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

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

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A tour of some of the German capital’s innovative sustainability initiatives
Berlin

A tour of some of the German capital’s innovative sustainability initiatives

As 2020, a year in which a global pandemic has given many of us the time to reconsider our relationship...
Housing, mobility, and public spaces: The Sooner Now uncovers ideas that will make our cities thrive

Housing, mobility, and public spaces: The Sooner Now uncovers ideas that will make our cities thrive

The 21st century will be remembered as an urban one: 55 percent of the global population now live in cities....
How do we want to live? Imagining the future of urban neighborhoods with The Sooner Now
Cologne Architecture

How do we want to live? Imagining the future of urban neighborhoods with The Sooner Now

How do we want to live? Imagining the future of urban neighborhoods with The Sooner Now In terms of ingenious...
Urban utopias born of human needs and speculative vision, The Sooner Now takes a closer look
Berlin Architecture

Urban utopias born of human needs and speculative vision, The Sooner Now takes a closer look

As a result, the act of “making is an empowering process,” explains Joe Halligan of the London-based art collective Assemble....
The fantastical futures of studio N O R M A L S and what we can learn from them
Berlin Art

The fantastical futures of studio N O R M A L S and what we can learn from them

Even now, six years into working under the moniker N O R M A L S, the two Frenchmen struggle...
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...
Joe Halligan: Changing future cities
London Architecture

Joe Halligan: Changing future cities

As soon as Joe Halligan opens the door to the studio, two of his colleagues head into the communal kitchen...
In the capital of Slovakia, crafting plastics! studio are set on proving bioplastic is ready for mass consumption
Bratislava Design

In the capital of Slovakia, crafting plastics! studio are set on proving bioplastic is ready for mass consumption

Together with her partner and fellow product designer Miroslav Král, they asked the scientist responsible, Pavel Alexy. Alexy and his...
Tackling gender inequality in the art and design world with a panel discussion that calls for change
Berlin Art

Tackling gender inequality in the art and design world with a panel discussion that calls for change

Tackling gender inequality in the art and design world with a panel discussion that calls for change As cracks appear...
Creating an illusion of space, Urban Cabins reshape the city dwelling for this year’s L.A. Design Festival
Los Angeles Architecture

Creating an illusion of space, Urban Cabins reshape the city dwelling for this year’s L.A. Design Festival

When thinking about residential life in Los Angeles, the mind often conjures images of canyon cabins, beach bungalows, and mid-century...
Incubating immigrant talent in Hamburg’s kitchens with Refugee Canteen founder Benjamin Jürgens
Hamburg Food

Incubating immigrant talent in Hamburg’s kitchens with Refugee Canteen founder Benjamin Jürgens

Benjamin Jürgens has just bounced away from a ten-minute conversation during which he mistakenly confused a recruitment consultant with our...
Gathering local communities for urban futures with The Sooner Now
Architecture

Gathering local communities for urban futures with The Sooner Now

Cities have never before been so densely populated. In turn, it lies in the hands of individuals to nurture and...
Eager to combat the spatial challenges of today, MINI LIVING and Studiomama teamed up for this year’s Salone del Mobile
Milan Design

Eager to combat the spatial challenges of today, MINI LIVING and Studiomama teamed up for this year’s Salone del Mobile

“By opening up the design process and challenging the conventional status quo ‘architect vs client’, we wanted to allow people...
Challenging densification in a shifting German metropolis where business must make way for the arts
Frankfurt Architecture

Challenging densification in a shifting German metropolis where business must make way for the arts

The risk of developing schizophrenia is three times higher in the city than it is in the country, Mazda Adli...
Addressing the growing issue of metropolitan space with the need to downsize our architectural preferences
Hamburg Architecture

Addressing the growing issue of metropolitan space with the need to downsize our architectural preferences

Metropolitan space is limited and there needs to be new solutions for using it differently, more economically and with more...
Utilizing augmented and virtual reality for positive social change with New Reality Co.
New York City Design

Utilizing augmented and virtual reality for positive social change with New Reality Co.

It’s not just about putting on a helmet with a video screen. In the installation, fans actually tousle your hair,...
‘Built for Designers - Open for All’ - A/D/O connects avant-garde design to local communities
New York City Architecture

‘Built for Designers - Open for All’ - A/D/O connects avant-garde design to local communities

Extending north toward Queens in a kind of peninsula, it’s a maritime area occupied by the remains of industrial infrastructure...
The importance of community and redesigning forms of virtual interaction in this digital age
Düsseldorf

The importance of community and redesigning forms of virtual interaction in this digital age

Thanks to smartphones and social networks, we can experience a feeling of close proximity to people scattered far across the...
In Stuttgart, The Sooner Now serves up some food for thought on conscious fashion
Stuttgart Fashion

In Stuttgart, The Sooner Now serves up some food for thought on conscious fashion

For the second dinner of the joint initiative, The Sooner Now, Freunde von Freunden and MINI Germany headed to Stuttgart...
How are cities looking towards the future? A discursive dinner with ideas on the menu
Munich

How are cities looking towards the future? A discursive dinner with ideas on the menu

For a city to provide something for everybody, it needs to be created and shaped by everybody. How does that...
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