstraction forms the basis of modern sculptor Dion Horstmans' labor-intensive work

The workplace of the New Zealand-born, Sydney-based sculptor is a large, high-ceilinged space in an industrial cul-de-sac of Sydney’s inner...
FvF Mixtape #118: Brat Star
Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #118: Brat Star

That’s why we’re happy to have a mixtape from Brat Star—she’s a recent transplant to the city by way of...
Link List #68: The inexplicable lure of unwatched YouTube videos, an illustrated journey through icy tundra, and the trouble with this year’s Documenta
Link List

Link List #68: The inexplicable lure of unwatched YouTube videos, an illustrated journey through icy tundra, and the trouble with this year’s Documenta

Thanks for reading! We hope our links inspire you and give you a small window into what the FvF office...
On a high note in the studio of musician-turned-furniture-designer Jonah Takagi
Washington D.C. Music

On a high note in the studio of musician-turned-furniture-designer Jonah Takagi

Moments later, the free-form stories start flowing. He recalls, for instance, the exact moment he first thought about attending the...
Kennedy launches its sixth issue and new collaboration with Objects of Common Interest Workplace

Kennedy launches its sixth issue and new collaboration with Objects of Common Interest Workplace

Kennedy launches new issue and collaboration Tonight sees the launch of Kennedy’s sixth issue, as well as a brand new...
Gianluca Pardelli’s photographs show the heterogeneity of Central Asian cultures
Art Photo Essays

Gianluca Pardelli’s photographs show the heterogeneity of Central Asian cultures

Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, as well as the republics of what is today the Russian Federation, were all centralized under USSR control....
Pics or It Didn’t Happen memorializes the banned images of Instagram
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Pics or It Didn’t Happen memorializes the banned images of Instagram

Pics or It Didn’t Happen began, fittingly, on social media. In 2015, Arvida Byström sent a tweet calling for a...
Noble Rot, the London Restaurant and Magazine changing the way we appreciate wine
London Food

Noble Rot, the London Restaurant and Magazine changing the way we appreciate wine

For Noble Rot’s two founders, Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew, the road to wine was paved with good intentions, albeit...
Gestalten's Visual Feast shows that a new era of food photography has arrived
Community

Gestalten's Visual Feast shows that a new era of food photography has arrived

We’ve been turning our lenses (and phone cameras) at food through the countless foodie Instagram accounts, and their aesthetic have...
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