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

Inside Кisloty nightclub where St. Petersburg’s “wild” techno community raved without restraint

After the fall of the Soviet Union, electronic music and club culture became increasingly popular in Russia, particularly in St....

Berlin Music

Molecular Music: Combining techno and physics with Dasha Rush

“Do you smoke?” asks the Berlin-based techno artist Dasha Rush as she lights up a cigarette. Sat on the window...

Moscow

In a challenging Russian healthcare system doula Daria Utkina is an advocate for positive change

But can we enhance this experience even further? Many contemporary obstetricians and psychologists argue that home-like environments in hospitals and...

Moscow Design

Encountering the other mind: How AI will shift our design process, and in turn, our cities

As a professor at Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow and a California native, Benjamin is used...

Sochi Travel

Surfers of Sochi: Battling Adversity on Russia’s Black Sea Coast

For Mikhail, there’s no place quite like the cold waters of Sochi, the former Olympic city on Russia’s Black Sea...

Berlin Food

A Moveable Feast: Creating an opulent Georgian Supra in the heart of Berlin

Perhaps one of the most fascinating and complex countries in the world, Georgia, along with Armenia and Azerbaijan, form the...

Moscow Workplaces

At Home Amid History: Anton Totibadze & Sasha Pasternak

Divided into “cells,” the plain, rectangular building was initially intended as a home for people working at The People’s Commissariat...

Moscow Workplaces

Artem Letunov & Alexey Inshakov

In creative industries it is very common for someone to switch between different fields of specialization in order to further...

Berlin

Andreas Golder

At some point, Andreas Golder feels art chose him – although he hates the implicit cliché. With his parents as...