Future Craft: Jesse Jacobs

The tea bar is outfitted with bubbling glass crucibles, temperature-controlled pistons and Android tablets, alongside freshly baked scones and steaming copper pots of spicy chai. The aroma of cardamom, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon spills out onto the sidewalk, stirring up reveries of an otherworldly realm. The shop is striking in its starkness, its austerity a … 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

Florian Holzherr

Privately, the Munich native has fulfilled a very special dream. Specifically, that the architect Andreas Meck created a futuristic workroom for him in his garden. In the interview, the 44-year-old architectural photographer explains why artists don’t have friends and that he would never trade places with a fashion photographer. This portrait is produced together with … Read More

Lamia Choucair

Lamia Choucair would make a great poster girl for Beirut. The stylist and designer’s laidback, ethereal style and love for good music and good company is full of the city’s spirit. After growing up in Lebanon, Lamia spent years living in New York and Paris and slips between French, English and Arabic in one sentence … Read More

Helga Groves

Set within an old industrial sewing factory in Melbourne’s multicultural suburb of Brunswick, lives Australian artist Helga Groves. The open plan home reveals its former use with exposed metal pipes in the kitchen and living area and polished concrete flooring. This shelter is a true artist’s home, with an eclectic collection of artworks on display … Read More

Louise Brody & Charles Poisay

There is a special discovery to be found behind a doorway on the boulevard Raspail. In contrast to the ambiance of the street, a group of secluded historically significant artist studios with an early 20th-century charm are tucked away. Louise Brody and Charles Poisay moved in and styled one of these studios where, among others, … Read More

Urban, transcultural, multifaceted design by Perret Schaad knows no national affiliation

“The planes fly directly over the building. When the sun goes down in the evening, it gets very romantic,” says Johanna Perret, as she stands in front of one of the windows in her studio in the neighborhood of Wedding, Berlin. Between garment racks, fabrics and patterns, an assistant drapes a skirt around a tailor’s … Read More

Mark de Lange sets his sights on supporting emerging artists

Their formula: trim the proverbial fat by eliminating unnecessary steps in the value chain. So, the quality frames offered by Ace & Tate come with complete cost transparency—from €98 all-in, including prescription lenses, shipping, and returns. Not bad for a 34-year-old entrepreneur whose background is a far reach from eyewear design. “My background is in … Read More

Violent Elegance T-Shirt Raffle

Together with Violent Elegance, we decided to throw a daily t-shirt raffle on our Facebook site, featuring a new and limited artist series. The artists hail from all over the world, from New York to London, and of course Berlin. The designers include Stefan Schuster (Berlin), the very founder of Violent Elegance, Emily Hadden (London), Erik Jonsson (New York), … Read More

Mick Johan

It gives slightly under his weight, its silver neck slouching. The ground, littered with leaves and sticks and the dismembered limbs of toppled trees, glistens with rain. The sky glows gray and the air is still – but only briefly. “Welcome to Noord!” says Mick, whose voice, time and again, seems on the verge of … Read More