August, 2015 - The Glass Magazine

Diane von Furstenberg launches AW15 campaign film starring Karlie Kloss

August 11, 2015

Diane von Furstenberg has launched their new AW15 campaign film starring supermodel and DVF muse Karlie Kloss. Presenting the fashion brand’s new Secret Agent handbag as its centrepiece, the film, a collaborati...

An Arcadian vision – Glass visits Philip Johnson’s Glass House, the last work of an eccentric architect

Rowena Chiu

August 11, 2015

Culture, Feature, Glass Design

The quintessential architect’s playground, The Glass House estate was built by Philip Johnson in a span of some 50 years, between 1949 and 1995. An ever-accumulating landscape that bridged the Ancient, Classica...

Tea-infused cocktails available now at Opium, Chinatown

Becky Zanker

August 11, 2015

Dining, London, News

Opium, the dimly lit, speakeasy-like enclave that sits decadently atop the chatter of China Town has its own answer to Afternoon Tea Week this year. For the event, which is running all this week, it has teame...

In grand style

Amanda Bernstein

August 10, 2015

Asia, Dining, Feature, Hong Kong

The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, has marked its tenth anniversary in grand style by winning the prestigious 2015 Forbes Travel Guide Star Awards with triple Five Star distinction across all categori...

Ratatat unveil new single and live dates

Katrina Mirpuri

August 7, 2015

News

Ratatat have announced they will be releasing their new single Abrasive, on September 28 with indie label Because Music. The single is taken from their recently released album Magnifique. Mike Stroud (lef...

Feeding the world

Glass Archive

August 7, 2015

Archive, Feature

Every year people the world over are left to face the aftermath of disasters – natural and manmade. In times of such crisis the World Food Programme (WFP) not only provides food aid in an attempt to save li...

A fresh look into modern China

Louise Lui

August 6, 2015

Avant Art, Books, China, Feature, Photography

The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present The Chinese photobook emerges from a rich and diverse history that has still been largely unexplored. Ranging from personal artist prints and albums t...

Glass Summer Playlist

Harry Cohen

August 6, 2015

The Glass Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/user/tetyap/playlist/523BuOM3uUqL6DXje7tyd6...

A lively library experience

Yasmin Bilbeisi

August 4, 2015

Avant Art, Europe, Feature, London

Near to the Trafalgar Square end of the St Martin’s Lane in Central London, one will happen upon an enigmatic shop window. With leather satchels on display, it is not immediately apparent that this frontage...

I Think Therefore I #: Celina Teague responds to the dialogues of social media

Emily Rae Pellerin

August 3, 2015

Avant Art, Culture, News

It would be easy to read painter Celina Teague’s new show at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery in London, I think therefore I #, as a cynic’s dense iteration of the ephemerality and frivolity of social media and its...

Hiroshima’s Dogs in a Room Exhibit is Daringly Confrontational

Emily Rae Pellerin

August 3, 2015

Avant Art, Culture, News

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The typical curator strives to create harmony amongst their artworks – they take a space, manipulate the artistry within it, and premeditate a navigable and digestible experience for the patron. In discordan...

The surprise of Singapore

Amanda Bernstein

August 3, 2015

Asia, Dining, Feature, Singapore, Travel

I had never been to Singapore before my recent visit, and quite frankly, I didn’t know what I had been missing. Singapore, this almost perfect and pristine city-state, has lots to offer. Whether for the bus...

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