Cologne - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF) https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/city/cologne/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:37:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 How do we want to live? Imagining the future of urban neighborhoods with The Sooner Now https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/the-sooner-now-cologne-urban-neighborhoods/ https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/the-sooner-now-cologne-urban-neighborhoods/#respond Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:35:24 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2018/11/14/the-sooner-now-cologne-urban-neighborhoods/ How do we want to live? Imagining the future of urban neighborhoods with The Sooner Now In terms of ingenious living concepts, Copenhagen is often a city architects look to for sustainable and ecologically-minded urban planning. The Danish capital has set itself the goal of becoming the world’s first CO2-neutral capital by the year 2025.

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]]> https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/the-sooner-now-cologne-urban-neighborhoods/feed/ 0 Daniel Hug, director of Art Cologne, on the Cologne art scene and the Germans’ passion for collecting https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/art/daniel-hug-director-of-art-cologne-on-the-cologne-art-scene-and-the-germans-passion-for-collecting/ https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/art/daniel-hug-director-of-art-cologne-on-the-cologne-art-scene-and-the-germans-passion-for-collecting/#respond Thu, 23 Mar 2017 05:31:22 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2017/03/23/daniel-hug-director-of-art-cologne-on-the-cologne-art-scene-and-the-germans-passion-for-collecting/ Daniel Hug is restless. Homeless. He’d be the first to suggest that of himself. The American with Swiss roots has moved at least seventeen times in his life, though exactly how many times he couldn’t say for sure. He grew up in Zurich. After his parents divorced, he moved to the United States with his

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]]> https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/art/daniel-hug-director-of-art-cologne-on-the-cologne-art-scene-and-the-germans-passion-for-collecting/feed/ 0 There is a Light that Never Goes Out: Thomas Melssen hunts down the parts that illuminate https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/design/there-is-a-light-that-never-goes-out-thomas-melssen-hunts-down-the-parts-that-illuminate/ https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/design/there-is-a-light-that-never-goes-out-thomas-melssen-hunts-down-the-parts-that-illuminate/#respond Mon, 17 Oct 2016 02:02:45 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2016/10/17/there-is-a-light-that-never-goes-out-thomas-melssen-hunts-down-the-parts-that-illuminate/ Nowadays, he’s the creative mind and guiding hand behind the lamp manufacturer Funzel baut Licht. He takes us on a journey through his adopted hometown of Cologne to show us his favorite places—places that inspire him and where he can find some peace. The journey begins at a flea market in Cologne, where Thomas can

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]]> https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/design/there-is-a-light-that-never-goes-out-thomas-melssen-hunts-down-the-parts-that-illuminate/feed/ 0 Daniel Angermann https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/stories/daniel-angermann/ https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/stories/daniel-angermann/#respond Mon, 29 Sep 2014 00:28:44 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2014/09/29/daniel-angermann/ After his studies at ecosign / the Academy of Design, followed by a period of freelance projects, in January 2014 he founded the “Designbüro Köln” together with Tobias Battenberg. Daniel and Tobias create corporate videos and web and print portfolios for their clients, including private and public institutions in the sectors of culture and economy.

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]]> https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/stories/daniel-angermann/feed/ 0 David Hilton https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/stories/david-hilton/ https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/stories/david-hilton/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2013 04:14:49 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2013/07/26/david-hilton/ David Hilton is a successful car designer and former karate-champion from Detroit. Growing up with a talent for Art and a passion for the Martial Arts, Mr. Hilton’s life has taken many turns in bringing him to today. “When I was a child my mother had only three rules for her children: one, learn how

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