Zeit Magazin Online - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Any Given Sunday: DJ Marcel Dettmann on life beyond the decks

It is almost entirely dark, dense with artificial fog and cigarette smoke. The beat is fast and overpowering, hypnotically luring...

Berlin

Hitting the right note with Shizuko Yoshikuni and Manuel Kuschnig's signature room scents

Stepping into their apartment is at once a multi-sensory and soothing experience: crisply white, with a wall of perfectly curated...

Berlin

Wings of Desire: How paper feathers gave flight to Berlin-based artist Lacy Barry

Self-taught Lacy’s works cross the borders of fine art and advertising, always maintaining the same scope: to create an environment...

Hamburg

The magazine enthusiast making a stand for independent publications

The 36-year-old freelance media and prepress designer celebrates the simple things — like the sensory treat of sipping a coffee...

Riga Home Stories

Agnese Kleina questions Latvian identity with her bilingual self-published magazine, Benji Knewman

I bound up the stairs and am greeted by a smiling dark-haired woman, who’s standing at the door. “Come in,”...

Los Angeles Design

Meet Bret Witke, the designer behind Hollywood's most infamous hideouts

Though a google image search won’t turn up a trace (it was the 80s, and he’s since disposed of any...

Mexico City

Building Beauty From Brutalism: Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernández

More than just a living space, the house serves as creative headquarters for both Pedro, a renowned sculptor, and Carla,...

Kurzeme

Lord of His Own Manor: Aigars Bikše

With his trademark bald head, beard, and glasses, Bikše has been a recognizable figure on the Latvian art scene for...

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...

Nieuwe Niedorp

A Family Affair: Bart & Romy de Vries

Their large rural home of pale brick feels sheltered and remote behind an umbrous grove of roses and apples trees....

Mexico City

A Floral Calling: Alberto Arango & Ramiro Guerrero

“At the time, we’d never even been to Mercado de Jamaica,” says Alberto, referring to Mexico City’s sprawling public market,...

Taipei

Frank Huang

The sentiment seems apt, given the fact that Frank has dedicated the better portion of his adult life to creative...

Berlin Fashion

Fa' Empel & Kirikoo Des

Climbing up to Fa’ Empel and Kirikoo Des’ apartment on the top floor of a beautiful turn-of-the-century building in Berlin...

Jodhpur Music

Nawab Khan

Today, though, Jodhpur has swelled (it’s now a highly-trafficked tourist attraction, as well as Rajasthan’s second-largest metropolis), but it remains...

Nagano

Mikio Hasui

Hasui makes the perfect cup of coffee, from Tanzanian beans roasted in his kitchen. A selection of mellow jazz tunes...

New Delhi

Usha Prajapati

For some of those born in Gaya, like a young woman named Usha Prajapati, the Bodhi tree is a metaphor...

Vancouver

Ryan Willms

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

Pierre Filliez

Born in Switzerland, he was always inspired by his father’s and grand-fathers’ wood-working techniques. He learned the art of leather...

Amsterdam

Pjotr de Jong

“Creating your own work is the ultimate satisfaction.” Moving almost effortlessly with the changing times, creative entrepreneur Pjotr de Jong...