
SIR PAUL SMITH
Sir Paul Smith, designer, on an aardvark GB Tell me why you chose an aardvark as an object of beauty. PS There wasn’t a great deal of thought that went […]
A snapshot of contemporary ideals of beauty
Sir Paul Smith, designer, on an aardvark GB Tell me why you chose an aardvark as an object of beauty. PS There wasn’t a great deal of thought that went […]
Laura Bridgeman, author, on a painting by her mother. GB Tell me why you chose this. LB I had a few things I could have taken pictures of – my […]
Harry Parker, author, on his great grandfather’s paint box. GB Tell me why you chose this. HP I don’t really know when it was first given to me, but I […]
Variety artist, Scottee, on his picture, “Dinner at me nan’s” GB Tell me why you chose this. S It’s the aesthetic of being at my nan’s. There’s always a big […]
Princess Julia, DJ and writer, on the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London GB Tell me why you chose the ICA? PJ Well, I learnt that the Institute of […]
GB Does style matter? TS Not only does style matter but style is everything. It’s how you use your charisma and sex and ability to sell your Ideas. There are […]
Fenella Fielding, actress, on her blue coffee pot. GB Tell me why you chose this. FF Well, it’s a very large coffee pot, it’s blue enamel which isn’t how you […]
Matthew Helders from the Arctic Monkeys: I always played around with cameras and was interested in photography as a kid. I suppose I started taking photos more seriously with film […]
Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology and the Humanities, on his Arabia soup tureen GB Tell me why you chose this. RS It gives us a sense of the evolution of […]
Terry Pastor is something of an unsung hero from Bowie’s golden age. Although he led the way with airbrush and photographic tinting techniques, creating the artwork for two of the […]
We’re reposting our interview with Ken Loach from July 2014 so we can start 2016 thinking about the beauty in the faces of all people who are in struggle around […]
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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