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Simon Astridge: Homes for the everyday experience

“It feels like 95% of my job can be convincing people of that 5% idea.” Beautiful ideas are at the...

FvF Mixtape #108: 36minutes

The boys behind 36minutes invite other DJs and friends to create 36 minute-long mixtapes, they’re passionate about fostering the mixtape...

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,...

Nieuwe Niedorp

A Family Affair: Bart & Romy de Vries

Their large rural home of pale brick feels sheltered and remote behind an umbrous grove of roses and apples trees....

Berlin Art

Throwback: Juerg Judin's Urban Oasis in a '50s Gas Station

For decades, he was successful in the movie business. Today, he’s one of the most influential gallerists in Berlin. Here’s...

San Francisco

Leslie Williamson

Exposing private spaces with the utmost reverence, she seeks to discover the aspects of a soul that are held in...

Nagano

Mikio Hasui

Hasui makes the perfect cup of coffee, from Tanzanian beans roasted in his kitchen. A selection of mellow jazz tunes...

Portland

Shannon Baird

A rare third-generation Portlander still living in the same Irvington neighborhood as her grandparents, Shannon recently finished building an urban...

Sydney

Ken Done

Known primarily for his painting and design work, Ken is a household name in a nation that tends not to...

Berlin

Smart Living

What was once just a science fiction story aimed at children is today a very real theme of economic, scientific...

Auckland

Lucy Vincent

The beautiful aroma that greeted us at the door has been revealed. Hand-made socca crisps away in the oven and...

Travel

To Travel is to Live

“To travel is to live,” wrote Hans Christian Andersen. The writer, famous for fairy tales set in worlds of his...

London

James Fisher

After traveling for four years, James found himself settling in a houseboat within a community of like-minded people living out...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #78

Another year has passed and although a lot of things, big and small, are constantly changing in the FvF sphere, we like...

London

Stephen Mann

Haringey used to have a reputation for being pretty hairy. Over the years, a stream of coverage of gang shootings,...

Seoul

Gyuhyuk Jung & Yuri Yoo

Together, Gyuhyuk and Yuri decided to leave the bustle of Seoul for the peaceful city of Paju just an hour...

Florence

Dorothée Heymann

The air of sophistication Dorothée Heymann carries is not limited to her personal style. It seems that everything this German-Israeli...

Berlin

Dennis "Kaos" Kaun

Polished off-road vehicles, charity dinners, groomed golden retrievers, stiff businessman and their wives – these are the commonly made assumptions...