YDE at Paris Fashion Week AW15
Established in 2005, YDE, the eponymous brand of Danish designer Ole Yde, is becoming well-known for its contemporary take on sophisticated glamour which combines Nordic design principles with luxury mater...
Jarrod Lawson at the BBC reviewed
Deeply seductive from the first bar of Soul Symphony, Jarrod Lawson’s four-song promotional LP At The BBC is exactly what a BBC session should be: a naked revelation of the subject’s raw talent. Imagine a Sin-é...
Sunny and safe in Jordan
Someone said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet but such is the power of negative connotations that I’m not so sure any more. Take the idea of a restful and hugely enjoyable holiday in the heart ...
Lost in deep space
It’s never quite clear what Ren does to her friend Jordan, but it’s something for which she is both desperate and reluctant to apologise, and so she decides to stow away on the space vessel Jordan is captaini...
The science of dreams – Consciousness and lucid dreaming: the world’s leading expert challenges our misconceptions
The science of dreams – Consciousness and lucid dreaming: the world’s leading expert challenges our misconceptions
Neurobiologists and cognitive scientists are currently engaged in new efforts to establish t...
Martell Cognac celebrates 300th anniversary with Diane Kruger as Brand Ambassador
Martell Cognac celebrates their 300th anniversary this week with the appointment of Diane Kruger as brand ambassador. The international cognac house has selected the German actress, fashion model and Francophil...
Running in the family
Opening next month at Yorkshire Sculpture Park is the joint exhibition of works by Venetian glass artists Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana. The siblings’ first show in the UK, YSP’s spa...
For the love of it – Glass talks to rising star British actor Adam Nagaitis
Glass had a great time interviewing Adam Nagaitis, the RADA graduate rapidly making a name for himself in the film industry. Born and raised in Chorley, Lancashire, Adam began his training at the prestigious St...
Observatory at One World Trade Center opens to the public
New York City’s got the Top of the Rock excursion at Rockefeller Center. It’s got the Empire State Building's Observation Deck. And now, it’s got the much-anticipated Observatory at One World Trade Center.
T...
Preview: The Thread directed by Greg Barker
“U saw the news? ... Better not text me, my friend.”
These ten chilling words were those texted by Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to a former schoolfriend of his, two years ago this week. That the bo...
Shape, colour and texture – bold Brazil – Brazilian designer Paula Cademartori talks to Glass about art, femininity and the power of beauty
Shape, colour and texture – bold Brazil – Brazilian designer Paula Cademartori talks to Glass about art, femininity and the power of beauty
Starting her professional training in industrial design, Paula Cade...
New Model Army – Glass meets Alisa Znarok
Name: Alisa Znarok
Nationality: Latvian
Agency: Profile Model Management
How did you become a model?
A model scout came up to me when I was in school and invited me to join a modelling agency.
Who ...
(De)constructing memory – Architecture’s wunderkind Daniel Libeskind reveals the dreams behind his awe-inspiring creations
(De)constructing memory – Architecture’s wunderkind Daniel Libeskind reveals the dreams behind his awe-inspiring creations
“To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.” ...
Glass sees trip-hop legend Tricky perform in Hackney, London
Tricky’s tricks are best confined to the studio. Seeing him judder about the stage of St John-at-Hackney Church last Friday night made one miss the finer sonic details of his 1995 breakthrough album Maxinquaye,...
Contrarian couturier
Yohji Yamamoto, whose clothing designs revolutionised the sartorial codes of the late 20th century, reveals to Peter Yeoh his views on how intelligent fashion can transcend sexuality, cultural boundar...
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye selects pieces for Whitechapel Gallery’s new show
Turner Prize-nominated Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is assistant curating an exhibition this spring at London’s Whitechapel Gallery. Running now through mid-June, the presentation, titled Natures, Natural and Unnatura...
Ecuadorian artist Oscar Santillan new show at Copperfield Gallery, London
Oscar Santillan brings a new level of commitment to the rampant physicality of contemporary art. The self-taught Ecuadorian artist, for his first UK solo exhibit, will scale England’s highest point at Scafell P...
Re-envisioning kitsch
The London-based, Serbian-born artist Misha Milovanovich's latest series of works is a collection of drawings that depict found objects floating amongst sepia clouds. The curio are supposedly random, each a...
Ralph Pucci – The Art of the Mannequin at Museum of Arts and Design
New York City’s Museum of Arts and Design presents a pioneering exhibition, the first in a museum to focus on mannequin design. The retrospective, of sorts, highlights the industry and innovation of New York-ba...
Cool as a cucumber
Glass was delighted to catch up earlier this week with Fisayo Akinade, the actor who plays Dean in Channel 4 TV shows Cucumber and Banana (whose season finales air tomorrow). Dean is an effervescent, sexually a...
Dreams of literature – In a celebration of the enduring pleasure of literature, Glass speaks to four prominent and varied voices on its place in the future
Dreams of literature – In a celebration of the enduring pleasure of literature, Glass speaks to four prominent and varied voices on its place in the future
Literature has a remarkable gift. It touches each o...