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 are heading in search of house number 16. It’s the home of Andrew Trotter, an interior designer and art director from the Yorkshire Dales, along with Spanish photographer Mari Luz Vidal and Japanese chef Nobu … Read More

Nicholas Daley’s nonconformist approach to menswear takes shape through a beat all of its own

Music permeates the space of Nicholas Daley’s studio based in the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in North London: From Shabaka Hutchings’ eloquent, saxophone-heavy tunes and his jazz group Sons of Kemet, a line-up that comprises some of the most progressive 21st-century talents in British jazz, to Culture’s Two Sevens Clash, an instrumental album to Jamaica’s … Read More

Living where the mountains meet the sea: Gwen & Gawie Fagan

Depending on where you stand, the Fagan’s self-built home ‘Die Es’ has a mountain or seaside backdrop. ‘Die Es’ – meaning ‘the hearth’ – is situated on the Atlantic Seaboard in Camps Bay, but it feels more like it’s on a little farm with its own private nature reserve. The house itself and most things … Read More

Raving in ruins: Brox+1 visually captures Berlin, a playground of possibility, from 1991-2000

Brox+1 is a photographer and producer from Berlin. His new photobook Berlin Possibility charts the the spaces and faces of Berlin amidst the beautiful chaos of this city- following the fall of the wall in 1989, accompanied with written anecdotes from Tobias Rapp and Anton Waldt. … Read More

Cynthia Lawrence-John

Cynthia Lawrence-John is a very busy woman. So we were pleased when the freelance stylist and fashion director of Volt Magazine – a bi-annual independent fashion magazine – found time in her hectic schedule to meet us at her clothes-crammed studio in London-Islington to talk fashion. Cynthia studied film and photography, becoming a stylist accidentally; … Read More

634 Minutes inside Nisyros’ active Volcano

The concept: an ambitious event inside Nisyros’ active volcanic crater involving 15 musicians improvising together under the August full moon for over ten hours. Titled 634 Minutes Inside a Volcano (a name which is equally ambiguous as it is self-explanatory), it was organized by Onassis Cultural Centre and the multi-disciplinary project space six d.o.g.s in … Read More

FvF Cooks: Handmade Ravioli with a Swiss twist

“It’s funny, we actually get on way too well,” says Holly with a grin as she zealously mixes eggs and flour together. Her husband, Giorgio, stands next to her intensely focused on chopping red onions. It’s Holly’s birthday today, and to celebrate, there will be a dinner. On the menu: ravioli on a creamy potato … Read More

Link List #98: Furniture for the one percent, some good news from Angola, and can a developed city really function car-free?

Hopefully you enjoyed the reads from this week’s Link List, but if you’ve still got an internet itch to scratch, you can find more here. Also, be sure to check out FvF Mixtapes for some tracks selected by our friends and favorite artists, and subscribe to our newsletter to stay up-to-date with FvF stories. Text: … Read More

Meet the International FvF Contributors

We are excited to finally present to you our talented, chivalrous, creative, kind, humorous, and most of all faithful contributors, some of them who have been with us from even before the very start of FvF and others who decided to join the crew along the road and go on this never tiring and global … Read More

FvF Mixtape #5

Today we want to share our FvF mixtape #5 with you which is a re-release from our archive.To provide you with the perfect playlist for a diversified musical enjoyment we selected some of our all-time favorites and über-classics since the beginning of 2011. The Mixtape includes artists such as Nicolas Jaar and Gil Scott-Heron with … Read More