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

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

May 2017

FvF Mixtape #121: Go Hiyama
Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #121: Go Hiyama

But one listen of the mix that he made for FvF and these musical strands that make up Go Hiyama...
Link List #71: In which the era of the confessional essay is over, we ponder the point of the Venice Biennale, and we talk about THAT Atlantic essay
Link List

Link List #71: In which the era of the confessional essay is over, we ponder the point of the Venice Biennale, and we talk about THAT Atlantic essay

Thanks for reading! We hope our links inspire you and give you a small window into what the FvF office...
Toying with Design: How David Weeks evolved his product focus
Design

Toying with Design: How David Weeks evolved his product focus

Toying with Design: How David Weeks evolved his product focus After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in...
Talking tattoo’s crucial cultural significance with Maxime Plescia-Büchi, founder of Sang Bleu
London Art

Talking tattoo’s crucial cultural significance with Maxime Plescia-Büchi, founder of Sang Bleu

To describe Maxime as “multidisciplinary” is tragically reductive. During the interview he met with a new client, interviewed someone for...
Jessica Sidenros on photography-as-communication in the foothills of the Himalayas
Pokhara Art

Jessica Sidenros on photography-as-communication in the foothills of the Himalayas

In Nepal’s second largest city, Pokhara, she also met with local children, and through her photography, found an immediate rapport...
Quentin de Coster on the importance of design as a meeting of functionality and aesthetics
Design

Quentin de Coster on the importance of design as a meeting of functionality and aesthetics

After leaving his native Belgium—where he has been running his own successful design studio—Quentin moved to San Francisco. He felt...
FvF Mixtape #120: Meg Mac
Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #120: Meg Mac

There is a gentle uncertainty to Meg’s voice: She speaks with a shyness that feels at odds with the power...
Ugandan fashion label Kkoolo is the focus of a new short documentary
Fashion Film

Ugandan fashion label Kkoolo is the focus of a new short documentary

Ugandan fashion label Kkoolo is the focus of a new short documentary Buyi and his work are the focus of...
Discovering an alternative Hamburg with artist Moshtari Hilal
Hamburg Art

Discovering an alternative Hamburg with artist Moshtari Hilal

The multicultural and alternative township of old remains vibrant today. In the so-called “Karoviertel,” artists and thinkers live alongside old...
Launching issue fifteen of SAND, Berlin’s English literary journal
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Launching issue fifteen of SAND, Berlin’s English literary journal

Launching issue fifteen of SAND, Berlin’s English literary journal Founded in 2009, SAND is a biannual literary journal based in...
Why Anna Schunck and Marcus Werner choose to live in the countryside but still crave time in Berlin-Neukölln
Berlin Home Stories

Why Anna Schunck and Marcus Werner choose to live in the countryside but still crave time in Berlin-Neukölln

In this area, just an hour’s drive from Berlin, the couple bought an old farmhouse. Discovered online one hungover Sunday...
BYBORRE launches pop-up store at Wir Sind Die Holländer

BYBORRE launches pop-up store at Wir Sind Die Holländer

BYBORRE launches pop-up store at Wir Sind Die Holländer Our friends over at BYBORRE are planning something special here in...
Creating walls out of canvases and cardboard chairs with Australian architect John Henry
Melbourne Architecture

Creating walls out of canvases and cardboard chairs with Australian architect John Henry

John’s high ceiling and impressive window facade manage to offset the five levels of his home, the ‘Research House’, that...
Link List #70: In which a meme is finally put to rest, big data tricks us, and a scientist marvels at a Commes des Garçons dress
Link List

Link List #70: In which a meme is finally put to rest, big data tricks us, and a scientist marvels at a Commes des Garçons dress

Thanks for reading! We hope our links inspire you and give you a small window into what the FvF office...
Jörg Brüggemann captures the spirit of politics in 2017
Art

Jörg Brüggemann captures the spirit of politics in 2017

Jörg Brüggemann captures the spirit of politics in 2017 In the utterly bananas world of 2017 politics, photographer Jörg Brüggeman...
Toiletpaper's Pierpaolo Ferrari
Milan Art

Toiletpaper's Pierpaolo Ferrari

“It’s the surprise, you know? Part of the joy of working with us is the unexpected. You don’t know what...
How London print studio Jealous dominates the world of contemporary art editions
London Art

How London print studio Jealous dominates the world of contemporary art editions

Occupying a four-storey corner building in Shoreditch, Jealous Studio is hard to miss. The Hollywood-style white lettered roof sign is...
Sammlung Boros returns with its third exhibition
Community

Sammlung Boros returns with its third exhibition

Sammlung Boros returns with its third exhibition Berlin’s superlative bunker of contemporary art, Sammlung Boros, has re-opened this week with...
Photographer Vicky Grout exposes London’s grime scene one rave at a time
London Home Stories

Photographer Vicky Grout exposes London’s grime scene one rave at a time

The explanation and our following conversation is punctuated by sudden, excited finger-points out of the window at passers-by and meaningful...
The first ever Vienna Biennale takes digital humanism as its theme

The first ever Vienna Biennale takes digital humanism as its theme

The first ever Vienna Biennale takes digital humanism as its theme The Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, or MAK, is...
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