Poetry in (London) Motion
Before visiting the Rosewood London, I had never in my life seen an establishment elegantly incorporate such a large number of animal references into its décor. But far from being of the creepy cat-lady var...
From the beautiful to the sublime – Glass talks to British artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien
From the beautiful to the sublime – Glass talks to British artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien
Since his early career in the mid 1980s, British artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien has developed a visually compel...
Savile Row – Glass looks at the citadel of style and epitome of correctness
In the realm of rarefied style, Savile Row enjoys a global eminence to rival Via Monte Napoleone, Place Vendôme or Fifth Avenue. Over its near three hundred years of existence, the British citadel of tailoring ...
Weaving the fabric of dreams
Bottega Veneta became an icon of luxury, not with logos or celebrity publicity stunts, but by their innovative designs, noted above all else for their timelessness and elegance. Now Bottega Veneta seeks to ...
Inspiring change – Actor Daryl Hannah talks to Glass about questioning our values
Inspiring change – Actor Daryl Hannah talks to Glass about questioning our values
Daryl Hannah’s humanitarian work and unfaltering support for charities and causes worldwide are a far cry from the glamour of...
The golden touch
Survey after survey concludes that Gucci is considered to be the most coveted luxury brand in the world. Frida Giannini talks Glass through the formidable archives and reveals her mission for the futu...
Guardians of the written word – Glass talks to literary critic Erica Wagner about the world’s most beloved form of literary art – poetry
Guardians of the written word – Glass talks to literary critic Erica Wagner about the world’s most beloved form of literary art – poetry
Erica Wagner, Literary Editor for The Times, reflects on the world’s m...
The subject of colour – Glass talks to New York artist Stanley Whitney who only has one concern
The subject of colour – Glass talks to New York artist Stanley Whitney who only has one concern
Stanley Whitney’s work leaps out at you, sings even, with its combined influences of African roots and contempo...
Futurecities – cultivating innovation
At the time of writing, more than half of mankind, some 3.3 billion people, are living in urban areas. By 2030, this is expected to swell to almost 5 billion. We are simultaneously experiencing a ...
Future cities – biomimicry
Michael Pawlyn is a conceptual and functional pioneer. As the founder of Exploration Architecture, a practice that challenges the fundamental processes of traditional design by initiating schemes derived fr...
Futurecities – urban promise
Glass traces the path of the utopian city, from the sci-fi visions of the ’60s to Norman Foster’s zero carbon project and a tower to rival Everest. But which holds the key to our survival?
Two major fact...
Like the wind
Multifaceted and renowned cinematographer Christopher Doyle speaks to Glass about the inception of his remarkable career and a life devoted to his art form
As Christopher Doyle’s Chinese name, Du Ke Feng...
When the world says no
When Yoko Ono was a young girl living in Japan she witnessed the tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The indescribable horror of the atomic bombs hitting the two cities and concluding WWII in 1945 will forev...
How to create an artwork
Joe Zucker’s “process” art over the last 40 years has been eccentric, puzzling and uniquely appealing in its formal logic. Varying wildly in approach and technique, his work is concerned with ideas of art s...
A message for you …
If you’re reading this then you are the recipient of the first ever successful international flight by paper aeroplane. It is made from no ordinary paper. It is actually a special kind of paper, f...
Wunderkind – Glass looks at the career of the tearaway photographic protégé Chris von Wangenheim
Ironically, the year of the death of the photographer, Elsa Neuländer-Simon, known as Yva, coincided with the birth of another highly talented German photographer who would complete this holy trinity of fashi...
Rediscovering Yva
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The name Elsa Neuländer-Simon (1900–1942), or Yva, her photographic pseudonym, is more often than not a footnote in the career of her famed apprentice, Helmut Newton. With little information and a...
The Bow-Wow factor
With a population of nearly 13 million living in an area of just 2,187 square kilometres, Tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Architecturally speaking, Tokyo is a young developme...
Glass speaks to three masters of Chinese Opera – Professor Tsai Tsan-huang, Man Chin-sui and Pai Hsien-yung
Passion and prose – Chinese Opera in its many forms is a triumph of spirit and reinvention but can it survive the threat of modernisation? Glass speaks to three masters of this timeless art
For alm...
The house that dreams built
The hallowed name of the house of Chanel could in itself be a synonym for rapture. Few maisons have managed to inspire such legions of loyal fans. Fewer still can cause hysteria simply with the introduction of ...
A record of what we are
“We are now making history, and the sun picture supplies the means of passing down a record of what we are, and what we have achieved in this 19th century …” John Thomson, 1891.
Such a statement could on...