International techno DJ Camea continues to challenge the boys’ club mentality of the music industry

We sit in Camea’s home in Wedding, away from the clubs lining the debaucherous streets of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg where Camea can usually be found DJing. Listening to Camea’s releases, their utility on the dancefloor is immediately apparent—hypnotically lulling audiences into a groove that could last a lifetime until a new melody suddenly spits you back into … Read More

Meet the FvF Contributors: Dan Zoubek from Berlin

Dan Zoubek is a Berlin based fashion photographer and avid cyclist who has been gracing FvF with his eclectic shooting talent and skills for over three years. He first connected with the magazine after producing an impressive editorial photo series for a local design store. His original portraits for the publication have included artist Antonio … Read More

Mat Collishaw

The bed, the shark, the bullet: Besides his classmates from Goldsmiths College, Sarah Lucas, Tracy Emin and Damien Hirst, 46-year-old Mat Collishaw made the YBA movement the pivotal junction of the art world in the 90s. At the legendary first Freeze exhibition he showed “Bullet Hole,” his best-known work until today—a large photograph, showing a … Read More

FvF Cooks: Sicilian chef Fabio Adesso on the traces of travel in his crowd-pleasing desserts

It is both tongue-in-cheek and a wry statement of fact as Lekkamokka is the only one of its kind along the short stretch. Just a stone’s throw from the FvF headquarters, the shop’s array of baked goods are a daily temptation. Proprietor, Fabio Adesso shut his doors early in order to host afternoon tea at … Read More

The FvF Year 2012 in Numbers and Pictures

As we arrive at the end of the year we would like to take this opportunity to present Freunde von Freunden’s 2012 highlights in addition to our readers’ favourite content. In general 2012 has been a year of expansion for FvF. In the past 12 months we focused on deepening and developing our international network. … Read More

2011 in numbers and pictures

What an amazing and great year we leave behind us – the team grew with the challenges and amount of traffic. We received another Lead Award and became international. Along the way we published almost 1000 pictures, more than 30 Interviews, 10 Videos, set up teams in New York City, London, Paris, Sao Paulo and … Read More

We’re living in an era requiring new solutions and visionary thinking, according to designer Harald Gründl of EOOS

“We recently got a call from a manufacturer who wanted to produce a ten-year-old design mock-up of ours,” says Harald Gründl with a smile. In his view, the work of his Viennese design studio EOOS isn’t particularly futuristic – though it’s evidently timeless enough to retain relevance one decade on. “I think that’s pretty typical … Read More

Molecular Music: Combining techno and physics with Dasha Rush

“Do you smoke?” asks the Berlin-based techno artist Dasha Rush as she lights up a cigarette. Sat on the window sill of her dimly lit studio, with trains rushing by outside, she admits that she started smoking at a young age whilst growing up in Moscow. Now, she’s starting to think about quitting. Born and … Read More

Mark Kushimi

If the modern world was a Venn diagram it could be separated into technological innovators and analog traditionalists. In that singular area where technology and tradition intersect, you’ll find Mark Kushimi. By training, Mark is a graphic designer. He spends his days staring at a Mac screen. Yet, he loves film, photography and is also … Read More

Ashley Neese

Ashley Neese is in the kitchen of her Silver Lake apartment, dividing her latest creation of chocolate ice cream made of cacao, cashews, coconut, dates, salt, vanilla and mesquite into small bowls. “Does it need more sweetner?” asks the natural foods chef, wellness coach and yoga instructor, as she remarks, “I’m still working on the … Read More