We are an international interview magazine, that portraits people of diverse creative and cultural backgrounds in their homes or within their daily working environments. Our content aspires to present multifaceted personal perspectives including impressions of cities, various art scenes and international urban living. FvF wants to stay borderless and attract a global readership by introducing real characters with a honest approach.Tumblr (3.0; @freundevonfreunden)http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1pSjtkrFNH8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><b>Series 7™ chair by Arne Jacobsen</b></p> <p>We worship quality and sustainability in furntiture and interior design and we even have more respect left for videos documenting that. Arne Jacobsen is the classic and one of our favorites.</p> <p>Watch this making of and how the iconic and original Series 7™ chair designed by Arne Jacobsen is produced</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.fritzhansen.com/">Republic Fritz Hansen</a>)</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18140610881http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18140610881Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:27:00 +0100<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35895317" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>TateShots: Maurice Sendak</strong><br/><br/>“Maurice Sendak, the creative genius behind books such as ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ and ‘In the Night Kitchen’, is an illustrator whose work has been seen by millions of people all over the world. TateShots traveled to the forest in upstate New York where Sendak is now based to look back over his literary career, discuss his love for William Blake and hear why he thinks that as an artist, ‘you just have to take the dive’.”</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18133440232http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18133440232Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:33:14 +0100<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35691920" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Austria Solar Annual Report, powered by the sun</strong><br/><br/>“Solar energy is the main business of our client Austria Solar. That´s why we thought about how we could put this energy to paper. The result: the first annual report powered by the sun. Its content remains invisible until sunlight falls on its pages. “The Solar Annual Report 2011 – powered by the sun”</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18130021300http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18130021300Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:55:23 +0100<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsp4fLZWN1qa84n5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>FvF Interview - Meet Martin Carvajal the most relaxed professional for men’s fashion in New York</strong></p> <p>“<span> I remember living with two of my best friends in an apartment and I thought we were really lucky with our set up. But now if I look back, it was kind of a shit hole. I remember the times where the option of calling a cab didn’t exist. It could be 4 a.m. in Manhattan, exhausted after partying, half drunk and I would not even think of jumping in a cab, because of my tight budget. Good times.”</span></p> <p>It got even better: In 2011 Martin founded his own clothing brand FairEnds with longtime friend Ben Ferencz. You can check out their collection <a href="http://fairends.com/">here</a>.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.freundevonfreunden.com/interviews/martin-carvajal/">Martin Carvajal — Freunde von Freunden</a>)</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18067536832http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18067536832Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzr3g5Da7s1qa84n5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>The World’s First Invisible Tower</span></strong></p> <p><span>When it comes to skyscrapers the majority of architects is still thinking in higher and bigger categories. The guys from <a href="http://gdsarchitects.com/flash/index.html">GDS Architects</a> are more than a few steps ahead. For the Cheongna City Tower Competition in the three million city of Incheon South Korea they designed the world’s first invisible tower. <span>The tower itself appears to disappear through a unique optical technology.</span></span></p> <p><span><span></span></span>(via <a href="http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/38152/invisible-tower-gds/">Architizer Blog » GDS Architects to Design World’s First Invisible Tower</a>)</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18062842389http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18062842389Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:15:05 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrgkvYNEC1qa84n5o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Offscreen Magazine</b></p> <p><a href="http://www.offscreenmag.com/">Offscreen</a>, a new, collectible print magazine with an in-depth look at the life and work of people that create websites and apps. We want to tell the less obvious human stories of creativity, passion and hard work that hide behind every interface.</p> <p>Buy it <a href="http://www.offscreenmag.com/">here</a></p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18025562188http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18025562188Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:50:55 +0100<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/34564370" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>“Une fille comme les autres” by Matthew Frost</strong></p> <p>Yes- we are a bit late with this one, but we just call it a classic and share it anyways. Director Matthew Frost shot this nice video for French fashion magazine <a href="http://jalouse.fr/">Jalouse</a>, featuring one of the sexiest tooth-gaps there are at the moment: Ashley Smith. Watching it makes us want to throw away our winterboots and have a glass of crémant at a Parisian Bar tout de suite!</p> <p>(via <a href="http://jalouse.fr/">Jalouse - Official blog</a>)</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18025246617http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18025246617Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:45:35 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzr1s2Ckfa1qa84n5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><div> <p><strong>The Yellow River Surging Northward Rumblingly - Zhang Kechun</strong></p> <p><em>The yellow river</em> is the latest work of Chinese artist and photographer <a href="http://www.zhangkechun.com">Zhang Kechun</a>. In a series of twentyseven pictures Kechun documents the in-between landscape of today’s China. Heading towards the future and abandoning the past, losing the strong bond to nature that has been so long in the core of Chinese culture, Kechuns pictures seem to question all of these. They are longing for identity in a space where nothing is constituted, yet.</p> </div> <p><span> </span>(via <a href="http://zhangkechun.com/the-yellow-river-surging-northward-rumblingly/">the yellow river 北流活活 : ZHANG KECHUN</a>)</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18011665038http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18011665038Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:34:22 +0100<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/18007968066/tumblr_lzqvu40nxW1qa84n5&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>FvF Mixtape #17 by Discodromo</strong></p> <p><img src="http://www.freundevonfreunden.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2012-02-21-at-8.26.05-AM.png"/></p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/discodromo">Discodromo</a><span> are Giacomo Garavelloni and Giovanni Turco, an DJ duo based in Berlin and staple of the local nightlife for some time now. Their name pays reference to their youth in Italy: Discodromo is the italian expression for the runway of UFOs, commonly used in Italian Sci-Fi movies of the 70s. From their pop and disco oriented youth, the duo gained a deep understanding of house and techno while clubbing during the 90s and selected a tasteful mix for this weeks episode!</span></p> <p><span><span>Get ready for an interstellar voyage with this retro-futuristic soundtrack ranging from the Parallel Dance Ensemble to Lord Of The Isles and Tensnake <a href="http://soundcloud.com/freundevonfreunden/fvf-mixtape-17-by-discodromo">here</a>!</span></span></p> <p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F37147721&show_artwork=true" width="100%"></iframe></p> <p>Tracklist:</p> <p>1<span> </span>Parallel Dance Ensemble - Occupied (Salax Peep Show remix)<br/>2 Tanner Ross & Soul Clap - Miami Shores<br/>3 Rayko - After The After (Rayko After edit)<br/>4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Simple Girl (Tiger & Woods Remix) <br/>5 The Rapture - Sail Away (Cosmic Kids Lost at Sea Remix)<br/>6 Cage & Aviary - Infatuation<br/>7 Tensnake - Around The House (DJ T.’s 2011 Edit)<br/>8 Pool - Game Over (Solomun remix)<br/>9 Pete Herbert & Golden Fleece - Ivory Waves<br/>10 Dana Bergquist & Peder G - Acapulco<br/>11 Gavin Herlihy - Endless Feeling<br/>12 Bag Raiders - Not Over (Softwar Remix)<br/>13 John Talabot - So Will Be Now (feat Pional)<br/>14 Kindness - Cyan<br/>15 Lord Of The Isles - Searching</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18007968066http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18007968066Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:22:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzp2ztNvWZ1qa84n5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>MY BAUHAUS IS BETTER THAN YOURS (</strong><strong>MBIBTY)</strong><br/><br/>MBIBTY is a group of friends who create, produce and distribute furniture, prints, fashion and books amongst many other objects. The collective evolved from a group exhibition in 2009 and has shown its work in Milan, Berlin, Leipzig, Beirut and Weimar. The aim is to enable the designers and artists of MY BAUHAUS IS BETTER THAN YOURS to generate a creative, cultural and financial capital to continue developing and producing new concepts and objects, independently. <br/><br/>MY BAUHAUS IS BETTER THAN YOURS have been invited by Kunstverein Munich to display their work and a selection of k.m publications from 1970 until today. They conceived a furniture-collage which is on view until 15. April in the k.m display window under the arcades of the Hofgarten, Munich.<br/><br/>Get more info about the Kunstverein Munich display <a href="http://www.betterbauhaus.com/2012/kunstverein-munich">here</a>. And take a view at their whole collection <a href="http://www.betterbauhaus.com/en">here</a>.</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18003313853http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/18003313853Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:00:05 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzp6sxj60h1qa84n5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Menswear Vintage Style: Happy Birthday, Kurt!</strong></p> <p>On this day in 1967 Kurt Cobain was born – <a href="http://www.anothermag.com/">AnOther</a> revisited his iconic style in a nice article.</p> <p><span></span><strong>“</strong><span>As Cobain’s celebrity grew, his look, at one time a rebellious swerve from the status quo, become de rigueur as a generation emulated him. One such fan was a young </span><strong>Marc Jacobs</strong><span><strong>,</strong> at the time working as a designer for Perry Ellis. His S/S93 collection was inspired by grunge and included oversized plaid shirts, raggedy crochet, and thermals re-imagined in luxe fabrics, much to the repulsion of Cobain and Love who burned the entire collection, which was sent to them by Jacobs.</span><span>”</span></p> <p><span>Read the entire piece <a href="http://www.anothermag.com/current/view/1425/Kurt_Cobain">here</a>.</span></p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.anothermag.com/current/view/1425/Kurt_Cobain">Menswear Vintage Style - Kurt Cobain | AnOther</a>)</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17947682693http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17947682693Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:24:00 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzou8iz3iR1qa84n5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>FvF Berlin: Meet Sabine Schmidt</strong></p> <p><span>“I still remember Documenta 8 (1987) with Schneckenburger. That was when Beuy’s son finished the 7000 oak project. As a 12-year-old, I thought about it a lot. What’s this about? Why plant an oak tree and stone together? I was fascinated by these thoughts and the fact that there are people whose actual job it is to think about these questions.” </span></p> <p><span>Years later, Sabine Schmidt opened up her gallery PSM in an old industrial building in Berlin-Mitte which became a </span><span>constant in the local art scene. </span></p> <p><span>Thanks to Helene von Kügelen (text), Jennifer Hofmann (translation) and Ailine Liefeld (photography) for this nice portrait!</span></p> <p><span>Read the entire interview in <a href="http://www.freundevonfreunden.com/de/interviews/sabine-schmidt/">German</a> and <a href="http://www.freundevonfreunden.com/interviews/sabine-schmidt/">English</a>. <br/></span>(via <a href="http://www.freundevonfreunden.com/interviews/sabine-schmidt/">Sabine Schmidt — Freunde von Freunden</a>)</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17941147375http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17941147375Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:53:00 +0100<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" style="width: 400px;height: 282px" id="a41624c1-ef6f-84ee-9432-7aa836af0a4a"><param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v2/IssuuReader.swf?mode=mini&backgroundColor=%23222222&documentId=110630070059-0461c3b9bd1d41f0b7919c28ab3a953b" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v2/IssuuReader.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" wmode="transparent" style="width: 400px;height: 282px" flashvars="mode=mini&backgroundColor=%23222222&documentId=110630070059-0461c3b9bd1d41f0b7919c28ab3a953b"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><b>RUDERE Magazine</b></p> <p>RUDERE (which means ruin in english) is a magazine from Italy by architect <a href="http://1e61.wordpress.com/">Andrea Quarello</a>. It’s a “parodia” of classic interior design and architecture magazines.</p> <p>Andrea Quarello thinks that 99% of all people live in houses, apartments or buildings that aren’t made for glossy magazines. But RUDERE shows those cases.</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17936792374http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17936792374Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:28:00 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzlof60hUq1qgwtp0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://travel.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17830857663/marina-sausalito-ca">freundevonfreundentravel</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Marina, Sausalito, CA.</p> </blockquote> <p>Some new pictures loaded up on our travel tumblr. Check it out, we’ll be in LA soon!</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17904042965http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17904042965Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:27:25 +0100<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36939562?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Shawn Stussy at his studio - A film by Seth Epstein</strong></p> <p>Emmy award winning filmmaker and pioneer of motion graphics <a href="https://vimeo.com/sethepstein" title="seth epstein" target="_blank">Seth Epstein</a> released a nice short trailer on <a href="http://www.shawnstussy.com/" title="shwan stussy" target="_blank">Shawn Stussy</a>: he followed him around his studio and the outcome is a short insight on a man, that, with the uprise of the ever present brand <a href="http://www.stussy.com/" title="stussy" target="_blank">Stussy</a>,  became a legend throughout the years and now introduces his latest project <a href="http://s-double.com/" title="s double studio" target="_blank">S/Double Studio</a>.</p> <p>Find the video <a href="https://vimeo.com/36939562" title="seth epstein" target="_blank">here</a> and find more videos from Seth Epstein on his <a href="https://vimeo.com/sethepstein" title="seth epstein" target="_blank">Vimeo profile</a> or follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/sethepstein" title="seth epstein" target="_blank">twitter</a>. We sure hope there will be a second episode on Shawn.</p> <p>Seth was the founder of FUEL broadcasting and currently runs <a href="http://socialstay.com/" title="social stay" target="_blank">Social Stay</a>.</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17902612217http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17902612217Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:03:00 +0100<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36128995?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=bca474" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Grain&Gram: Jason Gregory</strong></p> <p>“Whether it’s consciously rolling around in his brain, Jason Gregory of Makr is living by almost all 10 of Dieter Rams’ principles of good design, but more than any of them, one seems to notice the tentpole principle of “Weniger, aber besser”. Less, but better.” </p> <p>(via <a href="http://grainandgram.com/jasongregory/" target="_blank">Grain&Gram</a>)</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17882910210http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17882910210Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:45:05 +0100<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzn0ayWTot1qa84n5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Freunde von Freunden book on Hypebeast</strong></p> <p>Thank you <a href="http://goodhoodstore.com/?page=41&id=647">GoodHood</a> for the nice display which even caught attraction in Hong Kong.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://hypebeast.com/2012/02/freunde-von-freunden-berlin/">Freunde Von Freunden: Berlin | Hypebeast</a>)</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17877681859http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17877681859Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:08:00 +0100<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aIX3ntiTV-g?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Nowness: Jacob Sutton’s L.E.D. Surfer<br/><br/></strong>Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton swaps the studio for the slopes of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France, with a luminous after hours short starring Artec pro snowboarder William Hughes. The electrifying film sees Hughes light up the snow-covered French hills in a bespoke L.E.D.-enveloped suit courtesy of designer and electronics whizz John Spatcher.<br/><br/>(via <a href="http://www.nowness.com/day/2012/2/16/1893/jacob-suttons-l-e-d--surfer">Jacob Sutton’s L.E.D. Surfer - NOWNESS</a>)</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17817697875http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17817697875Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:12:00 +0100<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36962717" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong><span>FvF Productions x Made by Originals / DesignHotels: Eye Candy from France</span></strong></p> <p>“It’s hard to compete with the stunning natural beauty of Provence, especially in Ramatuelle, where the setting sun of southern France kisses pine-topped hills and sparkling Mediterranean waters with equal warmth.”</p> <p>Check out this mood video we did last summer with our buddies from <a href="http://www.designhotels.com/">DesignHotels</a> about the beautiful “La Réserve Ramatuelle” Hotel.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://madebyoriginals.com/stories/la-reserve-eye-candy">Eye Candy Fridays with La Reserve, Ramatuelle: Made by Originals</a>)</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17770117286http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17770117286Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:41:44 +0100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzjf9aFc1d1qa84n5o1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Retail pioneer: Tsutaya, Tokyo</strong></p> <p>In a city as busy as Tokyo, the so called <em>third spaces</em> are getting more and more important. Neither workspace nor home, it’s here were people casually meet with friends, clients and collaborators alike. The <a href="http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/index.html">Tsutaya</a> <span>book, music and movie retail store </span>in Daikanyama takes this concept to the next level, making the atmosphere as important as the content of the shelves.</p> <p>A highlight for us is the concierge service, consisting of experts in the respective fields, guiding you through the well-curated selection.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.monocle.com/sections/culture/Web-Articles/Novel-Ideas-Tsutaya/">Novel Ideas - Tsutaya [Monocle]</a>)</p>http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17766071369http://blog.freundevonfreunden.com/post/17766071369Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:45:00 +0100