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

We’re living in an era requiring new solutions and visionary thinking, according to designer Harald Gründl of EOOS

“We recently got a call from a manufacturer who wanted to produce a ten-year-old design mock-up of ours,” says Harald...

Vorarlberg Architecture

Verena Konrad educates the public about Vorarlberg’s deeply rooted traditions of architecture and craftsmanship

A recent exhibition at the Vorarlberger Architektur Institut (vai) highlights the work of French architects Lacaton & Vassal. Best known...

Bezau

Natural beauty pioneer Susanne Kaufmann on developing cosmetics rooted to her homespun philosophy

From the rooftop terrace of her Bezau home, Susanne Kaufmann gazes at the neighboring landscape. A mix of traditional Alpine...

Link List

Link List #90: Roald Dahl’s writing hut, 100 years of Egon Schiele’s nudes, and what exactly makes a company “genius”?

Hopefully you enjoyed the reads from this week’s Link List, but if you’ve still got an internet itch to scratch,...

Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #126: Leyya

At the sauna, you meet each other as strangers, but naked, just as you are, without the facade of clothing...

Food

All You Can Eat food magazine makes us hungry for more

Now, another magazine has the joined the fold to tap into this hunger, All You Can Eat. For Austrian publisher...

Innsbruck Architecture

Quintessential Modern by Zaha Hadid: Innsbruck's Bergisel Ski Jump

Its crystalline windows shoot up out of the ground thanks to a deconstructivist metal-plated stem, and gleam alongside the alpine...

Vienna

Cultivating a city: How inventive urban production is gaining ground in Vienna

Our tour of urban production in the city begins here in Brigittenau, the 20th district. Manuel Bornbaum and Florian Hofer...

Vienna

Tomorrow Today: Gallery Festival in Vienna

As part of curated by_vienna, the participating galleries turn their attention to a common theme in exhibitions designed by international...

Salzburg

Jana Balluch and Jean-Sébastien Philippe

With an idea in their heads and a spray can to hand, this artistic couple have been making their mark...

Vienna

Ania Rosinke & Maciej Chmara

To expand the range requires a lot of research and innovation, nevertheless, “chmara.rosinke” do not lose the inherent grace of...

Vienna

Alexandra Grausam

Before anything else, visitors to her studio and home in the Mariahilf district encounter the powerful smell of solvents. The...

Vienna Workplaces

Margot Deerenberg

At Packhaus more than 170 people from different fields – including IT, technology, fashion, design, science, crafts and social fields...

Berlin

FvF Cooks with Cynthia Barcomi: Linzer Bars

Little did young Cynthia know that what she thought to be the invention of her American great-grandmother Cora, actually has...

Vienna

Lilli Hollein

In addition she would like to offer an international platform where manufacturers and designers can meet. Especially close to her...

Vienna Workplaces

Camille Boyer

For the past 15 years she’s lived in Vienna and her presenceensures that the local scene is a tick more...

Discovering Austria's vibrant second city, Graz

With a range of cafes, excellent restaurants offering superb dining experiences and hidden art and design secrets, Graz is a...

Vienna

Florian Kaps

His friends just call him “Doc,” but, much like a mad professor, it doesn’t bother Florian at all. When we...

Vienna Fashion

Karin Krapfenbauer & Markus Hausleitner

They met each other as the two Austrians studied at the University of Applied Arts. Fundamental themes during their studies: gender...

Vienna Workplaces

Till Firit

A few years later with some personal restructuring, MONO VERLAG – the first Austrian publishing company to solely concentrate on...