Axel van Exel

Im angesagten Stadtbezirk Kreuzkölln liegt das Loft von Axel van Exel. Nach eigenen Angaben zog Axel nach Neukölln als dort noch Jogginghosen und Kampfhunde seinen Weg kreuzten. Jetzt gibt es nur noch Röhrenjeans und Chucks. Mit zwei Mitbewohnern lebt er in einem großen und offen Vierzimmer-Loft. Ein 120 qm großer Raum stellt das Zentrum der … Read More

Diving into "magCulture": An Afternoon with Jeremy Leslie

Managing and creating magazines for 25 years, Jeremy Leslie is one of the best people to turn to in publishing and was delighted to converse about the development of publishing and the “here and now of magazines.” After his studies in graphic design from 1979 to 1984 at the London College of Printing, he was … Read More

Alex Flach

Er trinkt während eines Interviews Whisky Cola mit Lemmy von Motorhead. Er schießt dabei Polaroids, obwohl das Management Bilder verboten hat. Sein Statement: „Ich benehme mich nicht anders als sonst“. Die Rede ist von Alex Flach. Alex, Fotograf und leidenschaftlicher Skater, ist nicht nur unglaublich sympathisch, sondern beeindruckt zudem durch Charisma und Natürlichkeit. Der gebürtige … Read More

Housing, mobility, and public spaces: The Sooner Now uncovers ideas that will make our cities thrive

The 21st century will be remembered as an urban one: 55 percent of the global population now live in cities. By 2050, the UN projects it’ll be three quarters. What will life in those future cities look like? How can we identify the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead? And which steps—big and small—must we … Read More

Till Firit

A few years later with some personal restructuring, MONO VERLAG – the first Austrian publishing company to solely concentrate on audiobooks – relocated to a beautiful backyard house within Vienna’s fifth district. Inside the office of the former carpenter’s guild, hinted at through the wall panelling in the reception room with a charming chancery-flair, 30 … 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

Link List #39

This edition of the Link List looks at human connection in light of recent world events, from how we grieve as an internet community to design projects empowering those in need. More reads for our changing times explore the potential of interactive literature, question why sexuality is still front-page news, and reveal a decade-old case … Read More

Bill McMullen & Yuki Iwashiro

Tucked away on a quiet, tree-lined corner in Soho, New York, artist Bill McMullen and art director Yuki Iwashiro have spent the last seven years together living here. Their space is overflowing with objects, artifacts and personal stories. It’s clearly an apartment inhabited by a couple that understands and appreciates modern design history (and the … Read More

Link List #141: Deep sleep, ’90s club culture, and the alleged crisis of masculinity

Link List #141: Deep sleep, ’90s club culture, and the alleged crisis of masculinity 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 … Read More

Alexandra Grausam

Before anything else, visitors to her studio and home in the Mariahilf district encounter the powerful smell of solvents. The neatly hung tools, however, give the impression of a doctor’s office. And, indeed, there is something surgical about it when Alexandra Grausam restores art and paintings in her apartment’s studio. Some of the works are … Read More