Interviews - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Interviews - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Interviews

Photographer Roger Ballen focuses his lens on humanity’s shadow side, visually revealing his own subconscious
Johannesburg Art

Photographer Roger Ballen focuses his lens on humanity’s shadow side, visually revealing his own subconscious

No other twenty first century photographer is as consistently committed to visualizing the shadowy realms of the mind as Roger...
Richard van der Laken fights social injustice one design challenge at a time
Amsterdam Design

Richard van der Laken fights social injustice one design challenge at a time

In conversation with Richard van der Laken, the co-founder of the global design foundation and conference series, What Design Can...
Iris Roth: Embracing original crafts
Milan Art

Iris Roth: Embracing original crafts

“It’s about the little imperfections—those that mass-produced pieces usually lack—and that little crack that makes the piece alive in a...
Keegan Fong: Quit Marketing for a noodle shop
Los Angeles Food

Keegan Fong: Quit Marketing for a noodle shop

In a Nutshell: Keegan Fong on the five flavors at the heart of his Chinese restaurant “The menu is entirely...
Five page turners with [reads] founders Rachael Yaeger and Emma Stevenson
New York City

Five page turners with [reads] founders Rachael Yaeger and Emma Stevenson

In a Nutshell: Five page turners with [reads] founders Rachael Yaeger and Emma Stevenson Immersing into the stories of characters...
Evrim and Jessica Oralkan on bringing the art world into the 21st Century
New York City Art

Evrim and Jessica Oralkan on bringing the art world into the 21st Century

For the past four years, Evrim and Jessica Oralkan have been quietly working on a digital platform that, if successful,...
Blurring fashion’s borders with designer Nhu Duong
Berlin Fashion

Blurring fashion’s borders with designer Nhu Duong

The clothing industry has come under the microscope, as consumers and media alike question not just how beautiful or original...
Azeema Magazine steps up for women of color, translating personal heritages into stories with daring, powerful voices
London Community

Azeema Magazine steps up for women of color, translating personal heritages into stories with daring, powerful voices

In Saudi Arabia, women are now free to drive, but still take a back seat (in every respect) to men....
Victoria Okoye: Cities designed for residents
Sheffield Architecture

Victoria Okoye: Cities designed for residents

Over a cup of green tea at The Depot Bakery in Sheffield, the South Yorkshire city where she has been...
After a book tour, the desert calls. In conversation with iO Tillett Wright
Mojave Desert Art

After a book tour, the desert calls. In conversation with iO Tillett Wright

Io is the fourth largest moon in the solar system. As the innermost Galilean moon that orbits Jupiter, it’s also...
A testament to preserving industrial heritage in the Dutch countryside with the De Grijze Silo
Deventer Architecture

A testament to preserving industrial heritage in the Dutch countryside with the De Grijze Silo

Finding a new purpose for these concrete giants isn’t easy, but tearing them down would mean stripping an entire area...
Tobias Rehberger explores the boundaries of subjectivity and what constitutes good art
Frankfurt Art

Tobias Rehberger explores the boundaries of subjectivity and what constitutes good art

Rehberger’s Portrait Vases of the 1990s are a case in point: artists sent their favorite flowers to Rehberger, who placed...
Scratching the surface of style with Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum
New York City Fashion

Scratching the surface of style with Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum

This is how Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum explain the foundation of the interview series, The What’s Underneath Project. The...
Behind the scenes at Berlin’s Kin Dee restaurant, authentic Thai flavors cause a stir
Berlin Food

Behind the scenes at Berlin’s Kin Dee restaurant, authentic Thai flavors cause a stir

Kin Dee is a five-way collaboration between Dalad Kambhu, the food-fixated fine artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, and restauranteurs Stephan Landwehr, Boris...
Documenting Creativity: Filmmaker Gary Hustwit on self-fulfilling concepts, and his upcoming film on Dieter Rams
New York City Design

Documenting Creativity: Filmmaker Gary Hustwit on self-fulfilling concepts, and his upcoming film on Dieter Rams

Gentrification is arriving at a more leisurely pace than in its immediate neighbor to the south, Williamsburg; Greenpoint’s creative class...
2016—A Year in Review

2016—A Year in Review

We know—it can be a lot to digest. At FvF we’ve been through quite a bit within the past year...
The city as the ultimate terrain: Jörg Haas takes on the challenges in fashion for urban spaces
Berlin Fashion

The city as the ultimate terrain: Jörg Haas takes on the challenges in fashion for urban spaces

Young, trend-oriented city-dwellers, irked by fellow citizens influencing urban crosswalk scenes with their quirky hiking outfits, have long held the...
Marc & Paola Sadler's house of love
Milan Design

Marc & Paola Sadler's house of love

When asked when they met, Marc answers immediately “yesterday,” before jovially correcting himself, “no, twenty years ago.” An award-winning designer,...
The Light Fantastic: Ini Archibong places his tech-focused designs into a mythical realm
Basel Design

The Light Fantastic: Ini Archibong places his tech-focused designs into a mythical realm

Ini’s charisma and insight compliments his natural design talent. Influenced by fantastical worlds and mystical scenarios, his collections often aim...
Norm Architects' Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen on stripping back design to its bare essentials
Copenhagen Architecture

Norm Architects' Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen on stripping back design to its bare essentials

His design philosophy is one now synonymous with the region, based on taking existing architectural norms and stripping these down...
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