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

Pioneering approaches to eco-friendly design with INCHfurniture and Impact Acoustic

From their early days in a furniture workshop in Borneo to their multidisciplinary riverside studio in Basel, industrial designers Thomas...

Lucerne Impact Acoustic

Soundproofing with a purpose: Impact Acoustic's founders share their story and commitment to sustainability

Jeffrey Ibañez and Sven Erni discuss their love of nature, the underrated power of acoustics, and what it takes to...

Lucerne Verona

From waste to wonder: meet the mastermind crafting sound absorbing architecture from plastic bottles

From a prototype-packed design lab in Lucerne, Coco Lombarte leads a team that’s closing the loop on spatial auditory design,...

Design This Changed My Life

Nicole McLaughlin on the eBay find that turned her into Arc’teryx first designer ambassador

Her introduction to upclycling was through fabric scraps and learning to sew. While practicing, Nicole realized the potential of already-existing...

Berlin Art

Johanna Dumet & Manuel Wroblewski’s studio

In the northwest of Berlin, away from the usual swarm of crowds and footfall, in a quieter pocket of the...

Santa Barbara

The global pandemic has propelled the fishing industry towards a more sustainable future

Commissioned by Vimeo as part of their series Stories in Place—which explores how the coronavirus has affected local businesses across...

Berlin Fashion

Placing crochet in a contemporary context with French fashion designer Odély Teboul

The Neukölln residence of Odély Teboul is a feast for the eyes. Every inch is covered with stuff: collections of...

Byron Bay

Sustainable wellness in Byron Bay with Saasha Burns and Sam Leetham

The coastal town of Byron Bay has always held a special significance for Sam Leetham and Saasha Burns. It’s where...

Link List

Link List #132: Kissing strangers, the history of drag, and the Artsy Vanguard 2019

Link List #132: Kissing strangers, the history of drag, and the Artsy Vanguard 2019 Hopefully you enjoyed the reads from...

Paris Food

Swedish chef Linda Granebring creates fusion cuisine with sustainability in mind

Connected to the mainland by a single bridge, the population of Hasslö has traditionally depended on the Baltic Sea for...

Maastricht Food

For Dutch chef Marente van der Valk, the most important ingredient is time

The Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht is a place for experimentation. Established as a post-academic institute where driven people...

Hong Kong Architecture

How Architect Kevin Chu and his Wife Giulia Dibonaventura promote sustainable lifestyles in Hong Kong

The couple live 25 minutes by ferry from Downtown Hong Kong, on the car-free section of Lantau Island, Discovery Bay,...

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...

Companion Magazine #10: A celebration of sustainability

This edition of Companion is our tenth, our first major anniversary. The milestone is certainly something to celebrate (and you...

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...

Stockholm

In Good Company: Claesson, Koivisto and Rune on architecture, design and productive partnership

Despite their strikingly different personalities, the three soon became close friends. Two years later, while still in college, they launched...

Berlin Community

The not so secret life of Berlin’s honeybees

Bees have long been entwined with literature. From Tennyson and Tolstoy, who narrates the discordant disorder of a queenless hive...

Vienna

Cultivating a city: How inventive urban production is gaining ground in Vienna

Our tour of urban production in the city begins here in Brigittenau, the 20th district. Manuel Bornbaum and Florian Hofer...

Melbourne

Anthony & Phoebe Dann

The cabin is built around an old derelict structure which formed the starting point of the project. But only the...

Zürich

Anna Pearson

Since the summer of 2014, the Swiss cookbook author has lived together with her sister, Catherine, in Gutshaus Wellenberg, a...