Link List #145: Sun simulation, South Sudan, and a fond farewell to John Baldessari

Link List #145: Sun simulation, South Sudan, and a fond farewell to John Baldessari 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 … Read More

A conceptual urban living installation in Milan offers a vision of future architecture solutions

On the other, gentrification is raising real estate prices beyond the reach of many with urban space increasingly occupied by luxury development projects not to mention national economies are still recovering from the recession. On the front lines of climate change, cities put immense pressure the environment as well. Architecture and design are inextricably involved … Read More

FvF Mixtape #38

Johannes Kleske is a longtime friend who used to be a regular in our little “No More Sleep Café“ in Mulackstraße. Together with his friend Igor, he runs the digital strategy consultancy Third Wave, whose name they didn‘t chose by accident. Igor and Johannes are true coffee nerds who claim that their favorite drink has … Read More

FvF Mixtape #93

Titled “Love is Blind” by its composers, it gives you time to gather your thoughts. As a bit of musical meditation, directing your mood and informing your emotions, it’s perfect to put on while focussing on work or at the gym. Playing it after hours, or while walking through the city, allows you to delve … Read More

Ana Cuba captures the rural landscapes of Tolar Grande, where “nature flaunts itself so overwhelmingly”

“I can’t take any credit for these photographs. It is really easy to take beautiful pictures when nature flaunts itself so overwhelmingly.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ana Cuba (@ana__cuba) Ana Cuba is a London-based photographer. Find out more about her work by following her on Instagram, or, if you’d like … Read More

Meet The FvF Contributors: Yves Bachmann

Yves’ photography has a clear vision: setting people in a playful light, not afraid of colorful highlights. An unlikely blend of Yves’ prior work: photographing the military world and shooting for women’s lifestyle magazines. We’re happy to have worked with Yves for a couple of year now, like on this story about designer Ini Archibong. … Read More

Companion Magazine 03

As part of our print collaboration with 25hours Hotels, we travel to all five cities where the hotels are based – from Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt to Vienna and Zurich. Through insightful conversations we explore the changing scene of urban environments and acquaint ourselves with intriguing ideas on transformation. This time around, we’ve reinvented the … Read More

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 life, close to the American ideal,” and went into sciences to train as a marine biologist. However, his creative urge, which had been slowly brewing until then, finally fomented a revolution against his career path, … Read More

All Summer in a Day Pt. 2: Exploring the Hidden Wonders of the California Wild

“When I’m on the road, I work hard,” he says. “You’re up before everyone else, you’re climbing faster than them, you’re getting in the water before them and you’re staying out later. But I can’t really complain. When I’m in another country, I’m still surfing. I’m still riding motorcycles.” And yet, ceaseless wanderlust aside, the … Read More

Meet the FvF Contributors: Natalie Weiss from Paris

To provide you with a better picture, who the people behind Freunde von Freunden are, we want to introduce you to our international team on a regular basis. Some of them have been with us even before the very start of FvF and others joined the crew along the road to go on this never … Read More