USM - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

USM – Following a product journey from manufactory to home delivery

timhoward — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 16:49:49 +0000

Friends of Friends was tasked with producing a video documenting the production process of a USM Shelf, from the initial purchase and manufacturing process in USM’s Swiss headquarters right up to it being delivered and assembled in an apartment. The video was created in order to give viewers deep insights into the unique processes behind

The post USM – Following a product journey from manufactory to home delivery appeared first on Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF).

Finding female role models in the male dominated art industry with Diandra Donecker

Aimee Shirley — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:00:45 +0000

“From the first moment I read about the house and its history I was determined to work here,” says Diandra Donecker on why she was initially attracted to her role at Grisebach auction house in Berlin. Specializing in artwork from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries Grisebach was founded by Bernd Schultz in 1986 in

The post Finding female role models in the male dominated art industry with Diandra Donecker appeared first on Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF).

Daniel Hug, director of Art Cologne, on the Cologne art scene and the Germans’ passion for collecting

root — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 05:31:22 +0000

Daniel Hug is restless. Homeless. He’d be the first to suggest that of himself. The American with Swiss roots has moved at least seventeen times in his life, though exactly how many times he couldn’t say for sure. He grew up in Zurich. After his parents divorced, he moved to the United States with his

The post Daniel Hug, director of Art Cologne, on the Cologne art scene and the Germans’ passion for collecting appeared first on Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF).

Maison Kitsuné’s co-founder Gildas Loaëc explains how to stay fresh and relevant in fashion and music

root — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 02:11:11 +0000

While some artists may be content to produce their work in isolation, leaving matters of audience and exposure to posterity, most struggle with such prosaic issues at various stages in their career. “If you have an idea and execute it, that’s still only half the work,” says Gildas Loaëc, autodidact and talent hunter. Gildas acted

The post Maison Kitsuné’s co-founder Gildas Loaëc explains how to stay fresh and relevant in fashion and music appeared first on Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF).

Capturing the Essence of the Individual

root — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 01:21:18 +0000

When it comes to snapshots, the highest compliment we can give to the snapper is, “You’ve really captured her.” What has been captured, exactly? Not the likeness of image, we take it for granted that the camera will do this, but the likeness of personality. This seems to us to be a somewhat magical process;

The post Capturing the Essence of the Individual appeared first on Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF).

The house of love: Marc and Paola Sadler apply a mixed palette to their vibrant Italian home

root — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 05:07:33 +0000

When asked when they met, Marc answers immediately “yesterday,” before jovially correcting himself, “no, twenty years ago.” An award-winning designer, Marc has sought to create technology that revolutionizes lifestyles, be it through sport, food or interiors. He realizes these works at their studio, a stone’s throw from their house in Milan’s industrial estate, Zona Tortona,

The post The house of love: Marc and Paola Sadler apply a mixed palette to their vibrant Italian home appeared first on Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF).

Bolt for Bolt: Trading lightning against thread with Julius von Bismarck and Robert Vogdt

root — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 05:47:46 +0000

Julius is most famous for his creation, the “Image Fulgurator,” which covertly projects images that are only revealed when a photographer sits down to edit the photos later. His ability to bend light extends into the natural world, with a recent project taking him to the jungles of Venezuela where he was able to trap

The post Bolt for Bolt: Trading lightning against thread with Julius von Bismarck and Robert Vogdt appeared first on Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF).

Publisher Ricarda Messner on the potential for alternate universes in print

root — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:17:08 +0000

Quite the contrary, they’re actually becoming both more diverse and more sophisticated. For Ricarda Messner, whose magazine Flaneur is often described with a language advocating a certain slower pace, analog and digital are far from mutually exclusive. Her new project SOFA is considered to be an empathetic zone that connects physical and digital sofas and

The post Publisher Ricarda Messner on the potential for alternate universes in print appeared first on Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF).

Culture editor Anna Sinofzik on how shelves reveal our deepest secrets

root — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:31:51 +0000

But in addition to books arranged in tight rows, record players, stacked dishes, and lots of potential as room partitions, shelving units hold personal histories. Like the frames of a film, their compartments tell of lives. And like many a picture, some shelves imprint themselves on an entire life. In my mother’s bookshelves, Günther Grass’s

The post Culture editor Anna Sinofzik on how shelves reveal our deepest secrets appeared first on Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF).

FvF Christmas Pop-Up Shop

root — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 23:30:26 +0000

Already two weeks in, the store has given us the opportunity to invite our readers into our space, host workshops and present hand-picked goods true to our design roots. We’ve gathered our friends from the FvF world to curate a collection encompassing fashion, homewares, interior, with a range of holiday stationery and cards to complete

The post FvF Christmas Pop-Up Shop appeared first on Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF).