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

April 2019

boom saloon magazine uses creativity as a vehicle for good
For the launch cover of Beginnings, the first issue of the biannual publication, boom saloon celebrated the work of Denitsa...
Link List #110: Japanese folk dance, Ghana’s debut pavilion, and the first female head of the African common market
Link List #110: Japanese folk dance, Ghana’s debut pavilion, and the first female head of the African common market Hopefully...
Upending cultural norms with menswear label Goodfight
Upending cultural norms with menswear label Goodfight During the twelve years he’s spent working in fashion, Caleb Lin has made...
Food& is the Berlin-based magazine inviting us to have unusual encounters with food
For Spanish artist and data-analyst Asís Ybarra, a trip to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan with his friend Eduardo...
Effortless design: Mark Randel’s architecture
After 23 years working with David Chipperfield Architects, Mark Randel now focuses on his eponymous studio in Berlin, where he...
FvF Mixtape #142: Craig Barrow
The interest in innovative and great design and community has been a common thread in the ongoing partnership between &tradition...
Link List #109: A new Ethiopian train line, faulty feng shui allegations, and women who stole the show at Milan Design Week
Link List #109: A new Ethiopian trainline, faulty feng shui allegations, and women who stole the show at Milan Design...
Alice Rawsthorn on five books that will open your eyes to the importance of design
In a Nutshell: Alice Rawsthorn on five books that will open your eyes to the importance of design A journalist...
Five fiction films that shaped director Frederik Sølberg
In a Nutshell: Five fiction films that shaped director Frederik Sølberg “I’m not closely attached to the suburb of Copenhagen...
Exploring the changing landscape of Finnish design with interior architect Joanna Laajisto
Joanna Laajisto is back at work in her storefront studio on Laivasillankatu, close to the main port of Helsinki after...
In the Laurel Canyon with Iranian-born, Los Angeles-based stylist Maryam Malakpour
Malakpour, who is a fashion stylist and creative director, says the car is perfect for Sunday drives around Mulholland’s winding...
Link List #108: Sri Lanka’s first all female surf club, poop on the moon, and the new nature documentary that makes for uncomfortable watching
Link List #108: Sri Lanka’s first all female surf club, poop on the moon, and the new nature documentary that...
Five fetching photo books with MENDO publisher Gunifort Uwambaga
In a Nutshell: Five fetching photo books with MENDO publisher Gunifort Uwambaga When Gunifort Uwambaga walked into Mendo for the...
Joshua Coombes and Jamie Morrison use visual art to amplify the voices of isolated communities
Joshua Coombes may not have ever lived on the streets, but he knows what it’s like to feel hopeless. His...
Valencia-based artist and designer Jaime Hayon believes that hybridity is the mother of invention
“It’s really hard to define what I do,” admits the Spanish-born creative Jaime Hayon. Originally training in industrial design in...
Link List #107: Art Basel Hong Kong, the making of a refugee, and a fond farewell to the Godmother of French New Wave Cinema
Link List #107: Art Basel Hong Kong, the making of a refugee, and a fond farewell to the Godmother of...
Sick and tired of not being able to grasp anything real these days? American musician Weyes Blood is here to help.
Los Angeles-based Natalie Mering is recording under the name Weyes Blood, and her last two releases, Front Row Seat to...
Swedish chef Linda Granebring creates fusion cuisine with sustainability in mind
Connected to the mainland by a single bridge, the population of Hasslö has traditionally depended on the Baltic Sea for...
FvF Mixtape #141: Juniore
Formed in 2013, Juniore was born out of the desire to create a girlband comparable to some of the great...
Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie makes the case for an expanded notion of classical music
It’s an uncharacteristically warm afternoon in February and the observation deck at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie is teeming with visitors. Free to...