Apartment - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Suppression has never been a barrier for Iranian translator and gallerist Lili Golestan

Lili Golestan has prepared black tea and cream puffs for her guests on a rather damp Sunday morning—the kind where...

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...

2016—A Year in Review

We know—it can be a lot to digest. At FvF we’ve been through quite a bit within the past year...

Berlin

Christmas 2016 in Berlin with the FvF team

We started the day off with a brunch in the FvF Apartment whipped up by the good people from The...

Munich Architecture

Steffen Werner: Constructing space like a sculptor

It’s the old debate of whether form or function comes first, only that nowadays, some may call it constructivism versus...

Berlin

Wings of Desire: How paper feathers gave flight to Berlin-based artist Lacy Barry

Self-taught Lacy’s works cross the borders of fine art and advertising, always maintaining the same scope: to create an environment...

Berlin

Building character: How a former Berlin salt factory and Stasi lookout became an architect’s playground

After designing various iterations of the same space in the building for clients, their home became a confident playground for...

Riga Home Stories

Agnese Kleina questions Latvian identity with her bilingual self-published magazine, Benji Knewman

I bound up the stairs and am greeted by a smiling dark-haired woman, who’s standing at the door. “Come in,”...

Amsterdam

Menno van Meurs, a love of denim, and the pull of personalized retail

From jeans to vintage Eames chairs, slow drip coffee to suede Red Wing boots, Menno embraces “the good things in...

Berlin

A Restless Transplant: James Higginson

Born in Pennsylvania, James Higginson followed his parents’ advice who “like all good parents, wanted me to have a comfortable...

Berlin

From Forest To Floor: Albrecht von Alvensleben & Max Pauen

The tables—which take the names of local streets, such as “Skalitzer”, “August”, and “Bernauer”—are custom-built by Albrecht von Alvensleben and...

Berlin

Alexander Khuon

It’s the actor in question, Alexand Khuon, who has won this praise from German reviewers. He is driven by modesty, sincerity...

Berlin Music

Lary

With nothing but raw talent and two raised middle fingers to guide her, the Gelsenkirchen native has clawed her way...

Berlin

Jan Rösler

With every step, the city’s turbulence seems to recede further and further into the background, as long-forgotten sides of Berlin...

Berlin Fashion

Fa' Empel & Kirikoo Des

Climbing up to Fa’ Empel and Kirikoo Des’ apartment on the top floor of a beautiful turn-of-the-century building in Berlin...

Copenhagen

Stepping Inside a Geometric Universe: Andreas Jarner

His prints feature textured objects contrasted against clean backgrounds. They are aesthetic and somber pauses that draw in the eye...

Mexico City

Emmanuel Picault & Ludwig Godefroy

The two business partners were born in neighboring towns in Normandy, but they actually met in Mexico City. They began...

Barcelona

Salva López & Yosigo

Thirty-something photographers Salva López and José Javier Serrano, who goes by the name Yosigo, share an academic background in graphic design which...

Amsterdam Fashion

Head of women's design at G-Star RAW, Rebekka Bach

Nobody’s perfect, we all know that. But Rebekka Bach is not too far from the definition. You can already tell...

Florence

Emiliano Laszlo & Carlotta Forasassi

Just outside of the Florence city walls, Emiliano and Carlotta have recently moved to a spacious apartment in an area...