
STYLE | NICK RIGGLE
GB Does style matter? NR Style is confusing. On the one hand we tend to think that pursuing style is somewhat trivial or superficial—that there are far better things to […]
A snapshot of contemporary ideals of beauty
GB Does style matter? NR Style is confusing. On the one hand we tend to think that pursuing style is somewhat trivial or superficial—that there are far better things to […]
Dilara Findikoglu, fashion designer, on her vagina GB Tell me why you chose this. DF I did a collection based on a religion that I’d created. There were six looks […]
Parashkev Nachev, neurologist, on the human face. GB Tell me why you chose this. PN You asked for an object and I chose this both as an example and as […]
Adriana Natcheva, architect, on Carlo Scarpa’s Poliedri, designed for Venini. GB Tell me why you chose this. AN I chose the Poliedri by Carlo Scarpa for a number of reasons. […]
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Gus Christie, chairman of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, on his wind turbine on the South Downs GB Tell me why you chose this. GC Mainly because of what it’s doing. It’s […]
Daniel Pemberton, composer, on a view from a Welsh mountain GB Tell me why you chose this. DP This is a fairly small mountain in North Wales, near a cottage […]
Leo Carlton, fashion artifact and millinery designer, on a brooch he made from a dead baby bird GB Tell me why you chose this. LC I chose the bird because […]
ATM, street artist, on his photograph of Glen Affric in Scotland GB Tell me why you chose this. ATM I just came back from Glen Affric. There are only a […]
Wendy Bevan, musician, artist and photographer, on her violin GB Tell me why you chose your violin. WB I fell in love with the violin when I was seven and […]
As part of London Design week, SOME IDEAS, the sponsors of our latest issue of the paper, are hosting a series events celebrating creativity. On Friday 25th September there will […]
Clare Corrigan, designer, on her Secessionist flower stand GB Tell me why you chose this. CC It’s a flower stand that I have on my top floor landing. I found […]
Cristina Grajales, gallerist, on her sculpture of a bee. GB Tell me why you chose this. CG We just moved the gallery five weeks ago so when you move you […]
Chris Lebron, Professor of African American Studies and Philosophy, on the Michell Focus One turntable GB Tell me why you chose this as an object of beauty. CL I am […]
Peter Copping, Creative Director at Oscar de la Renta, on Whistlejacket by George Stubbs, 1762 GB Tell me why you chose this painting. PC I grew up with horses and […]
One more article from the latest issue of Gilded Birds paper Early humans figured out how to make baskets a long time before they could make pots. JJ PEET, ceramics master, Sensei and […]