Loulwa Beydoun

Born and raised in post-war Beirut, 18 year-old Loulwa Beydoun is rocking the Lebanese art scene with her melancholic drawings and surrealistic photos. She lives with her family in a cosy, quiet apartment, tucked deep in the French embassy neighborhood of Beirut. Loulwa is preparing the Baccalauréat test but nonetheless seems quite relaxed. The philosophy … Read More

Companion Magazine #6

Produced by Freunde von Freunden in collaboration with 25hours hotels, Companion magazine is a periodical about the people who shape our cities. This time around, we had plenty of travel experts and influential personalities on board to enrich our vision. Our mother agency More Sleep developed the bold and colorful design to reflect the cheerful … Read More

FvF Mixtape #97 - Nu Goteh

Summer in Europe tests the mettle of even the most eager and hardy tourists. Not only is the continent often awash in a blazing heat wave, but there is rarely any air-conditioned relief to be found. It’s something that Nu Goteh just had to get used to when he traveled throughout Europe, and his FvF … Read More

Inside the Brooklyn studio of Cuban-American artist José Parlá

Inside the Brooklyn studio of Cuban-American artist José Parlá The studio of the Cuban-American artist José Parlá is no different. A single-storey industrial building in the southerly Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn that’s surrounded by mechanics and manufacturers, the facade is completely nondescript. But once you’re in the door, everything changes. Parlá, who bought the building … Read More

Kelsey Brookes

Kelsey Brookes did not come to art in any of the usual fashions. In fact, as he tells us on a rainy morning in Kreuzberg, the microbiologist-cum-artist found art through self discovery and surfing.Without a sign of jet-lag, and brimming with energy and enthusiasm for everything from the neighbourhood to his work, Brookes talks to … Read More

In the Laurel Canyon with Iranian-born, Los Angeles-based stylist Maryam Malakpour

Malakpour, who is a fashion stylist and creative director, says the car is perfect for Sunday drives around Mulholland’s winding curves. It’s nearly 50 years old but roars obediently to her every maneuver, of which there are many on these treacherous detour paths. The car is a perfect aesthetic reflection of Malakpour’s attention to detail … Read More

Jan Schmidt-Garre

Director and movie producer Jan Schmidt-Garre I know for way more than ten years. We first met in Munich, at an exhibition opening of his wife Ms. Philomene Magers’ gallery. Looking back it is hard to name a precise day, actually it is impossible, because when does friendship actually start? So I give it a … Read More

Greg Rogove & Diana Garcia

Diana García and Greg Rogove’s sea-weathered Venice bungalow is a beautiful expression of two artists in love. Greg is a musician who, in the last few years, realized he needed a place to call home. He practices on an old, upright, white piano – a gift from Diana – in a sun-filled room at the … Read More

Challenging rules and keeping art curious with multidisciplinary artist Allegra Pacheco

Allegra Pacheco is a filmmaker, painter, and multidisciplinary artist whose practice is rooted in exploration and novelty. Her documentary Salaryman, which explores the world of Japanese work culture, is available on Apple TV, Google Play Videos, and Amazon, has been shown in festivals worldwide and has received multiple awards including ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Composer’ for the DOC LA Awards. Allegra’s ‘Blood Sugar’ series was recently shown at the Craig Krull gallery in Los Angeles, as part of the group exhibition Contemporary Art in Costa Rica, curated by Hannah Sloan … Read More

Jon Bäcklund & Stina Ekström

In their private lives, they give themselves a rare space to realize their creative impulses. Over the last year these energies have been put towards renovations to a 1976 school bus. Jon originally purchased the vintage bus nine years ago as a family project, something to fix up with his brothers on weekends. Last summer, … Read More