April 2018 - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

April 2018 - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

April 2018

An Athletic Connection to Creativity is Artist Maximilian Magnus’ Key to Progression
Berlin Art

An Athletic Connection to Creativity is Artist Maximilian Magnus’ Key to Progression

Artists have long been known to be both mentally and physically demanding in their practice. For German artist, Maximilian Magnus,...
Link list #79: The identity crisis of the furniture industry, Cape Town’s new masculinity, and the story of a modern-day publisher
Link List

Link list #79: The identity crisis of the furniture industry, Cape Town’s new masculinity, and the story of a modern-day publisher

Hopefully you enjoyed the reads from this week’s Link List, but if you’ve still got an internet itch to scratch,...
Snarkitecture: Between art & architecture
New York City Architecture

Snarkitecture: Between art & architecture

Snarkitecture’s home for the last two years has been situated in Queens, a 550-square meter space amongst the gleaming new...
Eager to combat the spatial challenges of today, MINI LIVING and Studiomama teamed up for this year’s Salone del Mobile
Milan Design

Eager to combat the spatial challenges of today, MINI LIVING and Studiomama teamed up for this year’s Salone del Mobile

“By opening up the design process and challenging the conventional status quo ‘architect vs client’, we wanted to allow people...
A new generation of business owners are enlivening the retail sector with store concepts for a sensory shopping experience
Zürich Design

A new generation of business owners are enlivening the retail sector with store concepts for a sensory shopping experience

In the past, consumers would enter a shop, point to the items he or she wanted, and a person behind...
Infradisciplinary artist Pinar Yoldas is advocating a good Anthropocene with the help of speculative biology
San Diego Art

Infradisciplinary artist Pinar Yoldas is advocating a good Anthropocene with the help of speculative biology

Pinar Yoldas refuses to tune into this song of doomsday, one that underlies most assumptions about our future on Earth....
Link List #78, the IAM Edition: A meditation on #foodporn, Wikipedia’s humanity, and the danger of Deepfakes
Link List

Link List #78, the IAM Edition: A meditation on #foodporn, Wikipedia’s humanity, and the danger of Deepfakes

IAM Weekend 18 will take place at Barcelona’s Auditori AXA from April 27 to 29. To learn more about the...
Growing the creative economy in Detroit with founder of Afrotopia, Ingrid LaFleur
Detroit

Growing the creative economy in Detroit with founder of Afrotopia, Ingrid LaFleur

It’s a sentiment that rings true for politician, artist and curator Ingrid LaFleur. Creative imagination and looking onward into the...
A Roman curator reinvents communal and design-conscious dining experiences
Rome

A Roman curator reinvents communal and design-conscious dining experiences

Born out of the love for her city and a curiosity for unusual hidden places, Our Secret Table is the...
Link List #77: A Vietnamese ethnic minority stuck on water, an online archive featuring some of our favorite women, and your chance to beat traffic jams with (virtual) unicorns
Link List

Link List #77: A Vietnamese ethnic minority stuck on water, an online archive featuring some of our favorite women, and your chance to beat traffic jams with (virtual) unicorns

Hopefully you enjoyed the reads from this week’s Link List, but if you’ve still got an internet itch to scratch,...
FvF Mixtape #127: The Freunde von Freunden Spring Affair Playlist Part 2
Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #127: The Freunde von Freunden Spring Affair Playlist Part 2

As most summer festivals have announced their lineups, we couldn’t think of better sources of inspiration for tunes that’ll have...
Japanese sneakerhead Tetsuya Shono
Tokyo Fashion

Japanese sneakerhead Tetsuya Shono

It all started with a book: Six Stories of GORE-TEX® Products Vol. 2 is the brainchild of Jörg Haas who...