independent publishing - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

FvF Mixtape #133: Nico Adomako

Do it yourself—whether it be in arts, music, or design—means creating and promoting what you love. Einhundert were the first...

Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #132: An Autumn Special

Along with his colleagues Katharina Grob and Genesis Fulmer he is responsible for hosting and organizing events at our Mitte...

Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #131: Missy Magazine

Germany’s market for print media traditionally has been strong. Magazine stores in train stations are flooded with colorful publications, fighting...

Music

Bilingual Perdiz Magazine showing how we perceive the world through noise

Bilingual Perdiz Magazine showing how we perceive the world through noise An exclusive excerpt from Perdiz issue #9 on the...

London Community

Discovering lost stories with London’s Persephone Books

In the early 1900s publishing houses rushed to open premises there, and the local pubs and lecture halls soon became...

London

Ditto’s founder, Ben Freeman, discusses the relevance of the object in today’s society

Coupled with his interest in fashion, subculture and “the darker side of things,” Freeman went on to co-found two forward...

Berlin Home Stories

Publisher Ricarda Messner on the potential for alternate universes in print

Quite the contrary, they’re actually becoming both more diverse and more sophisticated. For Ricarda Messner, whose magazine Flaneur is often...

London Film

For the Love of Magazines: Jeremy Leslie Reviews Film Magazine 'Shelf Heroes'

And indeed it can be tough, though the excitement and adrenaline associated with the act can help you through it....

Berlin

How Brownbook gives voice to the modern Middle East

From their Dubai headquarters, they tackle design and travel alongside culture not covered in traditional or Western media. Publishing Brownbook is...

Hamburg

The magazine enthusiast making a stand for independent publications

The 36-year-old freelance media and prepress designer celebrates the simple things — like the sensory treat of sipping a coffee...

Riga Home Stories

Agnese Kleina questions Latvian identity with her bilingual self-published magazine, Benji Knewman

I bound up the stairs and am greeted by a smiling dark-haired woman, who’s standing at the door. “Come in,”...

Hamburg

Stefan Marx

Stefan Marx is a terribly nice person who basically is supposed to be hugged at all times. But since this...

Lisbon

Marco Balesteros

Marco Balesteros is considered to be one of the most talented and original Portuguese designers of his generation. We visited...

Mexico City

Gabriela Jauregui

Gabriela is a real whizz-kid. Born and raised in Mexico City, she is involved in several projects that are all...