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Preserving a family tradition keeps urbanite Johannes Weber grounded

Johannes Weber enjoys learning new things and always works on different projects. His association Stadtbienen e. V. protects wild bees...

London Fashion

Nicholas Daley: A beat all of its own

Music permeates the space of Nicholas Daley’s studio based in the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in North London: From Shabaka...

Berlin Home Stories

The Art of Listening with Berlin-based DJ Alexandra Dröner

Rays of sunshine pour in, framing her sharp, innate movements with a cross of light. Her raw, unadulterated motions contrast...

Copenhagen Music

For Holger Schulze, immersive listening is his soundtrack to everyday life

“To be in the present as a listener is a revolutionary act. We absolutely need it, to be grounded in...

Los Angeles Music

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...

Hamburg Architecture

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...

Berlin Food

Sophia Rudolph of Berlin's Panama turns heads in the culinary world with precision and ambition

Sophia Rudolph, originally born in Berlin, moved to Lyon with her parents aged thirteen. It was a move that would...

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

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...

Berlin Art

Emeka Okereke on countering Western hegemony through trans-African exchange

“It’s so difficult to tell somebody ‘I know that the cup looks like this, but it can also look like...

Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #135: Noah Slee

Noah Slee’s musical career started in the early 2000s with Auckland-based pop-funk outfit Spacifix. After leaving the band, Slee moved...

Leipzig Munich

Casting the anguish and beauty of two cities with Aesop store design in Leipzig and Munich

Barely no other place manifests the history of an entire country like Nikolaistraße, a street that connects Leipzig’s main station...

Copenhagen Design

Defining future classics that blend heritage and innovation with design house &Tradition

Upon entering what feels like a sumptuous modern home in the center of Copenhagen, there’s no immediate tell-tale sign that...

Uckermark Art

Photographer Stefan Heinrichs captures tangible moments, inside and outside the studio

A popular enclave among Berlin creatives, the rural region about an hour northeast of the capital attracts urban dwellers seeking...

Berlin Art

Narratives of home told through the language of dance with Medhat Aldaabal

It was in this exact spot two years ago that the contemporary dancer and choreographer’s first performance of his personal...

Berlin Community

Meet the FF Contributors: Dalia Castel

Despite her choice to leave Jerusalem, it never really left her. So, in 2011 Dalia and her friend Orit Nahmias...

Berlin Art

Tackling gender inequality in the art and design world with a panel discussion that calls for change

Tackling gender inequality in the art and design world with a panel discussion that calls for change As cracks appear...

Bengaluru Art

Discover India’s local trade with point-of-view camerawork in the Krishna Rajendra Market

Vivid colors burst out of the market stalls on the ground floor, 20 tons of flowers bought and sold there...

Lisbon Art

Inside Studio Astolfi, the transportive world where found objects get reimagined

Growing up in Cascais, a small city just a few miles from Lisbon, Astolfi found the environment: “very cozy, family-oriented,...

Berlin

Reigniting the dazzle of a roaring era with a tour of West Berlin

Reigniting the dazzle of a roaring era with a tour of West Berlin Boris Pofalla and Robert Nippoldt trace the...