Home Stories – Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Home Stories

We believe that capturing creatives in their home environments gives intimate and authentic insights into their practice. It’s a format we established when Friends of Friends first started in 2009, and is an approach we maintain to this day.

Melbourne Home Stories

Melbourne-based photographer Eve Wilson transforms a traditional workers cottage into a light-filled oasis.

Eve Wilson is a Melbourne-based photographer who captures interiors, food, portraits, and places with an organic and intuitive curiosity, bringing...

Copenhagen Home Stories

Fashion designer Katrine Binné turns a Copenhagen factory into her family home

This interview is part of “Inside with…” a series of home stories and studio visits produced in collaboration with the...

London Home Stories

Anousha Payne and Laila Tara H walk us through their creative process inspired by heritage and friendship

“Sharing food and eating together was a huge part of my childhood and continues to be a priority in my...

Oslo Fashion

Why fashion needs a research library according to creative director Morteza Vaseghi

Creative director Morteza Vaseghi grew up turning the pages of his mother’s Vogue magazines. Thanks to his parents, who openly...

Community Fashion

From the Arab Spring to Slow Factory, Céline Semaan on her advocacy journey and the pace of change-making

This story is part of Movement, a series of profiles, think pieces, and photo essays exploring creative projects that put...

San Diego Design

Inside designer Nicholas Pourfard’s home, a thoughtful restoration of a modernist masterpiece

His sensitivity to restoring the home’s special details is mirrored in the intuitive way he has designed its interior, populating...

Tangier Art

Between art and urbanism: Hicham Bouzid is on a mission to inspire collective movement in his Moroccan hometown

It’s raining in Tangier and Hicham Bouzid is thrilled. “I’ve been waiting for this,” he says, a spring in his...

Frankfurt Art

Kristina Supernova’s painted characters combine human absurdity with animal coolness

To describe her work—which has readily appeared on tables, walls, and trucks—as mere illustrations and paintings, wouldn’t do it justice. The...

London Film

There’s always tomorrow: sobriety and creative fulfillment with filmmaker Glenn Kitson

In 2022, life for filmmaker Glenn Kitson is objectively good. His career is flying, he entertains thousands on a daily...

Los Angeles Home Stories

Nu Goteh on the importance of community and socially engaged art

A designer, educator, and multi-disciplinary creative, Nu plays between audio, visual, and written mediums, and juggles interconnected projects to engineer...

Barcelona Home Stories

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...

Berlin Home Stories

Noah Slee has found his voice. And it’s far from formulaic

Noah Slee has bleached his dark curls. “I needed a Beyoncé moment,” he exclaims, laughing. It’s the launch day of...

Ghent Design

Belgian design duo Muller Van Severen construct poetic furniture rooted in surrealism

While many view home renovations as a necessary evil, for Belgian designers Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen, the process...

Berlin Art

Expressing rage through angles and pie charts with Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim

“I’m starting to find that headlines are becoming a blur at this point,” says Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim. Sat...

Tehran Art

Suppression has never been a barrier for Iranian translator and gallerist Lili Golestan

Lili Golestan has prepared black tea and cream puffs for her guests on a rather damp Sunday morning—the kind where...

Berlin Home Stories

The Art of Listening with Berlin-based DJ Alexandra Dröner

Rays of sunshine pour in, framing her sharp, innate movements with a cross of light. Her raw, unadulterated motions contrast...

Berlin Fashion

Don Aretino explores his queer Muslim identity through his avant-garde fashion collections

“My designs aren’t typically commercial, most of them are very avant-garde,” says fashion designer Don Aretino as he begins to...

Los Angeles Fashion

In the Laurel Canyon with Iranian-born, Los Angeles-based stylist Maryam Malakpour

Malakpour, who is a fashion stylist and creative director, says the car is perfect for Sunday drives around Mulholland’s winding...

Auckland Art

Grant Major and Judy Darragh’s New Zealand art haven where sculpture and film collide

Judy Darragh and Grant Major have lived together in their three-level modernist house in Auckland, New Zealand, for the past...

New York City Art

Evrim and Jessica Oralkan on bringing the art world into the 21st Century

For the past four years, Evrim and Jessica Oralkan have been quietly working on a digital platform that, if successful,...