ZEIT Magazin. - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Open for Business: How a Tattoo Artist and a Children's Clothing Designer Set Up Shop in The Hague

Children’s clothing designer Karina Sandvliet and tattoo artist Kim Rense have seamlessly integrated their apparent differences. Kim’s tattoo business Papanatos...

Berlin

Building character: How a former Berlin salt factory and Stasi lookout became an architect’s playground

After designing various iterations of the same space in the building for clients, their home became a confident playground for...

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,”...

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...

Berlin

Alexander Khuon

It’s the actor in question, Alexand Khuon, who has won this praise from German reviewers. He is driven by modesty, sincerity...

Big Sur

Fletcher Tucker & Noël Vietor

Fletcher is a musician and the creator of Gnome Life Records; Noël is the Farm and Garden Education Coordinator at...

San Francisco

Leslie Williamson

Exposing private spaces with the utmost reverence, she seeks to discover the aspects of a soul that are held in...

Mexico City

Emmanuel Picault & Ludwig Godefroy

The two business partners were born in neighboring towns in Normandy, but they actually met in Mexico City. They began...

Cape Town Workplaces

Fritz & Chanelle Schoon

Their business, De Companje, is a bakery, a restaurant, a coffee roastery, a butcher, a produce store, a wine shop...

Bogotá

The Bogota Community Leader Fighting to Keep his Community on The Map

The ongoing debate about this particular city sector is whether it should be formally recognized or whether it is a...

Melbourne

Anthony & Phoebe Dann

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

Toronto

John Baker & Juli Daoust Baker

Stepping into the house of John Baker and Juli Daoust Baker is like entering a sanctuary of calm. Warm light,...

Brighton Workplaces

Justine Ashbee

The American artist has been making a name for herself with her intricate line drawings and weavings, capturing light and...

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...

New York City

Henry Hargreaves

His apartment, three stories up, contains a hallmark or two of Brooklyn living: a projector stands in for a television...

San Francisco

Jay Nelson

They bought the building with friends and Jay tore his apartment down to the studs and rebuilt it, mostly by...

Sydney

Curator and archivist Wendy Whiteley welcomes the public to her luxurious studio and home

Carefully assessing the surrounding architecture and facades would indicate its former life as a node of mixed industry and affordable...