The Preservation Society
The San Francisco online magazine Bold Italic presents ‘The Preservation Society’ which features people with people and their vintage cars.
From an educator’s Plymouth Barracuda to a photographer’s Chevrolet Impala Bubble Top, all kinds of people are portrayed with their diverse cars.
Check out the full list of people here.
FvF Interview from Charleston: Artist and Taxidermist Becca Barnet
Becca Barnet from Charleston has found a unique way to pursue both her passion for wildlife preservation and contemporary design.
Touching on her talent for drawing, drafting, and sculpting the 25 year old artist and taxidermist founded her own buisness Sisal and Tow.
Find out more about profession and her love for her adopted home on Freunde von Freunden.
Thank you Olivia Rae James (photography) & Kristen Gehrman (text) for this beautiful portrait.
Get a Glimpse into San Francisco’s Four Barrel Coffee
This short film documentary series by Tellason takes the viewer to San Francisco’s Mission District, providing a unique insight into Four Barrel Coffee.
Filmed and directed by Logan Kelsey, this short follows owner and entrepreneur Jeremy Tooker as he explains what a great coffee consists of and the effort that goes into finding it.
Find more information here.
Thomas Prior Photography Series “Maho Beach”
“Maho Beach” is a photographic project by Los Angeles born photographer Thomas Prior, a graduate of The School of Visual Arts in New York.
The beach that is the subject of this series is located nearby the airport of Saint Maarten, an Dutch islands of the Antilles in the Caribbean.
Prior’s images receive their unsettling nature through the effects of the airplanes that fly overhead on their way to the airport; contrasting the paradisiacal beauty of nature with the bewildering effects of the planes.
See more of Thomas Prior’s works here and follow his Tumblr here.
Tokyo Dreams by Nicholas Barker
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Nicholas Barker likes to film things that he finds amusing: ‘questions of taste, hetrosexual fiasco, domestic absurdity, acts of idiocy, all forms of self-delusion. Anything in short that is somehow funny, painful and true.’
His latest documentary ‘Tokyo Dreams’ narrates the undeniable sleeping methods of subway rides in Tokyo. Almost ten minutes long, the film takes the viewer through the transforming landscape of the city, capturing all sorts of habitants and their dozing off.
Find more information here.
Blast from the past: The FvF Mixtape #4 now available on Soundcloud
The FvF mixtape Series, consisting of 56 compilation tracklists by our friends, network and team, it’s not about the latest tracks, but about a feeling. This is why we are republishing one of our first FvF mixtapes from January 2011. Formerly only available on 8tracks, it has found a new home on our Soundcloud page.
Enjoy the Freunde von Freunden mixtape #4 provided by yours truly, FvF, with artists ranging from Burial, James Blake and Nas to The Notwist and Jimi Hendrix.
Tracklist:
1. Shadows - Warpaint
2. Paradise Circus - Massive Attack
3. The Wilhelm Scream - James Blake
4. Rattling Cage - Forest Swords
5. The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
6. Consequence - The Notwist
7. See Birds (Moon) - Balam Acab
8. Forgive (sy.ic remix) - Burial
9. I Have But One Heart (O Marenariello) - Nino Rota
10. Memory Lane (Sittin’ in da Park) - Nas
11. Devil in a New Dress - Kanye West
12. Rolling in the Deep (Jamie xx Shuffle) - Adele
13. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
14. I Am A Disco Dancer - Vijay Benedict
15. Brave (Dark Sky Remix) - Kelis
16. Hotel - Bodi Bill
17. In Our Country - Isolée
18. Time for Us - Nicolas Jaar
Portraits of Grandmas and Their Cuisine From Around the World
Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti realized that trying to not overeat over at your grandma’s place has got to be a universal thing, which is why he set out to explore what grandmothers cook around the world.
His photo series ‘Delicatessen with Love’ portrays grandmothers from 58 different countries, each posing right before they start cooking.
Find more information about this project here.
(via demilked)
Solarium Made with Caramelized Sugar
Artist William Lamson designed Solarium which serves as a functional greenhouse with 162 windows made from carmelized sugar.
‘Like a mountain chapel or Thoreau’s one-room cabin, Solarium references a tradition of isolated outposts designed for reflection. Each of the 162 panels is made of sugar cooked to different temperatures and then sealed between two panes of window glass. The space functions as both an experimental greenhouse, growing three species of miniature citrus trees, and a meditative environment.’
If interested further in this project, go here.
Explore the new website of the Creative Agency MoreSleep
MoreSleep, the Berlin based creative venture behind Freunde von Freunden, is proud to announce the launch of their new website.
Freunde von Freunden was MoreSleep’s first product initiative of its type and was created out of the desire to fully design and produce their own digital magazine.
In addition to starting it’s own product endeavors, MoreSleep offers client services to name brands, such as Adidas, Axel Springer and Absolut.
To find out more about upcoming ventures follow MoreSleep on Facebook and Twitter.
Rotating Supercell by Mike Olbinski
Arizona photographer and storm chaser Mike Olbinski finally got the shot he wanted: the formation of a gigantic rotating supercell.
Find more information about this unique happening and the project on Olbinski’s blog.
