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Exploring the transformative power of Portuguese crafts with designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance

One could say that 2017 had been a transformative year for Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, but that wouldn’t do justice to someone...

Berlin Fashion

Placing crochet in a contemporary context with French fashion designer Odély Teboul

The Neukölln residence of Odély Teboul is a feast for the eyes. Every inch is covered with stuff: collections of...

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...

Prato Art

Discovering the thriving Tuscan arts scene in the industrial city of Prato

After our tour of the traditional Florentine crafts, we took an excursion north to the city of Prato. The first...

Florence Art

Visiting the artisans of Florence to discover how they create, and preserve, legacy

Walk down the right alleyway in Florence can yield a supremely romantic experience: a sartorial older man smoking a Tuscano...

Berlin Design

Planted firmly on the ground: Albrecht von Alvensleben creates tables for everyday life

At Bullenberg, free thinkers can find the table that suits their lifestyle and outlast a wide variety of different living...

Berlin

Hitting the right note with Shizuko Yoshikuni and Manuel Kuschnig's signature room scents

Stepping into their apartment is at once a multi-sensory and soothing experience: crisply white, with a wall of perfectly curated...

Vallée de Joux

Making Time: In the Vallée de Joux with Olivier Audemars

For a long time the valley was known for its harsh winters—a hostile environment for human life. Fleeing religious bigotry...

Bucharest Workplaces

A Silver Lining: Silversmith Radu Ion's intricate art

The sun is fading outside, and his half drunk tea has grown cold from neglect. His eyes watch closely as...

Meet The FvF Contributors: Matei Plesa

Born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania’s second most populous city, Matei is often drawn away from his beloved city on his various...

Baia Sprie

Breaking The Mould: Dan Leş

Dan Leş is a figurative ceramicist, living in the isolated Maramureş valley of Northern Romania. He’s been working with clay...

Berlin

Strings of Life: Frank Rittwagen

It is a craft of skill, dedication and patience – delicate work, a process of construction, dismantling and reconstruction, that...

Bagru Workplaces

Vijendra Chhipa

A house to the left, draped in fluttering skeins of butter yellow. A cow with purple ears ambles past, and...

Mark Tudose

Mark is better known as ‘The Spoonman’ who chooses to craft traditional wooden spoons manually rather than using his tireless...

FvF Crafts: New Video Series

On Freunde von Freunden, we’ve been featuring stories on craftsmen from different locations around the world and looking closer into...

Costa Mesa

Sean Woolsey

When someone signs their e-mails off with the sentence “Sent via synergy between my fingers and phone”, you’re bound to...

Vashon Island Workplaces

Teppei Teranishi

After growing up in Southern California and spending his formative years in the internationally-known rock band Thrice, the last place...

Vienna Workplaces

Klaus Mühlbauer

Vienna city centre, near Schwedenplatz. Close by a vacant ice cream parlour lies the entrance to the hat manufacturer, Mühlbauer....

Munich

Tobias Petri

To live in the centre of a city may sound excruciating with all its blaring sounds, the rushed tourists, and...