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

The creative home of Wai Tsui balances nature and the city on the outskirts of Oslo

The world outdoors is important for Wai Tsui, the founder of Hiking Patrol. So two years ago, when he, his...

Why fashion needs a research library according to creative director Morteza Vaseghi

Creative director Morteza Vaseghi grew up turning the pages of his mother’s Vogue magazines. Thanks to his parents, who openly...

Oslo Architecture

Reiulf Ramstad reflects on his architectural practice and why it needs to be shaped by the Norwegian landscape

Reiulf Ramstad, head of the Oslo-based architectural firm Reiulf Ramstad Architects (RRA), adheres to a definitive ideology. Founded in 1995,...

Link List

Link List #68: The inexplicable lure of unwatched YouTube videos, an illustrated journey through icy tundra, and the trouble with this year’s Documenta

Thanks for reading! We hope our links inspire you and give you a small window into what the FvF office...

Berlin

New Age: Recens Paper founder Elise By Olsen on defying generational genres

But for the Oslo-based teenager, it’s irrelevant. “It’s too bad because I think Recens would still be good if I...

Berlin Design

A seat at the Norwegian table: Celebrating the distinctive designs and local cuisine of the Nordic country

For a building that houses Berlin’s Norwegian embassy, the famous Oslo-based architecture firm Snøhetta transplanted a 15-meter-tall, 120-ton granite block...

Bergen Food

Christopher Haatuft, the Punk-Chef Godfather of Neo-Fjordic Cuisine

His minimalist fine-dining restaurant, Lysverket, together with a bar and nightclub, is set in the KODE 4 art gallery in...

London

Ole-Martin Hansen

Meet, Ole Hansen, another exhaustingly tall, blonde, and handsome Norwegian, who is the gentleman behind the smokery business Hansen &...