Fritz and Chanelle Schoon – portrait for freundevonfreunden.com
{portraits} De Companje, Fritz and Chanelle’s business, is a bakery, a restaurant, a coffee roastery, a produce store, a wine shop and an ice cream parlor in one – and that’s just the beginning. Fritz and Chanelle are young entrepreneurs who have made their dream a reality, building a little indoor market in the Western Cape that helps keep their Dutch heritage alive.
Carolina Pimenta – portrait for freundevonfreunden.com
{portraits} With art collectors as parents, the Lisbon home of photographer Carolina Pimenta is a treasure trove full of interesting artefacts and design details. We talk with Carolina about her travels, her hat collection and what it was like to grow up surrounded by artists and artworks. Hanging out with Carolina Pimenta was the best start to our time in Lisbon, Portugal. We met up in August, now you can read the portrait and have a look at the images on Freunde von Freunden.
Freunde von Freunden Friends book
{news} Freunde von Freunden just published their second book: Freunde von Freunden Friends book – and we are so honoured to be featured in it with the portrait we did with Gwen and Gawie Fagan.
More about the book:
“Our second book reveals 45 uniquely inspiring stories from people and their homes: from Berlin to Beirut, Lima to L.A. and Tokyo.
Available to order in Germany now, the book is the second publication after Freunde von Freunden: Berlin, printed in 2011 by Distanz Publishing. With the new book, FvF embarks on a journey across the globe, offering unique insights into the living and working spaces of creatives around the world.
Release date: October 2014
Facts: 23 cities, 45 stories, over 400 photos, 38 photographers, foreword from Markus Peichl
Publisher: Distanz
Distributor: International / Gestalten
Language: English / German
Format: A4 / Hardcover
Pages: 336
Cities: Paris, Barcelona, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Tokyo, São Paulo, Frankfurt, Buenos Aires, Vienna, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Lima, Antwerpen, San Francisco, New York City, Cape Town, Portland, Auckland, Mililani, Catskills, Stockholm, Beirut
Not only is diversity in career and lifestyle a constant theme of the book, but the diversity of the homes as well: a self-designed villa on the green outskirts of São Paulo is followed by a houseboat converted from an old trawler on a pier in San Francisco, or an urban oasis in the center of Japan’s bustle. The focus is on authentic stories from people and the environments they’ve created for themselves.”
Find more info over here.
Gwen and Gawie Fagan – portrait for freundevonfreunden.com
{portraits} If you’re 90 and don’t think of retiring, you’ve lived your life right. It was such an honour to interview and shoot Gwen and Gawie Fagan and their self-built house ‘Die Es’ in Camps Bay, Cape Town. One word sums it up: legends. Read the portrait and have a look at the images on Freunde von Freunden.
Mokena Makeka – portrait for freundevonfreunden.com
{portraits} We are so excited that we were able to kick off Cape Town for Freunde von Freunden! We interviewed and photographed architect Mokena Makeka about his life and journey. He’s a a thinker, a motivator, a doer. How awesome to share a bit of Cape Town with the world, it’s the flippin’ World Design Capital 2014. Read the interview, watch the video and have a look at some shots over HERE.
A fun collaboration with our friends Paul and Olga from Blackbird Productions. Love, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia
last but not least the crew that made this happen 🙂
