Freunde von Freunden is an independent and international publication documenting inspiring people from diverse creative and cultural backgrounds. Through online interviews, videos, mixtapes, and studio visits, from Istanbul to Seoul, FvF documents the lives of global creatives. In their latest segment, FVF interviews designer Fa' Empel and musician/performance artist Kirikoo Des in their new Berlin digs.
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Climbing up to Fa‘ Empel and Kirikoo Des‘ apartment on the top floor of a beautiful turn-of-the-century building in Berlin feels like an important life lesson: nothing worth having comes easy. Model-turned-designer Fa‘ and her partner Kirikoo, a dancer, performance artist, digital artist and musician have taken several steps of their own — with plenty of twists and turns along the way — before settling in their Kreuzberg apartment.The flat smells of untreated wood and fresh paint. It‘s a new start for Fa‘, who moved to the German capital from Bali, Indonesia to focus on her eyewear label, PAWAKA, and for native Parisian Kirikoo. Everything up here feels light, easy and airy. The pair move around freely while mellow jazz plays in the background — Fa‘ sitting at her desk downstairs, taking calls and checking in with her business manager, Kirikoo setting up his equipment upstairs. There are no walls separating them or their work.Their flat is their collective studio, office, creative playground and place to unwind, which means coordinating the lives of two fiercely independent people.Read the entire interview for Freunde von Freunden here.
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