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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...

Berlin Art

Artist Paolo Cirio exposes the social manipulation tactics invented by Big Tech

When in early 2018 news broke that British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had harvested the personal data of 87...

Naples Design

Celebrating a new generation of makers, a female-led Italian design fair thinks outside the artist’s booths

In the historical center of Naples in the south of Italy, Domitilla Dardi and Emilia Petruccelli are creating Edit Napoli,...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #130: Villa Lena Recordings

It’s been two years since we visited the Tuscan hillside retreat that is Villa Lena. Our inaugural visit introduced us...

Rome

A Roman curator reinvents communal and design-conscious dining experiences

Born out of the love for her city and a curiosity for unusual hidden places, Our Secret Table is the...

Milan Art

Toiletpaper's Pierpaolo Ferrari

“It’s the surprise, you know? Part of the joy of working with us is the unexpected. You don’t know what...

Ponza Travel

Photographer Max D’Orsogna takes us to an island in the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea

The mythology of Ponza was born in the shallows of Grotto della Maga, the postulate home of Circe, the evil...

Tuscany Art

The Artists are Present: Discovering three of Villa Lena’s international creative residents

Neither coastal nor within walking distance of a town or city, the house befits a description of calm retreat. No...

Tuscany Art

The Artists are Present: Villa Lena is the Tuscan retreat we’ve all been dreaming about

Opened in 2013 year by Lena Evstafieva, her partner Jerome Hadey, and Lionel Bensemoun, the villa is in fact several...

Tuscany Travel

The Italian Journey Pt. 1: Traversing four countries in six days on the road from Berlin to Tuscany

“We are all pilgrims who seek Italy,” wrote Goethe. His adventures may have happened over 200 years ago (1796, to...

Tuscany Travel

The Italian Journey Pt. 2: Road-tripping along the artist’s trail from Tuscany to Berlin

Now in the heart of Tuscany, our Mercedes-Benz Marco Polo camper van could be utilized to its full capacity. With...

Temporary Residence: Christo’s Latest Installation Lets Us Walk on Water

For the past 16 days, the usually quiet Lago d’Iseo has welcomed over a million visitors from across the world...

Florence Fashion

Getting Ahead: Super Duper Hats

So it is only fitting that today the Tuscan capital is home to Super Duper hats, a promising young fashion brand...

Milan Design

An Eye For Detail: TYG Spectacles

It’s no wonder then that wearing sunglasses has become second nature to them. “It’s an unwritten rule we Italians have,”...

Rome Workplaces

Making Scents Of The World: Paola Bottai

For the petite 35-year-old perfume is more than a flight of fancy, it’s an obsession. Paola’s sunny studio finds its...

Florence

Emiliano Laszlo & Carlotta Forasassi

Just outside of the Florence city walls, Emiliano and Carlotta have recently moved to a spacious apartment in an area...

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...

Crespina

Piergiorgio Castellani

One of his most memorable experiences took place in New York in the late 1980s, when he was still a...

Florence

Dorothée Heymann

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

Milan Art

Antonio Colombo

Upon entering Antonio Colombo’s apartment there’s no other option than to be overwhelmed by a sense of incredibly good taste....