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A Song For You: The power of many voices becoming one
Berlin Community

A Song For You: The power of many voices becoming one

Johanna-Maria Fritz joins forces with Ostkreuz students for charity print sale of her work in Afghanistan 
Community

Johanna-Maria Fritz joins forces with Ostkreuz students for charity print sale of her work in Afghanistan 

The moments she captures on camera are intimate, colorful, often buoyant, and emphasize the beauty in cultural connection. The ten...
Art and community breathe new life into Mallorca’s Casa Balandra
Mallorca Art

Art and community breathe new life into Mallorca’s Casa Balandra

“We treat Casa Balandra like it’s our playground for different concepts, just trying them and seeing where they go.” “We...
How community saved Prophet Walker’s life and inspired his leading edge co-housing project
Los Angeles Assemblage Views

How community saved Prophet Walker’s life and inspired his leading edge co-housing project

Many of us might consider ourselves global citizens; it’s an attractive idea, the sense of feeling connected to, and responsible...
Design Translations: Reform & FF Event and Panel Discussion
Berlin Community

Design Translations: Reform & FF Event and Panel Discussion

Creating inclusive spaces with music booker and promoter Melissa Perales
Berlin Music

Creating inclusive spaces with music booker and promoter Melissa Perales

When Melissa Perales had her first son in 2001, she decided early on that working in film was not compatible...
Marc Koehler wants to build cities of the future, one flexible, sustainable community at a time
Amsterdam Architecture

Marc Koehler wants to build cities of the future, one flexible, sustainable community at a time

As an award-winning architect with his own architecture firm, Koehler’s childhood imagined cities have now developed into something far beyond...
For Dutch chef Marente van der Valk, the most important ingredient is time
Maastricht Food

For Dutch chef Marente van der Valk, the most important ingredient is time

The Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht is a place for experimentation. Established as a post-academic institute where driven people...
Wherever new housing needs to be built, we can learn from Harry Glück’s utopian Alterlaa
Vienna Architecture

Wherever new housing needs to be built, we can learn from Harry Glück’s utopian Alterlaa

Man is a “Mängelwesen”. That is, an deficient, incomplete being who needs value systems, rules and frameworks that help to...
In New York’s West Village, Caroline and Michael Ventura design for living in their home, retail and workspace
New York City Design

In New York’s West Village, Caroline and Michael Ventura design for living in their home, retail and workspace

Phone calls flood in to their West Village concept store, Calliope (pronounced “kah-lie-oh-pee”), not just from savvy shoppers looking to...
Hostem’s founder James Brown on creating more than a concept store in East London
London Fashion

Hostem’s founder James Brown on creating more than a concept store in East London

A shorthand for cool, with no consideration for what those words—‘concept’, even ‘store’—really mean. Over the course of a conversation...
A seat at the Norwegian table: Celebrating the distinctive designs and local cuisine of the Nordic country
Berlin Design

A seat at the Norwegian table: Celebrating the distinctive designs and local cuisine of the Nordic country

For a building that houses Berlin’s Norwegian embassy, the famous Oslo-based architecture firm Snøhetta transplanted a 15-meter-tall, 120-ton granite block...
Making art out of leftovers with Filipino performance artist Pepe Dayaw
Berlin Art

Making art out of leftovers with Filipino performance artist Pepe Dayaw

The project began in 2012 in Madrid, after finishing his Master of International Performance Research in Amsterdam and London. According...
Color theory: How a Parisian architect and a Texan sculptor created an artist community in Antwerp
Antwerp

Color theory: How a Parisian architect and a Texan sculptor created an artist community in Antwerp

They fell in love with the small yet culturally vibrant Belgian city after just three days, and within three months,...
The Bogota Community Leader Fighting to Keep his Community on The Map
Bogotá

The Bogota Community Leader Fighting to Keep his Community on The Map

The ongoing debate about this particular city sector is whether it should be formally recognized or whether it is a...