Glass is beguiled by Jodhpur
WHEN Glass Magazine was kindly invited to attend the Royal Salute Maharaja of Jodhpur Golden Jubilee Cup in India and to stay in the Maharaja’s very own palace, the last place I imagined finding mysel...
Many hands make light work
What do you get when you cross an engineer with an art director and a photographer? Oh, and some furniture designers and a few industrial engineers?
Haberdashery is the fruit of such a cocktail, a multi-...
La Belle Epoque
As we landed in Geneva, ready to make the one hour drive to the Du Parc Residences, we were grimly informed by the Captain to expect rain. This wasn't actually delivered until the following day, but mattere...
Contemporary country
As a rule of thumb, if you can reach somewhere in London using the tube then, while it will probably be full of urban character and infused with city cool, it is unlikely to require wellington boots or an O...
ClerkenWell designed
Now in its fourth year, Clerkenwell Design Week is bigger and better than ever and is stamping itself into the annual calendar as a major international festival of design. Clerkenwell is purported to have E...
A new riff
“I love custom-made bikes, I love dark stuff and if I could purple-velvet everything I probably would.” So proclaims Massimo Buster Minale – founder of furniture and lighting brand Buster+ Punch. He is one ...
ME London – From Building to Bathtub
“WE work from the scale of the city down to the detail of a door handle.” So reads one of the strap lines on the homepage of Foster+Partners’ website. As I discovered when, aged 22, I took my first pr...
Old fashion
Call me old-fashioned, but Midcentury Modern is my favourite date in the London Design calendar. Held at Dulwich College in South London, the fair celebrates classic and future classics in furniture and items...
Artists design
When The Sculpture House first approached me to write about their work, I didn't hesitate in my decision to meet them. Their beautiful website, launched just three weeks ago, shows an immaculately curated ...
Wanderland
I’m lying on my bed in my hotel room and there is a giant fish on the wall. I say fish, but in place of its tail it has the stem of a Champagne flute. These two seemingly mutually exclusive objects, printed o...
Wanderland
I’m lying on my bed in my hotel room and there is a giant fish on the wall. I say fish, but in place of its tail it has the stem of a Champagne flute. These two seemingly mutually exclusive objects, printed...
East meets West London
Tucked away behind London’s Bayswater station, La Suite West hotel is housed in one of those buildings conjured up in the mind of Americans when they imagine our fair city. On a quiet street of enormous tow...
Eastern promise
Face it – Christmas shopping is a nightmare and here at Glass, we’re no better at it than anyone else. Over the last few weeks, we have ventured out into the freezing London weather with the very best of i...
Budget boutique
A couple of years ago, an architect friend of mine applied to be on the Apprentice UK. He got down to the last 20 shortlisted before being sent home at the final hurdle – his “business plan”. When he outlin...
Face value
One of the well-honed skills of any Londoner worth their salt is an ability to keep walking and continue with their journey at a rapid pace, regardless of what stands in their way – be it a clipboard-wieldi...
InHOTim
When I was a child – and, indeed, until the day that my grandparents sold their home – nothing would make me happier than spending time in my grandparents’ garden. The garden, which to this day still forms ...
City Slick
Now … before I start my article on South Place, I have a little confession to make. Firstly, in addition to my tres glamorous role as Design and Architecture Editor for Glass online, I should probably menti...