Tobias Wallisser & Leonie Woidt-Wallisser

Berlin, Mitte: cranes tower into the infinite sky and the dull sound of jackhammers in the distance provide a constant soundtrack. No matter which direction you look, construction takes place as far as the eye can see. Tobias Wallisser stands on the roof of the former Köngstadt brewery that today serves as his architectural office. … Read More

Emiliano Laszlo & Carlotta Forasassi

Just outside of the Florence city walls, Emiliano and Carlotta have recently moved to a spacious apartment in an area full of radical 1960s architecture. Their old apartment, with its soaring views of the city from the rooftop terrace, was located a stone’s throw from the Duomo. I had told them that they were crazy … Read More

Frank Huang

The sentiment seems apt, given the fact that Frank has dedicated the better portion of his adult life to creative pursuits that seem suited to a storybook. Once a student of business strategy, he’s now at the helm of two small companies based in his home city of Taipei. One, which he calls Double-Grass, curates … Read More

Daito Manabe on choreographing equations and making use of deep brain data

As a former DJ, Daito has now established himself as a talented programmer, engineer and media artist working with many well-known artists, including Björk, Nosaj Thing, Squarepusher and FaltyDL. At just ten years old Daito started programming, before turning to DJing as a teenager. Later, he further nurtured his passion for music in his work … Read More

Athanassios "Ata" Macias

The icy atmosphere of the stock exchange, a confusing big airport and a cityscape that is dominated by rushing business folk, Frankfurt has to bear up against a lot of prejudices. However this image is only on the exterior and once you go beneath that you can find a vivid cultural scene. One name you … Read More

How Beirut’s creative scene is imagining a new future for its city

As a creative capital and cultural hub for the SWANA region and the world, Beirut is home to visionary artists revolutionizing the fields of design, fashion, architecture, and art globally. In the wake of the August 4th, 2020 port explosions, caused by more than 2,000 tons of ammonium nitrate recklessly stored in a warehouse, Beirut’s … Read More

Thanos Karampatsos & Christina Kotsilelou

With a caustic sense of humor, their designs seek to redefine stereotypes, question deep-rooted dogmas and initiate dialogues on certain behavioral patterns under the umbrella of their aesthetic language. The notion of ‘greekness’ permeates their work as the duo draws from an inexhaustible supply of cultural references. Both Thanos and Christina admit to their obsession … Read More

The Artists are Present: Discovering three of Villa Lena’s international creative residents

Neither coastal nor within walking distance of a town or city, the house befits a description of calm retreat. No traffic can be heard, no illuminated streets, and the closest town is, in fact, abandoned. It’s no wonder that it draws a collective group of artists away from their respective cities to be enchanted by … Read More

Ginza x FvF

A region that exudes a special fascination to us is Asia in general and Japan specificly. You can imagine how honored and excited we were when the renown Japanese women’s magazine Ginza, rooting from the same publishing house as Popeye and Brutus, approached us with the idea of a collaboration. Together with our great friend … Read More

The fantastical futures of studio N O R M A L S and what we can learn from them

Even now, six years into working under the moniker N O R M A L S, the two Frenchmen struggle to summarize their practice in layman’s terms. “We use design and fiction to speculate about the future,” offers Flazinski, as he leans back in a slightly too small chair. It was designed by Jean Prouvé, … Read More