vitra magazine - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Düsseldorf Architecture

How architect Christoph Ingenhoven improved the standards for sustainable building

In the large room with high ceilings, workers sit spread along the long desk. A large window front offers a...

Amsterdam

Menno van Meurs, a love of denim, and the pull of personalized retail

From jeans to vintage Eames chairs, slow drip coffee to suede Red Wing boots, Menno embraces “the good things in...

Berlin

A Restless Transplant: James Higginson

Born in Pennsylvania, James Higginson followed his parents’ advice who “like all good parents, wanted me to have a comfortable...

New York City

Tina Roth Eisenberg

Between 12 and 1, people leave their computers and trickle in from the neighboring room, filling the large wooden table...

Barcelona

Salva López & Yosigo

Thirty-something photographers Salva López and José Javier Serrano, who goes by the name Yosigo, share an academic background in graphic design which...

London

Martin Usborne & Ann Waldvogel

In the bright East London publishing house, boxes filled with books are lined along the walls. Today, Martin and Ann...

Madrid

Marrying Tradition and Innovation: Alvaro Catalán de Ocón

There are no trendy restaurants or shops. No art galleries to be found. In this working class corner of the...

Amsterdam

Beatrice Clarke and Alessandro Raschellà

A profusion of visual stimuli that could spark even the most indifferent visitor’s curiosity: A miniature woman leisurely sitting on...

Berlin

Erik Spiekermann

The list goes on and spans decades of collaborations and clients. As the founder of FontShop, the first mail-order distributor...

Barcelona

Lucía Vergara

Her success with her jewelry line, Après Ski shows, she’s one of those undeniable examples of how sometimes having an...

New York City

Sam and Stefanie Wessner

She’s an urban design consultant and Projects Officer at ARCHIVE global, an architecture and public health organization; he’s co-creator of Manhattan’s...

Berlin

Stephan Tillmans

Stephan wasn’t always so goal-oriented. It was only after two abandoned fields of study that he was able to find...

Lisbon

Carolina Pimenta

She recently moved back here after spending a couple of years in New York and globetrotting from Bhutan to Brazil....

Vancouver

Ryan Willms

Picking through our dense conglomeration of cultural elements and arranging them in a way that is both meaningful and aesthetically...

Berlin

Cynthia Barcomi

As she explains in our interview, having a good idea just isn’t enough. With a successful café, a deli and...

Berlin

Katie Paterson

Born in Scotland, she only settled in Berlin a few years ago. Her work, however, can be seen internationally –...

Auckland Workplaces

Jamie McLellan

After many years as an expat in London, Milan and Hong Kong, Jamie returned to his homeland with a wealth...

São Paulo

Maurício Arruda

Sometimes it doesn’t take more than a few words for someone’s passion for their work to come through, loud and...

Mililani

Mark Kushimi

If the modern world was a Venn diagram it could be separated into technological innovators and analog traditionalists. In that...

Barcelona

Andrew Trotter & Mari Luz Vidal

As the locals siesta, the tourists crowd through Placa de Catalunya. Not far from there is Calle Fontanella, where we...