Feride Uslu & Jan Mihm

Ein Make-Up- und Kosmetikhersteller gestaltet einen Turnschuh für Nike. Geht nicht? Geht doch. Vorausgesetzt, man heißt uslu airlines. Genauer gesagt, Feride Uslu und Jan Mihm, die Gründer der Marke uslu airlines. Der Besuch in ihrem Studio und dem Arbeitsplatz am Rosenthaler Platz war mehr als beeindruckend. Neben kleinen Einblicken in die Kunst der Make-Up Artistin … Read More

Elizabeth Beer & Brian Janusiak

To the outsider, it seems the very opposite of surprising that the pair’s joint efforts — which include the opening of Project No. 8, a shop with locations on the Lower East Side and at Manhattan’s Ace Hotel; the production of a line of acrylic key tags and hand-knit birds; the publication of several books; … Read More

Link List #156: Frank Lloyd Wright, pandemics past, and why you’re more than your output

Link List #156: Frank Lloyd Wright, pandemics past, and why you’re more than your output 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 … Read More

Stepping into Photography’s Past Through a Virtual Reality Project from Artist Mat Collinshaw

Recently funded through a Kickstarter campaign, British artist Mat Collinshaw is creating an exhibition titled Threshold VR that will transport visitors back to the world’s first photography exhibition held in 1839. One look at the exhibition plans will prove underwhelming if not baffling—a neutral gray room lined with gray tables that don’t at all match … Read More

Steven Harrington

The sun was already becoming intense when we met up with Steve Harrington at his studio near Atwater Village in Los Angeles. The exterior of his studio is painted in a matte black charcoal, a simple modern structure on a semi-residential, unremarkable street. Harrington wears many hats as an art director, a designer, and an artist. It’s … Read More

An original collection of Dutch Writing from London Literary Journal Five Dials

The answer, surprisingly for the so-called happiest country in Europe, is widening inequality, right wing politics, uncertain national identity, dislocation and alienation—and the fact that outside of Holland few have read a word of Dutch literature. 5D41 addresses this imbalance with a thoughtfully curated introduction to Dutch writing—some new work, some translated classics, poetry, essays … Read More

A Moveable Feast: Creating an opulent Georgian Supra in the heart of Berlin

Perhaps one of the most fascinating and complex countries in the world, Georgia, along with Armenia and Azerbaijan, form the south Caucasus that separates Europe from Asia—and, as a result, were popular ancient Eurasian trade routes. The Caucasus’ lower slopes are home to the region’s agriculture, prompted by fertile, mineral-rich soils and temperate climate—think green … Read More

Paige Russell

Paige Russell, a ceramics designer and self described “Maker of stuff”, has a wide variety of creative influences and interests. From the mythology of the Pacific Northwest, to dancing Maltese professors, living flower arrangements and industrial ceramics, she has drawn inspiration from a number of unlikely places to develop her clean, modern and cheeky design … Read More

In order to stay ahead in the sustainability movement, brands need to become eco-friendly from the first thread

QWSTION encourages a discerning and curious clientele to query the true quality of products and their own behavior as consumers. At the same time, the team working alongside founders Sebastian Kruit, Fabrice Aeberhard, Matthias Graf, Hannes Schoenegger and Christian Kaegi are driven to continuously analyze, reconsider and optimize existing approaches to design, function, materials and … Read More

Link List #68: The inexplicable lure of unwatched YouTube videos, an illustrated journey through icy tundra, and the trouble with this year’s Documenta

Thanks for reading! We hope our links inspire you and give you a small window into what the FvF office is enjoying this week. For a visual update, check out our Instagram, full of stunning images from the FvF community. Make sure to subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with all of our happenings. … Read More