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A cleaner thread: Closed’s sustainable program cuts through the eco hype

In the past decade, sustainable efforts within the fashion industry have shifted from merely acknowledging the impact of its production...

Travel

Visual Escapism for a New Reality Pt. 1: Virtual Vacations

Visual Escapism for a New Reality Pt. 1: Virtual Vacations At a time when we’re stuck inside staring at the...

London Photography

Elizabeth Gabrielle Lee: Hegemonic narratives

It’s a mild October morning in London, one where the sun blazes through the almost-bare tree branches, and I find...

Naples Design

Celebrating a new generation of makers, a female-led Italian design fair thinks outside the artist’s booths

In the historical center of Naples in the south of Italy, Domitilla Dardi and Emilia Petruccelli are creating Edit Napoli,...

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....

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...

Mojave Desert Art

After a book tour, the desert calls. In conversation with iO Tillett Wright

Io is the fourth largest moon in the solar system. As the innermost Galilean moon that orbits Jupiter, it’s also...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #130: Villa Lena Recordings

It’s been two years since we visited the Tuscan hillside retreat that is Villa Lena. Our inaugural visit introduced us...

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...

London Architecture

Sevil Peach: Shared eco-responsibility

Behind the throng of people on the south side of the river, the area known as Shad Thames is seductively...

Cambridge Art

Narayan Khandekar takes us inside the Harvard art laboratory housing the rarest color pigments in the world

Almost as captivating as the Rothko Murals, apparently, were the views from the adjacent windows out onto the city—thus the...

London Art

The free-spirited collector and dealer with an eye for the new, Mimi Lipton leads one colorful life

The colors of the tiny tiger rug perfectly match the Valentino floral sneakers she is wearing. With flashes of magenta...

London Art

How London print studio Jealous dominates the world of contemporary art editions

Occupying a four-storey corner building in Shoreditch, Jealous Studio is hard to miss. The Hollywood-style white lettered roof sign is...

Oaxaca Architecture

The Japanese art of imperfection at Tadao Ando's Casa Wabi in Mexico

Created in 2014 by artist Bosco Sodi, designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando and situated on the Oaxacan coast, Casa...

Art Community

Bill Powers’ Half Gallery lets us into a world of fervent unseen works from the late poet and artist, Rene Ricard

He acted in several of Andy Warhol’s films including Chelsea Girls and Kitchen, lived in the infamous Chelsea Hotel and,...

Photo Essays Travel

On Morocco’s Atlantic Coast, Photographer Naomi Wood celebrates the dusty colors of the port city of Essaouira

For Bristol-based photographer Naomi Wood, shooting a series in Morocco had always been a dream project. After studying Graphic Communication...

Tel Aviv Art

Israeli Artist Guy Yanai creates pixelated paintings that reference the past, not the future

“It was strange to get a book from her, and even stranger that the book had tons of highlights and...

Link List

Link List #64: A website that lets you send pizza to protesters around America, celebrating David Hockney, and the cost of communal belonging

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Tuscany Food

FvF Cooks in Tuscany with Margot Protzel at Villa Lena

Stepping outside the pistachio-green tiled kitchen to catch a glimpse is the current chef-in-residence of the Tuscan retreat, Margot Protzel....

Tuscany Art

The Artists are Present: Discovering three of Villa Lena’s international creative residents

Neither coastal nor within walking distance of a town or city, the house befits a description of calm retreat. No...