Emeka Okereke on countering Western hegemony through trans-African exchange

“It’s so difficult to tell somebody ‘I know that the cup looks like this, but it can also look like this,’” says the Nigerian-born photographer, shaking his head. “Because then the person will say, ‘I can understand that a cup can look like that but at the end of the day this is a cup.’” … Read More

Setting a new stage in Berlin with actor turned entrepreneur Gizem Emre

It’s not unusual for actors to maintain side jobs to support their acting career. But for Gizem Emre—whose film and TV appearances began in 2013 and have remained consistent ever since—the decision to not only work in the hospitality sector but completely take over a business was a brave yet curious one. This portrait is … Read More

Chris Onton & Shawn Barber

Shawn, originally from Vancouver, is the co-founder of Companion Coffee, alongside Chris Onton of Perth. Their mission in Berlin – make good coffee, simply and thoughtfully. They started their journey as two key baristas at The Barn café, back when it first opened in 2010. Following just the right amount of after-work drinks, they began … Read More

Could choreography and club culture revive the Berlin fashion scene?

A group of dancers scatter themselves across a monochrome stage, each rehearsing individual gestures while standing on the spot. Some are flicking their wrists as if absent-mindedly tapping away on computer keyboards, while others jerk and isolate their bodies vigorously. Slowly, the movements fade away, and the 12 strong group comes together into a tight … Read More

Ann & Ben Edgerton

The couple, a stylist and restaurateur, are working both together and independently to create spaces that feel at once necessary and progressive, quietly marching the city’s cache forward on inspired work edited for the community. Influenced by their home state, travel, and most importantly, the place where the two come together, both Ann’s and Ben’s … Read More

Nell

If anyone has found their balance and center it is the effervescent Sydney based artist known simply as Nell. Living and working in the heart of the city with her celebrity chef partner, Kylie Kwong, life could not be more harmonious. Originally from the bush, this strawberry blond pixie lights up every room. Nell’s artistic … Read More

FvF Cooks: Mezcal Cocktails and Tacos

While the pans were sizzling with concoctions for tacos in the kitchen, mezcal drinks kept on pouring in the main room, going from light punch to smokier and full-bodied cocktails, to finally a tasting of pure unadulterated mezcal, for both hard drinkers and beginners. Guillermo Gonzalez, owner of Amsterdam’s fine cocktail bar Hiding in Plain … Read More

Christina Hjeltnes Grønning on the joys of cooking rural Norwegian dishes

For the inexperienced, the bizarre je ne sais quoi fragrance could have passed for the smell of, well, fart. What’s worse, the whole house reeked of it. While it’s safe to assume that this kind of situation would have been untenable for most, for Hjeltnes Grønning and her siblings it was a cause for excitement. … Read More

Maria Kassab

Maria Kassab apologizes as soon as we enter her office. She just moved in and she didn’t have the time to fix it properly, an old Lebanese apartment with tiled floors, high ceilings and beautiful window bays overlooking the Gemmayzeh street below. The first room is bare – she has plans to turn it into … Read More

A sculptural dialogue between seduction and technology with Parisian artist Camille Blatrix

In the Parisian studio of French sculptor Camille Blatrix black dollar signs are graffitied on the walls, hammers and cutting knives are lined up along workbenches, and strips of wood protrude from behind a ladder up to a mezzanine where a rusty effigy of a dog stands watch. “Sometimes I dream of being a painter. … Read More