FvF Mixtape #151: Ariel Orah

“Our experiences in a land that doesn’t share the same characteristics with the one we hail from forced us to reevaluate our standing in a new society.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by // ariel william orah // (@_ravenative_) on Nov 19, 2019 at 11:38pm PST Ariel Orah is an Indonesian multidisciplinary … Read More

Contemporary Food Magazines: A Five Course Menu

Feeling hungry? Food has been a recurring theme in recent FvF content. Whether it be sharing food together in the office and bringing in home baked goods, our guest suggestions on the best local places to grab a drink and bite to eat, or the FvF Cooks recipes. FvF guests such as chef Jean-Marc Houmard, … Read More

Link List #23

Business of Fashion’s Robin Mellery-Pratt reports on how Chanel is securing the future of savoir-faire craftsmanship. i-D exclusively shares Seth Troxler’s latest track “CZ”. Lapham’s Quarterly shares the drugs famous people used during artistic compositions. Thump’s Josh Baines mourns the loss of BM Soho and another end of an era. Condé Nast Traveller has compiled a … Read More

Entrepreneur Ansgar Oberholz talks about digital change and his workplace

For a long time, the culture of coworking, freelancing, and decentralized work was reserved solely for a young, urban scene who struggled to be taken seriously, all too often becoming the subject of ridicule when a business idea didn’t have the greatest of starts. Yet more and more companies are now trying to use these … Read More

Judith Haase fashions a unique architectural language rooted in austerity

Judith Haase is sitting in the laid-back, understated far office in the Gonzalez Haase Atelier Architecture Studio. Over her shoulder, weighty-looking books line a utilitarian shelving construct. Manila folders with top secret, unpublishable prospective projects rest on the table in front of her. Somewhat disarmingly, a half-finished oil painting, bright in character and color sits … Read More

Building Beauty From Brutalism: Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernández

More than just a living space, the house serves as creative headquarters for both Pedro, a renowned sculptor, and Carla, a fashion designer whose cutting-edge garments have found an eager audience worldwide. For the couple, who share a fierce passion for the preservation of Mexican culture, it’s also the physical embodiment of a long-standing mission … Read More

FvF Holiday Pop-Up Shop: Christmas shopping

Earlier this year, we launched the FvF Apartment in Berlin, an adaptable space created in partnership with Swiss manufacturer Vitra. Since the launch of the apartment, we’ve hosted numerous guests, friends and partners for events, workshops and cooking sessions both public and private. And now, just in time for the holiday season, we open the … Read More

Tana Latorre believes in the power of community to celebrate diversity, belonging, and self-love

As a child, Tana Latorre enjoyed lying on the grass, gazing at the leaves high up in the trees, savoring the idea that nobody else had touched them. She still does it. “Just like plants, humans inhale and exhale. We are resilient and beautiful and want to feel loved and cared for,” she explains. Latorre … Read More

Link List #98: Furniture for the one percent, some good news from Angola, and can a developed city really function car-free?

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 and favorite artists, and subscribe to our newsletter to stay up-to-date with FvF stories. Text: … Read More

Cooking a new life in Berlin with Syrian Chef Hadi Nsreeny

He tells Companion the story of how he made his passion into a career thanks to the initiative Über den Tellerrand (meaning to “broaden one’s horizons”) and a lucky chain of events. As he does so, he prepares a meal from his native country. Hands full of shopping bags from a Turkish supermarket, Hadi arrives … Read More