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Lance McGregor on finding inspiration in his Garden state surroundings

This chance encounter led Lance to pursue a degree at Victoria University’s School of Design in his hometown of Wellington,...

New York City

3D printing design brand OTHR signals the coming of the third industrial revolution

But it’s our inability to keep up with the dizzying pace of technological development that’s holding us back. Drastic changes...

New York City

Material Shapeshifters: How Fort Standard put a spin on contemporary design essentials

To access their design studio—a spacious shared workshop that overlooks the water—they alternate between bike, motorcycle or company truck. On...

New York City

Open Letter: Blake Enting and Marc Thorpe on additive manufacturing and the rise of the singular product

On closer inspection, however, are a varied assortment of everyday objects—a boombox, a bowtie, a telephone—arranged on the wall behind...

New York City

This, That and OTHR: Joe Doucet reimagines the future of design

This appreciation and encourageable embrace of technology isn’t surprising. Joe—whose award-winning, multidisciplinary practice boasts clients including Coca-Cola, BMW and Swarovski—has...

Travel

Through The Lens: Our Year In Travel Photographs

The travel photography that we feature on FvF is for us some of the most powerful imagery, and each photo...

São Paulo Design

Illustrator and designer Ana Strumpf's imaginative fusion of styles and patterns

After spending the last four years in New York with her husband, Dennison Ramalho, she came back to her hometown...

São Paulo

Maurício Arruda

Sometimes it doesn’t take more than a few words for someone’s passion for their work to come through, loud and...

São Paulo

Bruno Simões

Bruno Simões is someone who doesn’t have hobbies because the things he enjoys always seem to turn into professional ventures....

New York City Workplaces

Drew Seskunas

Comprising an architect, an industrial designer, and a master fabricator, The Principals banded together to create products and environments that...

São Paulo

Carolina Rocco

The ephemeral beauty of classical ballet and the art of architecture don’t have much in common at first glance. Witnessing...

Community

Meet the FvF Contributors: Fran Parente from Sao Paulo

To provide you with a better picture of who the people are behind Freunde von Freunden, we want to introduce...

São Paulo

Marko Brajovic

He crossed the Ocean to do what he loves most; Art. Croatian born Architect Marko Brajovic knew as soon as...

São Paulo

Bruno Novelli

Artist Bruno 9Li who has a deep belief in creativity and connection with nature, chooses to have his apartment in...

São Paulo

Felipe Morozini

Whilst Felipe Morozini graduated in Law and developed some work in this area for a while he soon decided to...

São Paulo Design

Guto Requena

Guto Requena is one of Brazil’s most innovative up-and-coming architects. His work is based on the ever-changing world of communication...