February 2019 - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Documentary filmmaker Kim Longinotto gives a voice to females rising from oppression

In the hands of a less gifted director, Shooting the Mafia would feel like two documentaries from opposing camps for...

For Dutch chef Marente van der Valk, the most important ingredient is time

The Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht is a place for experimentation. Established as a post-academic institute where driven people...

Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #138: GURR

“Looking out of the car window is also a very memorable moment because that’s what you’re doing 80 percent of...

Vienna Art

Turkish photographer Eylül Aslan fixes her gaze on socially constructed beauty ideals

Born and raised in Istanbul, Eylül Aslan began taking pictures as a way to express and explore her own sexuality....

Berlin Architecture

Judith Haase fashions a unique architectural language rooted in austerity

Judith Haase is sitting in the laid-back, understated far office in the Gonzalez Haase Atelier Architecture Studio. Over her shoulder,...

New York City

Five page turners with [reads] founders Rachael Yaeger and Emma Stevenson

In a Nutshell: Five page turners with [reads] founders Rachael Yaeger and Emma Stevenson Immersing into the stories of characters...

Link List

Link List #101: Anti-fascist metal music, Burning Man’s Instagram accusation, and a low-lying cloud in Kensington

Hopefully you enjoyed the reads from this week’s Link List, but if you’ve still got an internet itch to scratch,...

Mangfall Valley

Shinrin-yoku is the Japanese therapy inviting you to bathe in a forest

In Upper Bavaria’s Mangfall Valley, the forest is still surprisingly lush. There has hardly been any deforestation in the water...

Berlin Architecture

Room for inventions with the tech-focused architecture firm Barkow Leibinger

Nestled between a handsome collection of hipster bicycles stands a colossal iron structure. This unfathomably heavy historical landmark is adorned...

Link List

Link List #100: Women surfers, Al writers, and cultural ideas of virginity

Hopefully you enjoyed the reads from this week’s Link List, but if you’ve still got an internet itch to scratch,...

Zürich Fashion

Why a plant found in the Philippine jungle could be the future of sustainable fabric

People from all around the island arrive at the warehouse with their scooters and sidecars packed full of dried plant...

Zürich Architecture

Harnessing the power of positive energy with architect Zhang Xi

“Good feng shui, right?” says EXH founding partner and CEO Zhang Xi. She throws open the windows and between the...

Oslo Food

Christina Hjeltnes Grønning on the joys of cooking rural Norwegian dishes

For the inexperienced, the bizarre je ne sais quoi fragrance could have passed for the smell of, well, fart. What’s...

Link List

Link List #99: Broken communities, a tunnel of fog, and how to defend the EU through conversation

Hopefully you enjoyed the reads from this week’s Link List, but if you’ve still got an internet itch to scratch,...

Berlin

Mayowa Osinubi is on her fast-paced journey to make comedy more inclusive

Osinubi’s vita reads like anything but a joke. Besides being a stand-up comedian, she is the founder of Issa Comedy...

New York City Art

Áron Filkey: Drawing new horizons

“I usually prefer staying on the opposite side of the camera, so I made a prop to create distraction,” he...

Link List

Link List #98: Furniture for the one percent, some good news from Angola, and can a developed city really function car-free?

Hopefully you enjoyed the reads from this week’s Link List, but if you’ve still got an internet itch to scratch,...