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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...
Mind over matter: Allan Spiegel on building a family home from the ground up
“I’m not an architect,” says Allan Spiegel, a self taught interior consultant who works with some of the biggest retail...
Thrown Down: Artist Helen Levi reshapes the way we think about urban ceramicists
The craze hasn’t waned, and while more attention to local, small-scale handmade goods can only be a positive, the hype...
Good Penmanship: Why Berlin-based architect Etienne Descloux still draws everything by hand
“Architecture permeates all areas of life; we’re all surrounded by it. That’s why it’s so important,” says Etienne. It forms...
Two's Company: the creative partnership of twin sisters Caroline and Valérie Hebel
The two picked up the thread together in Berlin, settling in a studio inside a brick factory turned creative hub...
Chelsea Miller
There was an accident, she explains, involving an unfinished knife and some heavy machinery; one slip of the wrist 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...
Michael Moran & Celia Gibson
Michael Moran can show himself into a musty, abandoned barn and excavate a gnarly piece of oak, unseen for one...
Jörg Woltmann - KPM
“How often does a company get the chance to rescue a cultural asset in its home country?” This is certainly...
Dieter Burmester
Neon lights, measuring instruments, and highly concentrated individuals on one side, while on the other side there are sweat-soaked musicians...